Word: chaunceys
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...Chauncey interviewed for his new book, he said half had been arrested for "gay-related charges" during that era and all knew someone...
...response to that hostility, Chauncey said gay men formed their own social world, which he called a "gay alternative public sphere," where they were openly homosexual...
...Chauncey said men made their homosexuality known only within this "alternative public sphere...
However, this tendency to keep knowledge of one's sexuality within the gay community changed during the Civil Rights era, Chauncey said...
...liberation movement was part of a generational shift," Chauncey said. "Many [of younger activists]had little contact with the other gay world...