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Becoming visible : an illustrated history of lesbian and gay life in twentieth-century America

Title
Becoming visible : an illustrated history of lesbian and gay life in twentieth-century America / Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman.
Author
McGarry, Molly
Publication
  • New York : New York Public Library : Penguin Studio, [1998]
  • ©1998

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Additional Authors
Wasserman, Fred
Description
xvii, 282 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
Summary
"Becoming Visible: An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in Twentieth-Century America traces one hundred years of same-sex social worlds and political life in the United States: from the extensive gay worlds that took shape in city streets, bars, and tenements beginning in the early twentieth century through a national coming-out during World War II; the repression of the McCarthy era to the liberating forces of the 1969 Stonewall Riots and the gay liberation and lesbian feminist movements; the AIDS crisis, renewed activism in the 1990s; and much more. In text and images, the book celebrates gay and lesbian heritage, illuminates long-invisible worlds, and chronicles a vital aspect of American history." -- Jacket.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Homosexuality > United States > History > 20th century
  • Gay people > United States > History > 20th century
  • Gay liberation movement > United States > History > 20th century
  • Gay liberation movement
  • Gays
  • Homosexuality
  • Queer activism
  • Gay liberation
  • LGBTQ+ activism
  • LGBTQ+ people
  • United States
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • "Based on an exhibition curated by Fred Wasserman, Molly McGarry, and Mimi Bowling."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index.
Contents
Stonewall -- "There's a Riot Goin' On" -- Sodomites, Perverts, and Queers -- Labeling and Policing -- Social Worlds -- Early Women's Communities -- Out on the Town -- "I Love the Nightlife" -- Cruising -- Lesbian Pulps -- Physiques -- Friends and Lovers -- Organizing -- An Emerging Minority -- Gay Liberation -- Lesbian Feminism -- Gay Rights -- Confronting AIDS -- The Queer Nineties.
ISBN
  • 0670864013
  • 9780670864010
LCCN
97049124
OCLC
  • ocm37993479
  • 37993479
  • SCSB-14693121
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library