The Resource Stand by me : the forgotten history of gay liberation, Jim Downs
Stand by me : the forgotten history of gay liberation, Jim Downs
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- Summary
- "Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in 1969. The 1970s represented a moment of triumph--both political and sexual--before the AIDS crisis in the subsequent decade, which, in the view of many, exposed the problems inherent in the so-called "gay lifestyle". In Stand by Me, the acclaimed historian Jim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the 1970s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marching in the streets. Drawing on a vast trove of untapped records at LGBT community centers in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, Downs tells moving, revelatory stories of gay people who stood together--as friends, fellow believers, and colleagues--to create a sense of community among people who felt alienated from mainstream American life. As Downs shows, gay people found one another in the Metropolitan Community Church, a nationwide gay religious group; in the pages of the Body Politic, a newspaper that encouraged its readers to think of their sexuality as a political identity; at the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore, the hub of gay literary life in New York City; and at theaters putting on "Gay American History," a play that brought to the surface the enduring problem of gay oppression. These and many other achievements would be largely forgotten after the arrival in the early 1980s of HIV/AIDS, which allowed critics to claim that sex was the defining feature of gay liberation. This reductive narrative set back the cause of gay rights and has shaped the identities of gay people for decades. An essential act of historical recovery, Stand by Me shines a bright light on a triumphant moment, and will transform how we think about gay life in America from the 1970s into the present day."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465032709
- Label
- Stand by me : the forgotten history of gay liberation
- Title
- Stand by me
- Title remainder
- the forgotten history of gay liberation
- Statement of responsibility
- Jim Downs
- Subject
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- Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History
- Gay rights
- Gay rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Gays
- Gays -- Political activity
- 1900 - 1999
- Gays -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- United States
- Gays -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Gay liberation movement
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in 1969. The 1970s represented a moment of triumph--both political and sexual--before the AIDS crisis in the subsequent decade, which, in the view of many, exposed the problems inherent in the so-called "gay lifestyle". In Stand by Me, the acclaimed historian Jim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the 1970s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marching in the streets. Drawing on a vast trove of untapped records at LGBT community centers in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, Downs tells moving, revelatory stories of gay people who stood together--as friends, fellow believers, and colleagues--to create a sense of community among people who felt alienated from mainstream American life. As Downs shows, gay people found one another in the Metropolitan Community Church, a nationwide gay religious group; in the pages of the Body Politic, a newspaper that encouraged its readers to think of their sexuality as a political identity; at the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore, the hub of gay literary life in New York City; and at theaters putting on "Gay American History," a play that brought to the surface the enduring problem of gay oppression. These and many other achievements would be largely forgotten after the arrival in the early 1980s of HIV/AIDS, which allowed critics to claim that sex was the defining feature of gay liberation. This reductive narrative set back the cause of gay rights and has shaped the identities of gay people for decades. An essential act of historical recovery, Stand by Me shines a bright light on a triumphant moment, and will transform how we think about gay life in America from the 1970s into the present day."--Book jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Downs, Jim
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gay liberation movement
- Gays
- Gays
- Gay rights
- Gay liberation movement
- Gay rights
- Gays
- Gays
- United States
- Label
- Stand by me : the forgotten history of gay liberation, Jim Downs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465032709
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015040030
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920018216
- Label
- Stand by me : the forgotten history of gay liberation, Jim Downs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465032709
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015040030
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920018216
Subject
- Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History
- Gay rights
- Gay rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Gays
- Gays -- Political activity
- 1900 - 1999
- Gays -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- United States
- Gays -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Gay liberation movement
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