Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical C

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Explore the early history of the gay rights movement! In the words of editor Vern L. Bullough: “Although there was no single leader in the gay and lesbian community who achieved the fame and reputation of Martin Luther King, there were a large number of activists who put their careers and reputations on the line. It was a motley crew of radicals and reformers, drawn together by the cause in... Read more

Explore the early history of the gay rights movement!

In the words of editor Vern L. Bullough: “Although there was no single leader in the gay and lesbian community who achieved the fame and reputation of Martin Luther King, there were a large number of activists who put their careers and reputations on the line. It was a motley crew of radicals and reformers, drawn together by the cause in spite of personality and philosophical differences. Their stories are told in the following pages.”

Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context illuminates the lives of the courageous individuals involved in the early struggle for gay and lesbian civil rights in the United States. Authored by those who knew them (often activists themselves), the concise biographies in this volume examine the lives of pre-1969 barrier breakers like Harry Hay, Henry Gerber, Alfred Kinsey, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon, Jim Kepner, Jack Nichols, Christine Jorgensen, Jose Sarria, Barbara Grier, Frank Kameny, and 40 more.

To anyone with an interest in the history of the gay/lesbian rights movements in the United States, these names will be familiar, but did you know that in addition to their groundbreaking activism:

Prescott Townsend was a Boston Brahman
Dorr Legg was a Log Cabin Republican
Harry Hay was at one time a member of the Communist party
Jim Kepner was a boy preacher
Troy Perry was removed from the ministry of his church for homosexuality--and then founded the gay-friendly Metropolitan Community Church
Reed Erickson--a transsexual millionaire who gave millions to the cause--kept a pet leopard called Henry
Barbara Gittings set up a kissing booth at the American Library Association convention and urged attendees to kiss a gay or lesbian!

Before Stonewall is a perfect ancillary text for any gay/lesbian studies course, but more to the point, no one interested in these heroic figures and the movements they ignited should be without this book, which received an honorable mention in the 2004 Stonewall Book Awards. Read less

About the Editor
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Pre-1950
Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956)
Henry Gerber (1895-1972): Grandfather of the American Gay Movement
Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson (Xavier Mayne) (1868-1942)
Prescott Townsend (1894-1973): Bohemian Blueblood—A Different Kind of Pioneer
Jeannette Howard Foster (1895-1981)
Pearl M. Hart (1890-1975)
Lisa Ben (1921- )
Berry Berryman (1901-1972)
Part II: Organizational Activists
Harry Hay (1912 - )
Dale Jennings (1917-2000): ONE's Outspoken Advocate
W. Dorr Legg (1904-1994)
Don Slater (1923-1997)
Jim Schneider (1932- ): ONE's Guardian Angel
William Edward (Billy) Glover (1932- )
Jim Kepner (1923-1997)
Stella Rush a.k.a. Sten Russell (1925- )
Helen Sandoz a.k.a. Helen Sanders a.k.a. Ben Cat (1920-1987)
Herb Selwyn (1925- )
Hal Call (1917-2000): Mr. Mattachine
Del Martin (1921- )
Phyllis Lyon (1924- )
Billye Talmadge (1929- ): Some Kind of Courage
Cleo Glenn (Bonner) (Dates Unknown)
Pat Walker (1938-1999)
Bob Basker (1918-2001): Selling the Movement
Shirley Willer (1922-1999)
Part III: Movers and Shakers on the National Scene
Franklin E. Kameny (1925- )
Jack Nichols (1938- ): The Blue Fairy of the Gay Movement
Lige Clarke (1942-1975)
Barbara Gittings (1932- ): Independent Spirit
Barbara Grier (1933- ): Climbing the Ladder
Stephen Donaldson (Robert A. Martin): (1946-1996)
Randolfe Wicker (1938- )
Arthur Cyrus Warner (1918- )
Richard Inman (1926?- )
Part IV: Other Voices and Their Influence
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997): On His Own Terms
Walter H. Breen (J. Z. Eglinton) (1928-1993)
Warren Johansson (1934-1994)
Donald Webster Cory (1913-1986)
Evelyn Gentry Hooker (1907-1996)
George Weinberg (1935- )
Vern L. Bullough (1928- ): Making the Pen Mightier Than the Sword
Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989)
Virginia Prince (1913- )
José Sarria (1923- )
Charlotte Coleman (1923- )
Reed Erickson (1917-1992): How One Transsexed Man Supported ONE
Troy Perry (1940- )
Morris Kight (1919- ): Community Activist
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Before Stonewall Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context

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