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Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York - ''An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail''

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Stephan Cohen received his PhD from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is an Assistant Professor at Lesley College. Klappentext Cohen examines how gay liberation-with its rejection of stultifying sex roles, attack on institutional oppression, connection between personal and political liberation, celebration of innate androgyny, and resolute anti-war and anti-capitalist stance-shaped understandings of sexual identity, membership criteria, organization, decision-making, the roles of youth and adults, and efforts to effect social change. Zusammenfassung Examines how gay liberation - with its rejection of stultifying sex roles, attack on institutional oppression, connection between personal and political liberation, celebration of innate androgyny, and resolute anti-war and anti-capitalist stance - shaped understandings of sexual identity, membership criteria, organization, and decision-making. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Prior to Gay Liberation Chapter 2: Ideology and Practice Chapter 3: Gay Liberation Shapes Youth Activism Chapter 4: Gay Youth (GY) Chapter 5: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) Chapter 6: Gay International Youth Society of George Washington High School Appendix A: Gay Liberation Youth Groups - 1966 to 1975 Appendix B: GAA Petition to Councilwoman Carol Greitzer Appendix C: "IN A WORLD OF DARKNESS" Appendix D: S.T.A.R. Activism Appendix E: GAA-Initiated Intro 475 Fall, 1971 Hearings Broach Transgender Concerns Appendix F: 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Appendix G: Chronology of George Washington High School News Coverage Archives Bibliography

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