Creating a Place for Ourselves: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Community Histories
EDITOR: Brett Beemyn
CONTRIBUTORS: Brett Beemyn, Nan Alamilla Boyd, George Chauncey, Madeline Davis, Allen Drexel, John Howard, David Johnson, Liz Kennedy, Joan Nestle, Esther Newton, Tim Retzloff, Marc Stein, Roey Thorpe
PUBLISHER: Routledge
LANGUAGE: English
DATE: 1997
PAGES: 306
ISBN: 9780415913904
Publisher’s Description
Creating a Place For Ourselves is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines gay life in the United States before Stonewall and the gay liberation movement. Along with examining areas with large gay communities such as New York, San Francisco and Fire Island, the contributors also consider the thriving gay populations in cities like Detroit, Buffalo, Washington, D.C., Birmingham and Flint, demonstrating that gay communities are truly everywhere.
Library Notes
Paperback. Purchased used by the library with founder’s funds.