Gay and lesbian rights in the United States : a documentary history / edited by Walter L. Williams and Yolanda Retter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Walter L., 1948-

Retter, Yolanda, 1947-2007

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights--United States--History--Sources.

Gay rights.

Gay liberation movement--United States--History--Sources.

Gay liberation movement.

Homosexuality--United States--Public opinion.

Homosexuality.

Homosexuality--Law and legislation--United States.

Homosexuality--Law and legislation.

Public opinion.

History.

United States.

Public opinion--United States.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

United States--Social policy.

Social policy.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xlii, 317 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.

Contents:

Part I The Clash of Religions 1

Document 1 Navajo Sacredness for Nadleeh 3

Document 2 Illinois Indian Transgender (1677) 5

Document 3 Miami Indian Sodomy (1702) 5

Document 4 Native American Transgendered Females 7

Document 5 Lakota Respect for Two-Spirit People (1982) 8

Document 6 The Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah 10

Document 7 The Bible: The Abominations of Leviticus 12

Document 8 The Bible: Ruth and Naomi 15

Document 9 The Bible: David and Jonathan 15

Document 10 The Bible: Jesus 17

Document 11 The Bible: Paul 19

Document 12 Spaniards' Suppression of Sodomites (1519-1540s) 22

Document 13 Virginia Sodomy Law (1610) 23

Document 14 The Execution of Richard Cornish (1624-1625) 23

Document 15 William Plaine Executed in New England for Teaching Masturbation (1646) 24

Document 16 African American Jan Creoli Killed and Burned in Dutch Colony (1646) 25

Document 17 Sara Norman and Mary Hammon Accused of Lewd Behavior (1649) 25

Document 18 New Haven Law Prohibits Lesbianism (1655) 26

Document 19 Puritan Sermon on The Cry of Sodom (1674) 27

Document 20 Pirates in the Caribbean (1724) 30

Document 21 Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) 31

Document 22 Spanish Priests Condemn Transgendered Yuma Indians (1775) 32

Document 23 Spanish Colonial Suppression of Sodomites in California (1775-1777) 32

Part II Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Development of a Homophile Identity in the United States, 1775-1950 35

Document 24 United States Declaration of Independence (1776) 38

Document 25 United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (1791) 40

Document 26 Bachelor Friendships of the Nineteenth Century 42

Document 27 National Women's Rights Convention (1852) 43

Document 28 Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Poetry of Democracy (1860) 45

Document 29 Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868) 46

Document 30 Walt Whitman's Democratic Vistas (1870) 46

Document 31 Females Passing as Men (1894) 48

Document 32 Anthony Comstock Seeks to Imprison Inverts (1900) 49

Document 33 United States Navy Entraps Homosexuals (1919) 50

Document 34 Society for Human Rights (1924) 51

Document 35 The Well of Loneliness (1929) 55

Document 36 Sigmund Freud on Homosexuality (1935) 56

Document 37 Lesbian Challenges Georgia's Sodomy Law (1939) 58

Document 38 Lesbians in the Women's Army Corps (1945) 59

Document 39 Psychiatrists Oppose Homosexual Rights Laws (1945) 60

Document 40 Vice Versa, America's First Lesbian Magazine (1947) 61

Document 41 Vice Versa Predictions (1947) 63

Document 42 Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts (1950) 65

Part III Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Movement in the United States, 1950-1977 67

Document 43 Formation of the Mattachine Society (1950) 72

Document 44 Mattachine Society Meetings (1950) 73

Document 45 Mattachine Protests Police Entrapment (1952) 74

Document 46 Formation of ONE, Inc. (1952) 76

Document 47 Jim Kepner's First Mattachine Meeting (1953) 77

Document 48 Tampa Lesbian Bar Raid (1953) 78

Document 49 Daughters of Bilitis (1955) 79

Document 50 Founding of ONE Institute of Homophile Studies (1956) 80

Document 51 Gay Bashing in Massachusetts (1956) 82

Document 52 Allen Ginsberg and the Beatniks (1956) 83

Document 53 Crittenden Report on Homosexuality in the United States Navy (1957) 85

