Using the 1977 campaign against the Dade County Florida gay rights ordinance as a focal point, this book provides an examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement, the challenges it posed to the accepted American notions of sexuality, and how American society reacted in turn.
Using the 1977 campaign against the Dade County Florida gay rights ordinance as a focal point, this book provides an examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement, the challenges it posed to the accepted American notions of sexuality, and how American society reacted in turn.
1 Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Minority Rights Revolution 12 The Strange Media Career of the Homosexual 113 Gay Rights Come to Miami 534 The Campaign Begins 855 The Vote 1156 St. Paul, Wichita, Eugene 1537 California, Seattle, Miami (2) 1818 The Gay Rights Debate 213Notes 231Index 265