Queer Clout - Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics

Timothy Stewart-Winter is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University-Newark.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. A Little World Within a World

Chapter 2. Maximum Feasible Intimidation

Chapter 3. Freaking Fag Revolutionaries

Chapter 4. Clark and Diversey Is Our Ghetto!

Chapter 5. Lesbian Survival School

Chapter 6. Balance of Power

Chapter 7. A New Disease Is Not Welcome Here

Chapter 8. Flexing Gay Economic Muscle

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Timothy Stewart-Winter

Summary

Queer Clout weaves together activism and electoral politics to trace the gay movement's path since the 1950s in Chicago. Stewart-Winter stresses gay people's and African Americans' shared focus on police harassment, highlighting how black political leaders enabled white gays and lesbians to join an emerging liberal coalition in city hall.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Stewart-Winter
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780812224061
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2406-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous