The world turned : essays on gay history, politics, and culture / John D'Emilio.

Author/creator D'Emilio, John
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2002.
Descriptionxiii, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Gay rights--United States. --History. --20th century.
Gay men--United States. --History. --20th century.
Lesbians--United States. --History. --20th century.
Social change--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Social life and customs. --1971-.
United States--Social conditions. --1960-1980.
United States--Social conditions. --1980-2020.
United States--Politics and government. --1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government. --1989-.

Contents Homophobia and the course of postwar American radicalism : the career of Bayard Rustin -- Placing gay in the sixties -- Still radical after all these years : remembering Out of the closets -- A meaning for all those words : sex, politics, history, and Larry Kramer -- Cycles of change, questions of strategy : the gay and lesbian movement after 50 years -- Organizational tales : interpreting the NGLTF story -- Why is this year different from any other? -- The Clinton election : historical perspectives at a moment of change -- Stonewall : myth and meaning -- Born gay? -- What does gay liberation have to do with the war in Bosnia? -- Laying claim to family -- Visions of leadership : remembering Ken Dawson -- My changing sex life -- Then and now : the shifting context of gay historical writing -- A biographer and his subject : wrestling with Bayard Rustin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-264).
LCCN 2002001674
ISBN0822329301 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822330237 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822329468 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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