Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. : a Documentary History"This ground-breaking work is the primary sourcebook for an accurate, fascinating, historical account of American lesbians and gay men. Now with a new preface and an updated bibliography, the collection remains the most complete and authoritative reference work of the homosexual experience in the United States. Here are reprints of rare and hard-to-find documents that represent over four hundred years of oppression, conflict, and struggle in the New World. Among its wealth of provocative material are an 1891 photograph of male-male dancing in the Old West; a 1974 interview with a male homosexual victim of shock treatment; a 1629 journal account of 'sodomitical activity' among the first American colonists; and an account of lesbianism in the life of blues singer Bessie Smith. Impeccably researched and covering American history from the earliest European settlers and Native Americans to contemporary times, this volume is both a superb history and a deeply moving work." --Back cover |
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... became a bit excitable , irritable , would " carry on about water for his bath , about having more time off , " etc. His voice became high pitched and he seemed more sensitive . On August 18 , he was arrested for " getting into a brawl ...
... became a bit excitable , irritable , would " carry on about water for his bath , about having more time off , " etc. His voice became high pitched and he seemed more sensitive . On August 18 , he was arrested for " getting into a brawl ...
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... became more alert , took an active interest in his environment , saying : " I feel much better . " He became interested in ward activities and got along so well that he was given ground privileges and permitted to walk around the ...
... became more alert , took an active interest in his environment , saying : " I feel much better . " He became interested in ward activities and got along so well that he was given ground privileges and permitted to walk around the ...
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... became an actuality . Through a lawyer our program was submitted to the Secretary of State at Springfield , and we were furnished with a State Charter . No one seemed to have bothered to investigate our purpose . As secretary of the new ...
... became an actuality . Through a lawyer our program was submitted to the Secretary of State at Springfield , and we were furnished with a State Charter . No one seemed to have bothered to investigate our purpose . As secretary of the new ...
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