Document 54 Evelyn Hooker Psychological Research (1957) 86

Document 55 Supreme Court Rules ONE Is Not Obscene (1958) 89

Document 56 Mattachine National Convention (1959) 92

Document 57 A Homosexual Bill of Rights (1961) 93

Document 58 Jose Sarria Runs for San Francisco City Council (1961) 96

Document 59 ACLU Begins Gay Rights Cases (1963) 97

Document 60 Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King, and the March on Washington (1963) 99

Document 61 Mohave Indian Two-Spirit Person (1964) 100

Document 62 Frank Kameny Resists Job Firing (1964) 102

Document 63 Mattachine Pickets the White House (1965) 103

Document 64 San Francisco Activism (1965) 105

Document 65 Lesbian Activism and The Ladder (1966) 107

Document 66 Barbara Gittings and Frank Kameny Push the Pentagon (1966) 109

Document 67 Supreme Court Excludes and Deports Homosexual Immigrants (1967) 110

Document 68 PRIDE and The Advocate Magazine (1967) 111

Document 69 Rev. Troy Perry Founds the Metropolitan Community Church (1968) 113

Document 70 Homophile Action League (1968) 115

Document 71 A Gay Manifesto (1969) 116

Document 72 Stonewall Riots in New York (1969) 118

Document 73 Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance (1970) 120

Document 74 Gay Lib Zaps Psychologists (1970) 121

Document 75 Congress to Unite Women (1970) 122

Document 76 The Woman Identified Woman (1970) 123

Document 77 NOW Endorses Lesbian Rights (1971) 124

Document 78 Lesbian Nation (1972) 126

Document 79 Democratic Party Convention (1972) 127

Document 80 Multiple Struggles (1973) 128

Document 81 Dr. Howard Brown Comes Out (1973) 129

Document 82 National Gay Task Force Founded (1973) 130

Document 83 Lambda Legal Defense Fund (1973) 131

Document 84 Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (1973) 132

Document 85 American Psychiatric Association Vote (1974) 133

Document 86 Lesbian Child Custody Rights (1974) 135

Document 87 Lesbians as the Vanguard of Feminism (1975) 136

Document 88 Gay Asians (1975) 137

Document 89 Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles (1976) 138

Part IV Backlash: The Reaction to Gay and Lesbian Progress in the United States, 1977-1987 139

Document 90 Anita Bryant Defeats Miami Gay Rights Ordinance (1977) 143

Document 91 Gay Men Harm Society (1978) 144

Document 92 Mormon Suppression of Homosexuality (1978) 145

Document 93 Harvey Milk on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1978) 149

Document 94 Gay Is Not Good (1979) 151

Document 95 Homosexuality Is Unnatural (1979) 152

Document 96 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (1979) 153

Document 97 Asian American Lesbian Speaks at the Third World Lesbian/Gay Conference (1979) 154

Document 98 A Gay Priest Speaks Out on Fundamentalists (1980) 155

Document 99 Anita Bryant's Startling Reversal (1980) 157

Document 100 Democratic Party and Gay Rights (1980) 158

Document 101 Congressman Bauman on Opposition to Gay Rights (1980) 159

Document 102 AIDS Strikes Gay Men (1981) 161

Document 103 Jerry Falwell Fund-Raising Letter (1981) 162

Document 104 Pope John Paul II on Controlling the Body (1981) 163

Document 105 Wisconsin Antidiscrimination Law (1981) 163

Document 106 Violence against Lesbian (1982) 164

Document 107 Merle Woo Challenges the University of California (1982) 166

Document 108 Simultaneity of Oppression (1983) 167

Document 109 Lesbians of Color Conference (1983) 168

Document 110 Police Abuse against Gays (1983) 169

Document 111 The Death of Charlie Howard (1984) 170

Document 112 Are Gay Rights Right? (1985) 172

Document 113 Armistead Maupin's "Design for Living" (1985) 173

Document 114 AIDS and Gay Rights (1986) 175

Document 115 Bowers v.

