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Sexual and Gender Minority History: A Counter-Narrative provides important lessons about power, marginalization, intersectionality, self-determination, and the struggle for social justice through examining the history of sexual and gender minorities in the United States and Germany during the 19th and 20th centuries. While the book's main focus is on the United States in the 20th century, it begins in Germany with an examination of the origin of sexual and gender minority identities and the rise and fall of the first movement for sexual and gender minority rights. The American history highlights contributions and developments across race, ethnicity, and social class.
List of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Germany in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
- 3: The Weimar Republic and National Socialism
- 4: Foundations in the United States
- 5: The Jazz Age
- 6: The 1930s and the Great Depression
- 7: The World at War
- 8: The 1950s and the Homophile Movement
- 9: A Rising Tide of Resistance
- 10: Stonewall and Its Aftermath
- 11: Turbulence and Visibility in the 1970s
- 12: The Deluge and Beyond
- 13: Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Index
About the author
James I Martin was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the MSW Program at NYU's Silver School of Social Work until his recent retirement. His research and scholarship has focused on diverse sexual and gender minority issues. In addition to these issues, he taught research and practice methods to masters and doctoral students in social work and counseling. Dr. Martin has long advocated for sexual and gender minority issues in social work through leadership in several of its major organizations and by establishing the principal caucus of sexual and gender minority faculty and doctoral students in the profession.
