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Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
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From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage. Eric Marcus takes us back in time to the earliest days of that struggle in a newly revised and thoroughly updated edition of Making History, originally published in 1992. Using the heart-felt stories of more than 60 people, he carries us through the compelling five-decade battle that has changed the fabric of American society.The rich… More >>
Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
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Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore
- ISBN13: 9780786720101
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Hardcore porn—both the straight and gay varieties—entered mainstream American culture in the 1970s as the sexual revolution swept away many of the cultural inhibitions and legal restraints on explicit sexual expression. The first porn movie ever to be reviewed by Variety, the entertainment industry’s leading trade journal, was Wakefield Poole’s Boys in the Sand (1971), a sexually-explicit gay movie shot on Fire Island with a budget of $4000. Moviegoers, cele… More >>
Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore
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Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians
- ISBN13: 9780520260610
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The exhortation to “Go West!” has always sparked the American imagination. But for gays, lesbians, and transgendered people, the City of Angels provided a special home and gave rise to one of the most influential gay cultures in the world. Drawing on rare archives and photographs as well as more than three hundred interviews, Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons chart L.A.’s unique gay history, from the first missionary encounters with Native American cross-gendered … More >>
Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians
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