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 68
... Prison Letters ( 1919 ) and In Prison ( 1920 ) , a detailed , eyewitness exposé of the horrifying treatment of female convicts . Her references to Lesbianism and masturbation , are , however , characterized by a traditional puritanism ...
... Prison Letters ( 1919 ) and In Prison ( 1920 ) , a detailed , eyewitness exposé of the horrifying treatment of female convicts . Her references to Lesbianism and masturbation , are , however , characterized by a traditional puritanism ...
Page 177
... prison rather than to a psychiatric institution because his abnormal behavior was diagnosed as a sexual psychopathy . After more than a year in prison , he was referred to one of us ( R. S. B. ) in an agitated state . A year of ...
... prison rather than to a psychiatric institution because his abnormal behavior was diagnosed as a sexual psychopathy . After more than a year in prison , he was referred to one of us ( R. S. B. ) in an agitated state . A year of ...
Page 531
... prison , Berkman spent most of his time in solitary confinement for protesting the brutal treatment of other inmates . When he was released in September 1919 , the United States government began deportation proceedings , and in 1920 ...
... prison , Berkman spent most of his time in solitary confinement for protesting the brutal treatment of other inmates . When he was released in September 1919 , the United States government began deportation proceedings , and in 1920 ...
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