Beschreibung:
Using the 1977 campaign against the Dade County Florida gay rights ordinance as a focal point, this book provides an examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement, the challenges it posed to the accepted American notions of sexuality, and how American society reacted in turn.
An examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement
Lesbians, Gay Men, and "The Minority Rights RevolutionThe Homosexual in the American Public Imaginiation, 1977Gay Rights Come to MiamiThe Campaign BeginsThe VoteSt. Paul, Wichita, EugeneCalifornia, Seattle, MiamiThe Gay Rights Debate