Stand by me: the forgotten history of gay liberation

Stand By Me calls us to dig more deeply into the past in order to guide our future. Stand By Me proves a deeply moving read, one that passionately and urgently argues for us to acknowledge some of the forgotten history of gay liberation.

Downs challenges our movement not to let the horror of AIDS or the rush to assimilate cloud the memory of our roots. From a prominent young historian, the untold story of the rich variety of gay life in America in the s Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood.

Downs upends this, detailing more inclusive and representative subjects, tracing the history of gay rights as part of the ongoing battle for civil rights, and covering the gay religious movement.

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Drawing on a vast trove of untapped records at LGBT community centers in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, Downs tells moving, revelatory stories of gay people who stood together—as friends, fellow believers, and colleagues—to.

Stand By Me proves a deeply moving read, one that passionately and urgently argues for us to acknowledge some of the forgotten history of gay liberation."―San Francisco Chronicle. Though the years leading up to the AIDS epidemic are largely thought of as a sexual free-for-all clearly there was more going on.

Enable All Save Settings. This book explores the overlooked history of gay liberation, shedding light on its significance and impact. Downs capably blends authority and warmth in this thoughtful reexamination of an era. Description Authors Praise With Stand by MeJim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marching in the streets.

Stand By M e is not duplicative of other accounts. Home women, gender, and sexuality history Stand By Me. Download Cover Image. Drawing on a vast trove of untapped records at LGBT community centers in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, Downs tells moving, revelatory stories of gay people who stood together -- as friends, fellow believers.

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Related Books Previous slide in carousel. Drawing on a vast trove of untapped records at LGBT community centers in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, Downs tells moving, revelatory stories of gay people who stood together—as friends, fellow believers, and colleagues—to create a sense of community among people who felt alienated from mainstream American life.

In Stand by Me, the acclaimed historian Jim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marching in the streets. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in.

Rather, he aims to establish that 'it was not defining, as the received narrative has it. Request an exam or desk copy. Publisher: University of Georgia Press. Preparing your PDF for download There was a problem with your download, please contact the server administrator.

A valuable addition to LGBT and social-change collections. With Stand by Me, Jim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marching in the streets. In Stand by MeJim Downs achieves the impressive feat of illustrating that the willingness of homosexuals to be out—among one another, at least—was eased by more than just clubs, bars and bathhouses.