Queer America : A GLBT History of the 20th Century

Perhaps no topic today is politically more divisive than homosexuality, particularly when it is coupled with the deeply rooted concept of civil rights. This work focuses on 20th/21st- century U. S. history as it pertains to GLBT history. Major issues and events such as the Stonewall riot, Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the military, same-sex marriage, gay rights, gay pride, organizations and alliances, AIDS, and legal battles and court cases are discussed. Also included are sidebars highlighting major debates, legal landmarks and key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections concluding each chapter as well as a full bibliography and black and white images enhance the text. In these opening years of the 21st century in the United States, perhaps no topic is more divisive than homosexuality, particularly when it is coupled with the deeply rooted concept of civil rights. The same-sex marriage debate, for example, is but part of a larger discussion over issues crucial to American life, such as the role of law in the lives of individuals, relationships among law, economics, and morality, and the values thought to distinguish and define us. GLBT history is not just the struggle for rights, it is people simply living their lives the best they knew how regardless of the terms they or others use for them. This work focuses on U. S. history and, within that, the 20th century, particularly because the vast majority of work in GLBT history has been during this place and time. Major issues and events such as the Stonewall riot, Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the military, same-sex marriage, gay rights, gay pride, organizations and alliances, AIDS, and legal battles and court cases are discussed. Included in this reference work are sidebars highlighting major debates, legal landmarks and key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections concluding each chapter as well as a full bibliography and black and white images enhance the text. COVER......Page 1 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 8 Themes......Page 12 Eras and Chapter Overview......Page 13 Resources and Index......Page 14 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 16 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 18 TIMELINE: 1890–2005......Page 20 1. WHAT IS GLBT HISTORY?......Page 34 A NOTE ON TERMS......Page 35 U.S. History and GLBT History......Page 36 Who to Include and Why?......Page 39 DEBATE: IS HOMOSEXUALITY HISTORICAL?......Page 41 NOTES......Page 43 SUGGESTED RESOURCES......Page 44 2. INTO THE 20TH CENTURY......Page 46 COLONIAL LEGACIES......Page 47 Europe before Contact......Page 48 Collision and Dominance......Page 49 Political......Page 52 Economic......Page 55 ORGANIZING PERSONAL LIVES IN THE 19TH CENTURY......Page 57 Friendship......Page 58 Women Passing as Men......Page 61 Limits and Laws......Page 63 CONSTRUCTING THE MEDICAL MODEL......Page 64 The United States and Europe in the 1890s......Page 65 The Sexologists......Page 66 SEXUAL POLITICS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY......Page 69 DEBATE: WHAT ARE THE ROOTS OF HOMOPHOBIA?......Page 71 NOTES......Page 72 19th Century: Same-Sex Relations/Passing Women......Page 73 Sexuality: History and Construction......Page 74 3. SEXUALITIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS......Page 76 LIFE IN THE CITIES TO THE TWENTIES......Page 78 Capitalism, Gender, and Sexuality......Page 80 Reform and Reformers......Page 81 New Women......Page 83 Congregating Together......Page 84 World War and Its Aftermath......Page 86 THE JAZZ AGE......Page 87 Blues and Jazz......Page 88 New York, New York......Page 90 Americans and Europeans......Page 92 The United States and the World......Page 94 Gender, Work, and Play......Page 95 Stage and Screen......Page 96 WORLD WAR II......Page 100 Fighting the War, Fighting the Military......Page 101 A New Era......Page 102 DEBATE: SHOULD HOMOSEXUALS SERVE IN THE MILITARY?......Page 103 NOTES......Page 105 The 1920s–1940s......Page 107 4. QUEERS IN COLD WAR AMERICA......Page 110 Striving for Consensus......Page 111 Sexology Revisited......Page 112 Simmering Discontent......Page 115 Boiling Over......Page 116 The United States in the World......Page 117 Red Scares......Page 119 A Lavender Scare......Page 120 Queer Arts, American Arts......Page 123 Communities and Identities......Page 126 Postwar Organizations......Page 129 A National Movement......Page 132 DEBATE: WHAT DID THE KINSEY STUDIES PROVE?......Page 133 NOTES......Page 135 General......Page 136 Community and Subculture Formation......Page 137 Homosexual/Homophile Organizing......Page 138 5. THE SIXTIES......Page 140 Marching on Washington......Page 141 Feminism Reborn......Page 144 CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE......Page 145 Cold and Hot Wars......Page 146 Liberalism under Attack......Page 147 Peace and Violence......Page 149 A Public Presence......Page 150 Stonewall......Page 155 DEBATE: HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE STONEWALL RIOT?......Page 157 NOTES......Page 160 SUGGESTED RESOURCES......Page 161 Stonewall......Page 162 6. CULTURES AND POLITICS AFTER STONEWALL......Page 164 Towns and Neighborhoods......Page 165 Institutions......Page 166 Images, Types, and Stereotypes......Page 171 In Print......Page 173 Success and Limits of the Second Wave......Page 175 Lesbian Feminism as Theory and Practice......Page 178 Music and Festivals......Page 179 In the Academy......Page 181 The Task Force and Lambda Legal......Page 182 The APA Victory......Page 183 Outsiders among Outsiders......Page 184 POLITICAL ARENAS......Page 185 Running for Offic......Page 186 A National Bill......Page 188 ONE STEP FORWARD.........Page 189 DEBATE: ASSIMILATION OR LIBERATION?......Page 191 NOTES......Page 193 Cities/States......Page 194 Primary Sources, 1970s......Page 195 7. BACKLASH AND REGROUPING......Page 198 FROM CARTER TO REAGAN......Page 200 A New Right......Page 201 Antigay Legislation and Violence......Page 202 National Lobbying, Lesbian and Gay Rights......Page 204 The First March on Washington......Page 205 Human Rights Campaign Fund......Page 206 From ‘‘Gay Cancer’’ to HIV......Page 207 Responses......Page 208 Unity and Division......Page 211 Running for Offce......Page 215 Families, Relationships, and Work......Page 217 Sodomy Law and Bowers v.Hardwick......Page 219 The Second March and National Coming Out Day......Page 220 As Seen on TV (and Other Media)......Page 222 ‘‘Culture Wars’’......Page 224 DEBATE: SHOULD PUBLIC FIGURES BE ‘‘OUTED’’?......Page 225 NOTES......Page 227 AIDS......Page 228 Media......Page 229 8. THE GLBT NINETIES......Page 230 The ’92 Elections......Page 231 Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell......Page 232 Another March......Page 236 DEBATES AND DIVISION......Page 237 The Mainstream and Its Critics......Page 238 Sex, Gender, Identity......Page 239 LAW AND POLITICS......Page 244 (Still) Running for Office......Page 245 In the States......Page 246 The National Scene......Page 248 A Gay Ambassador......Page 250 CULTURAL ISSUES AND INSTITUTIONS......Page 251 Education......Page 252 Health......Page 253 Religion......Page 254 Speaking Out......Page 255 Ellen Comes Out......Page 256 TV and Film......Page 257 Words and Music......Page 258 A SHORTLIST OF WEB SITES OF GLBT INTEREST......Page 259 DEBATE: IS THERE A ‘‘GAY GENE’’?......Page 260 NOTES......Page 262 General/Politics......Page 263 Military......Page 264 Sports......Page 265 9. INTO THE 21ST CENTURY......Page 266 The Millennium March......Page 267 In the Media......Page 269 GLBT Plus Q Plus.........Page 270 LAW AND POLITICS......Page 271 Lawrence v.Texas and GLBT History......Page 272 Defining Marriage......Page 273 DEBATE: HOW USEFUL IS QUEER THEORY?......Page 276 NOTES......Page 277 SUGGESTED RESOURCES......Page 278 ANTHOLOGY, PRIMARY, REFERENCE......Page 280 ARTICLES, BOOKS, PAPERS......Page 281 FILM/VIDEO/DVD......Page 291 DOCUMENTARIES......Page 293 INDEX......Page 296 ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 308