Hardwick Sodomy Law Case (1986) 177

Document 116 Catholic Condemnation of Homosexuality (1986) 180

Document 117 Homophobia in the Black Community (1986) 181

Document 118 Antigay Violence (1987) 182

Document 119 AIDS as God's Punishment (1987) 183

Part V Queer America: The Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity in the United States, 1987-2000 187

Document 120 ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) (1987) 192

Document 121 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (1987) 194

Document 122 Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (1987) 195

Document 123 Randy Burns

Gay American Indians (1988) 196

Document 124 AIDS Should Not Prevent Sexual Pleasure (1988) 197

Document 125 National Coming Out Day (1988) 198

Document 126 Congressman William Dannemeyer Opposes Gay Rights (1989) 199

Document 127 Jewish Rabbi Acceptance of Gay and Lesbian Rights (1989) 201

Document 128 Queer Nation (1990) 202

Document 129 Bisexuals and Gay Rights (1991) 203

Document 130 Gays in the Republican Party (1991) 204

Document 131 Democratic Party Progay Rights (1992) 205

Document 132 Kentucky v. Wasson (1992) 206

Document 133 Colorado Amendment 2 (1992) 207

Document 134 Oregon Measure 9 (1992) 208

Document 135 Lesbian Appointed to Federal Government (1993) 210

Document 136 Lesbians and Gay Men in the Military (1993) 213

Document 137 Military Working Group on Homosexuality (1993) 214

Document 138 Barry Goldwater on Gays in the Military (1993) 215

Document 139 Hawai'i Same-Sex Marriage Court Case (1993) 216

Document 140 March on Washington (1993) 221

Document 141 Deaf, Black, and Gay: Comparative Rights (1993) 223

Document 142 Impact of Gays on the Media (1994) 224

Document 143 PFLAG Supports Gay and Lesbian Children (1994) 226

Document 144 Catholic Condemnation of Homosexuality (1994) 227

Document 145 Ex-Gays Condemn Gay Rights (1994) 228

Document 146 Bisexual Young Woman Speaks Out (1994) 229

Document 147 Sharon Bottoms Child Custody Court Case (1994) 230

Document 148 Japanese American Citizens League Supports Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage (1994) 232

Document 149 Lesbianas Unidas (1994) 234

Document 150 Exposing the Religious Right (1995) 235

Document 151 The Lesbian Avengers (1995) 237

Document 152 Brandon Teena Murder Trial (1996) 239

Document 153 Romer v. Evans (1996) 240

Document 154 Defense of Marriage Act (1996) 241

Document 155 Galluccio-Holden Adoption Lawsuit (1997) 244

Document 156 Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (1997) 245

Document 157 Internet Publication for Gay and Lesbian Rights (1997) 247

Document 158 Intersex Society of North America (1997) 248

Document 159 Transgender Liberation (1998) 249

Document 160 Southern Baptist Convention Condemns Homosexuality (1998) 250

Document 161 Focus on the Family (1998) 252

Document 162 Hawai'i Voters Reject Same-Sex Marriage (1998) 253

Document 163 Mrs. Shepard Speaks in Support of Hate Crimes Laws (1998) 259

Document 164 Hate Crimes Laws Won't Stop Hate (1998) 259

Document 165 Coming Out (1998) 260

Document 166 Cyberactivism (1999) 262

Document 167 Stan Baker v. State of Vermont (1999) 264

Document 168 Overturning State Sodomy Laws (1999) 267

Document 169 Dale v. Boy Scouts of America (1999) 269

Document 170 Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) 271

Document 171 Transgender Rights and the ACLU (2000) 276

Document 172 Laura Schlessinger Radio Show (2000) 276

Document 173 Suicide of a Gay Mormon (2000) 279

Document 174 Antigay Hate Crimes in High Schools (2000) 280

Document 175 Millennium March on Washington (2000) 282.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-299) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0313306966

OCLC:

50645772