Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement

Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement
Author: JoAnne Myers
Publisher: Historical Dictionaries of Rel
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN:

Over the years, much has been written on homosexuality and the Gay Liberation Movement, but much of the focus has been on male homosexuals. The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement, focuses on the youngest of the liberation movements, the lesbian movement, covering its successes, problems, and controversies, and its future directions. General readers and researchers will find this to be a useful guide.

Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements

Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements
Author: JoAnne Myers
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2013-09-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0810874687

Not so long ago hardly anything was said of the Lesbian Liberation Movement and the Gay Liberation Movement, indeed, the terms gay and lesbian were not even used if some other expression could be found. Today, by contrast, hardly a day passes when something important does not occur, and is carried by the major media and disseminated on more personal levels through blogs and the social media. If anything, there is perhaps too much “news” and not enough “information.” Obviously, a book like this cannot keep up with the news, but it can do something equally important when it comes to information, by reminding us of the past and what has been going and just how fast events are moving. The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements covers the history of this movement through a cross-referenced dictionary with over 1000 entries on specific countries and regions, influential historical figures, laws that criminalized same-sex sexuality, various historical terms that have been used to refer to aspects of same-sex love, and contemporary events and legal decisions. Including a comprehensive chronology and bibliography, this book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone interested in learning more about the struggle for equality.

Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality

Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality
Author: Brent L. Pickett
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2022-04-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 153815045X

The history of same-sex attraction and love is relevant to many aspects of history, including its social, religious, and political dimensions. The Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality provides a comprehensive survey of same-sex relations from ancient China and Greece to the contemporary world. The book covers religious traditions that have tolerated or had a role for same-sex relations, to those that have condemned it and called for punishment. The legal treatment of homosexuality, and the development in the modern world of a gay rights movements, are central areas of focus. In addition, there are a number of entries for specific countries and regions that provides concise summaries of how same-sex relations have been understood and treated around the globe. Court decisions and emerging norms in international law are also covered. Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 200 cross-referenced entries on important historical figures, philosophic, artistic, and literary treatments of same-sex love, historical terms, and contemporary events. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about homosexuality.

Historical Dictionary of the Gay Liberation Movement

Historical Dictionary of the Gay Liberation Movement
Author: Ronald J. Hunt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN:

Traces the evolution from the early homosexual rights movement through a century of history and into the contemporary gay and lesbian rights movement. It presents the key organizations and their leaders, the essential issues and the strategies those issues suggest, and the situation in numerous countries.

The A to Z of the Lesbian Liberation Movement

The A to Z of the Lesbian Liberation Movement
Author: JoAnne Myers
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2009-08-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0810863278

The Lesbian Liberation Movement is both a movement that encompasses liberating a sexual practice from stigmatization and a political movement challenging the dual oppression of women by the patriarchy's assumption of male supremacy and heterosexuality. Over the years, much has been written on homosexuality and the Gay Liberation Movement, yet much of the focus has been on male homosexuals, especially male homosexual activity and the politics that activity raises. The A to Z of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage is a comprehensive overview and resource guide for one of the most invisible social political movements: the Lesbian Liberation Movement. This book helps to make the still-active movement visible_the history, successes, setbacks, controversies, and issues. This book is a good resource for those studying this social political movement, containing a chronology, contextual overview, dictionary entries that cover persons, laws, terminology, issues, and countries, and an extensive bibliography of primary resources and current work.

The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement

The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement
Author: Margaret Cruikshank
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136644334

Gay and lesbian liberation as a sexual freedom movement, as a political movement, and as a movement of ideas - historical roots, legal issues and links with other movements. The author emphasises the role of women.

The Dictionary of Homophobia

The Dictionary of Homophobia
Author: Louis-Georges Tin
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Total Pages: 955
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1551523140

A comprehensive, global history of homophobia, available in English for the first time.

Homosexuality and the Law

Homosexuality and the Law
Author: Chuck Stewart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2001-05-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1576075907

This reference work provides important information about the role academic research has played in the ever-evolving laws covering homosexuality. A comprehensive overview of homosexuality and the law, this fascinating dictionary opens with a history of the Gay Rights Movement which started in Germany during the l860s with Karl Heinrich Ulrich, the "Grandfather of Gay Liberation," who wrote 12 books including, Researches on the Riddle of Love Between Men. Homosexuals were later herded into Nazi concentration camps, where 50,000 of them died. When the war ended, Allied commanders forced homosexuals to finish their prison sentences. This book has 112 entries on subjects such as absurd sex laws, the Crittendon Report, the Boy Scouts, the l996 Defense of Marriage Act, surgical alterations, discrimination, sodomy, loitering, wills, and more. A nearly 100 page appendix details state and local laws. The book includes a list of advocacy organizations and other references, a table of cases, and an extensive bibliography.

Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature

Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature
Author: Meredith Miller
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780810849419

"This Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature serves two primary functions: to provide further information to those already familiar with the field and to explain it to those discovering it for the first time. A chronology provides a historical perspective, an introduction gives a general yet detailed overview, and the dictionary contains several hundred cross-referenced entries on important writers such as Sappho, Colette, and Mary Wollstonecraft, styles, themes, literary movement, publishers, and outstanding works of the genre. Completed by an extensive bibliography, this book examines the factors influencing the development of the lesbian identity as an interaction between readers and writers of all kinds of literature."--BOOK JACKET.

Gay Resistance

Gay Resistance
Author: Sam Deaderick
Publisher: Red Letter Press
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1997
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780932323033

Both newcomers and veterans, students and teachers, will benefit from this pithy booklet--a classic of the 1970s--which reviews the legacy of queer defiance and proposes bold strategies for achieving the rights of lesbians/gays/bisexuals and transgender people. The authors pinpoint the origins of homophobia and tell the story of those who fought back: from German organizers in the 1860s, to the homophile pioneers of the 1950s Mattachine Society; from the youth and drag queens of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion, to the Gay Liberation Front and the eruption of lesbian feminism in the 1970s. The role of lesbians and gays of color is acknowledged and the work of groundbreaking lesbian writers is discussed. The weakness and strengths of various campaigns for sexual freedom are evaluated. The book includes an introduction by University of Washington Associate Professor Roger Simpson, author of the history An Evening at the Garden of Allah. A wide-ranging bibliography points readers toward further information on the LGBT struggle.