Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. : A DocumentaryThis book is a collection of documents relating to the treatment of gay men and lesbians in America's history. Each section includes an introduction by the compiler. |
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Page 225
... later.27 The key to understanding Lobdell's difficulties and later decline into mad- ness seems to lie in the conflict of this assertive , intelligent , proud female with that behavior her society declared proper and improper for women ...
... later.27 The key to understanding Lobdell's difficulties and later decline into mad- ness seems to lie in the conflict of this assertive , intelligent , proud female with that behavior her society declared proper and improper for women ...
Page 457
... later influence on Margaret Fuller , Henry David Thoreau , and Walt Whitman , three others with passionate same - sex attachments . Emerson's evident concern about the morality of his own attraction certainly affected his relations with ...
... later influence on Margaret Fuller , Henry David Thoreau , and Walt Whitman , three others with passionate same - sex attachments . Emerson's evident concern about the morality of his own attraction certainly affected his relations with ...
Page 486
... later , he continues : Jan. 29. [ 1840 ] . A friend in history looks like some premature soul . The nearest approach to a community of love in these days is like the distant breaking of waves on the seashore . An ocean there must be ...
... later , he continues : Jan. 29. [ 1840 ] . A friend in history looks like some premature soul . The nearest approach to a community of love in these days is like the distant breaking of waves on the seashore . An ocean there must be ...
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