2nd Edition

Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement

By Marc Stein Copyright 2023
312 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Now in its second edition, Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides an accessible overview of an important and transformational struggle for social change, highlighting key individuals and events, influential groups and organizations, major successes and failures, and the movement’s lasting effects and unfinished work. Focusing on four decades of social, cultural, and political change... Read more

0. Introduction  1. Before the Movement, 1500 – 1940  2. Homophile Activism, 1940 –69  3. Gay Liberation, Lesbian Feminism, and Gay and Lesbian Liberalism, 1969–73  4. Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Era of Conservative Backlash, 1973–81  5. Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Age of AIDS, 1981–90  6. LGBT and Queer Activism Beyond 1990

Biography

Marc Stein is the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History at San Francisco State University, USA. His previous books include City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves: Lesbian and Gay Philadelphia (2000), Sexual Injustice: Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe (2010), The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History (2019), and Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly Activism (2022).

"Queer Reading: SF State prof sees reasons for rethinking LGBTQ history," The Bay Area Reporter, https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=books&id=326259