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BECOMING VISIBLE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF LESBIAN AND GAY LIFE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA...
...exhibition's curators transformed this massive collection of information into a book. Starting with a chapter on the Stonewall riots, the writers attempt to piece together a history of gay life and politics up to the riots. While accepting that the riots were instrumental in assembling strong gay and lesbian movements, the writers argue that as a result of the emphasis placed on the riots, history has been forgotten and the important movers of the pre-Stonewall era repeatedly overlooked...
...last century. Grounding queer history in long-standing traditions of definition and prohibition, as well as in twentieth-century American history, the book establishes a structured framework within which its subject matter can be understood. Moving Through historical events known to the general reader, the writers relate gay and lesbian history to already familiar landmarks. Thus, the book takes a new look at such diverse phenomena as the Harlem Renaissance, the world wars, the McCarthy hearings, the rebellion of the sixties, the disco era and the AIDS epidemic...
...long process of organization and splintering followed the riots. As groups spring up with well-defined purposes, members leave to found their own societies with differing goals. The lesbian organizations branch off from gay groups and join up with feminism. Radical in-your-face activists split off from those seeking legal victories. With the slogan "Out of the closets and into the streets" queer groups made their presence and power known within society. Attempting to strike down anti-gay legislation, queer groups established powerful legal and educational networks. The strength of these networks, partly a result of Stonewall, was instrumental...
Then, three years ago, my daughter, now a senior in Eliot House, came out to me as a lesbian. Smack! That's when I really found out how ignorant I was. A lot of questions surfaced: How could this have happened? What did I do? What will the Church say? But the strongest feeling that came forward through all of this was that I knew I loved my daughter, and I wanted to continue to have unconditional love for her. And I thank God for that...