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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... evidence that he committed the offense in Deer Lodge , on or about November 9 , 1877. We think that the evidence was properly submitted to the jury . The appellant [ also ] claims that the jury were not instructed correctly on the ...
... evidence that he committed the offense in Deer Lodge , on or about November 9 , 1877. We think that the evidence was properly submitted to the jury . The appellant [ also ] claims that the jury were not instructed correctly on the ...
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... evidence against plaintiff was taken or received by the O.S.I. or by the Air Force , and prior to her discharge plaintiff was not confronted with the nature of the evidence against her . Plaintiff was demoted to the grade of private on ...
... evidence against plaintiff was taken or received by the O.S.I. or by the Air Force , and prior to her discharge plaintiff was not confronted with the nature of the evidence against her . Plaintiff was demoted to the grade of private on ...
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... evidence of sufficient weight and credibility as to warrant reversal of the prior action in these cases has been ... evidence of record " upon which the Board based its finding of guilt was obviously not the evidence received at the ...
... evidence of sufficient weight and credibility as to warrant reversal of the prior action in these cases has been ... evidence of record " upon which the Board based its finding of guilt was obviously not the evidence received at the ...
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