Perhaps no topic today is politically more divisive than homosexuality, particularly when it is coupled with the deeply rooted concept of civil rights. This work focuses on 20th/21st- century U. S. history as it pertains to GLBT history. Major issues and events such as the Stonewall riot, Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the military, same-sex marriage, gay rights, gay pride, organizations and alliances, AIDS, and legal battles and court cases are discussed. Also included are sidebars highlighting major debates, legal landmarks and key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections concluding each chapter as well as a full bibliography and black and white images enhance the text.

In these opening years of the 21st century in the United States, perhaps no topic is more divisive than homosexuality, particularly when it is coupled with the deeply rooted concept of civil rights. The same-sex marriage debate, for example, is but part of a larger discussion over issues crucial to American life, such as the role of law in the lives of individuals, relationships among law, economics, and morality, and the values thought to distinguish and define us. GLBT history is not just the struggle for rights, it is people simply living their lives the best they knew how regardless of the terms they or others use for them. This work focuses on U. S. history and, within that, the 20th century, particularly because the vast majority of work in GLBT history has been during this place and time. Major issues and events such as the Stonewall riot, Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the military, same-sex marriage, gay rights, gay pride, organizations and alliances, AIDS, and legal battles and court casesare discussed.

Included in this reference work are sidebars highlighting major debates, legal landmarks and key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections concluding each chapter as well as a full bibliography and black and white images enhance the text.

School Library Journal

Gr 10 Up

Arranged chronologically except for a laborious beginning chapter explaining what gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history is, this scholarly and sometimes dense overview meticulously places the record of GLBT America in the context of U.S. history as a whole. For example, in a chapter on the 1960s, the author discusses Vietnam; the Great Society; and the civil rights, feminist, and peace movements before discussing the gay community during that era. Each chapter includes a sidebar with a pertinent debate topic, such as How Important Was the Stonewall Riot? In addition, the book has a time line of key events from 1890 to 2005 and an extensive bibliography, which add to the usefulness of this source for reports or for serious older teens who simply want to learn more about GLBT history in the U.S. Queer America will complement well Alsenas's Gay America (Abrams, 2008), which is for younger students.-Betty S. Evans, Missouri State University, Springfield