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...
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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
Preface xiAcknowledgments xvAbbreviations xviiTimeline: 1890-2005 xixWhat Is GLBT History? 1A Note on Terms 2GLBT History Today 3What Is GLBT History? 3U.S. History and GLBT History 3Who to Include and Why? 6Debate: Is Homosexuality Historical? 8Suggested Resources 11Into the 20th Century 13Colonial Legacies 14Europe before Contact 15Collision and Dominance 16Three Revolutions 19Political 19Economic 22Social 24Organizing Personal Lives in the 19th Century 24Marriage 25Friendship 25Women Passing as Men 28Limits and Laws 30Constructing the Medical Model 31The United States and Europe in the 1890s 32The Sexologists 33Sexual Politics at the Turn of the Century 36Debate: What Are the Roots of Homophobia? 38SuggestedResources 40Sexualities and Communities through Two World Wars 43Life in the Cities to the Twenties 45Capitalism, Gender, and Sexuality 47Reform and Reformers 48New Women 50Congregating Together 51World War and Its Aftermath 53The Jazz Age 54The Society for Human Rights 55Blues and Jazz 55New York, New York 57Americans and Europeans 59Depression, New Deals, Old Ideals 61The United States and the World 61Gender, Work, and Play 62Stage and Screen 63World War II 67Fighting the War, Fighting the Military 68The Home Front 69A New Era 69Debate: Should Homosexuals Serve in the Military? 70Suggested Resources 74Queers in Cold War America 77Images versus Realities 78Striving for Consensus 78Sexology Revisited 79Simmering Discontent 82Boiling Over 83The Politics of Anticommunism 84The United States in the World 84Red Scares 86A Lavender Scare 87Queer Arts, American Arts 90A Homosexual Minority 93Communities and Identities 93Postwar Organizations 96A National Movement 99Debate: What Did the Kinsey Studies Prove? 100Suggested Resources 103The Sixties 107Dreams of Change 108Marching on Washington 108Feminism Reborn 111Culture and Counterculture 112Cold and Hot Wars 113Liberalism under Attack 114Peace and Violence 116"Gay Is Good" 117A Public Presence 117Stonewall 122Gay Liberation 124Debate: How Important Was the Stonewall Riot? 124Suggested Resources 128Cultures and Politics after Stonewall 131Communities and Cultural Expressions 132Towns and Neighborhoods 132Institutions 133Images, Types, and Stereotypes 138In Print 140Women, Feminists, Lesbians 142Success and Limits of the Second Wave 142Lesbian Feminism as Theory and Practice 145Music and Festivals 146A Burst of Organizing 148In the Academy 148The Task Force and Lambda Legal 149The APA Victory 150Outsiders among Outsiders 151Political Arenas 152The Democratic Party 153Running for Office 153Legislating against Discrimination 155A National Bill 155One Step Forward... 156Debate: Assimilation or Liberation? 158Suggested Resources 161Backlash and Regrouping 165From Carter to Reagan 167A New Right 168Antigay Legislation and Violence 169National Lobbying, Lesbian and Gay Rights 171The First March on Washington 172Human Rights Campaign Fund 173The Challenge of AIDS 174From "Gay Cancer" to HIV 174Responses 175Unity and Division 178Law and Politics 182Running for Office 182The National Bill in the Eighties 184Families, Relationships, and Work 184Sodomy Law and Bowers v. Hardwick 186Visibility, Media, and Culture 187The Second March and National Coming Out Day 187As Seen on TV (and Other Media) 189"Culture Wars" 191Debate: Should Public Figures Be "Outed"? 192Suggested Resources 195The GLBT Nineties 197New Regime, Old Struggles 198The '92 Elections 198Don't Ask, Don't Tell 199Another March 203Debates and Division 204The Mainstream and Its Critics 205Sex, Gender, Identity 206Law and Politics 211(Still) Running for Office 212In the States 213The National Scene 215A Gay Ambassador 217Cultural Issues and Institutions 218Education 219Health 220Religion 221Media Old and New 222Speaking Out 222Ellen Comes Out 223TV and Film 224Words and Music 225On the Web 226Debate: Is There a "Gay Gene"? 227Suggested Resources 230Into the 21st Century 233Controversy, Visibility, Diversity 234The Millennium March 234In the Media 236GLBT Plus Q Plus... 237Law and Politics 238Elections 239Lawrence v. Texas and GLBT History 239Defining Marriage 240Debate: How Useful Is Queer Theory? 243Suggested Resources 245Bibliography 247Index 263
\ From the Publisher"Queer America works well as both a broad-based history and a gateway to the key literature of the field. Eaklor . . . organizes Queer America as a chronology of GLBT life during specific eras. These engaging chapters weave together primary writings and interviews with political events and social history. . . . Queer America is recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with well-developed GLBT reference holdings. . ."\ -\ Reference & User Services Quarterly\ "A great deal has been written about twentieth-century U.S. history as well as about the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) people, but this excellent volume is unique in combining the two as a survery of GLBT twentieth-century American history. An outstanding reference that belongs in every academic and public collection, Queer America is written for the general reader with a view to documenting how fully in the last century GLBT history is U.S. history….Queer America is eminently successful in accomplishing its goal of being a one-stop handbook to U.S. GLBT history of the twentieth century."\ -\ ARBA\ "Within the context of historical events, the author discusses the growth of gay issues throughout the 20th century. An extensive time line opens the book and includes landmarks in civil rights and women's rights, as well as gay rights, which are explored in subsequent chapters. The writing is scholarly with few illustrations, but each chapter includes a boxed insert that further explores key debatable questions, such as the importance of the Stonewall Riot and whether homosexuals should serve in the military."\ -\ Curriculum Connections\ \ \ \ \ \ School Library JournalGr 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\ \ \
