Pre-gay L.A : a social history of the movement for homosexual rights / C. Todd White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, C. Todd, 1965-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights--California--Los Angeles--History.

Gay rights.

Gay liberation movement--California--Los Angeles--History.

Gay liberation movement.

Gay people--California--Los Angeles--History.

Gay people.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--History.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

ONE Institute of Homophile Studies.

LGBTQ+ political groups.

Decriminalization.

LGBTQ+ civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Pre-gay Los Angeles

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the origins and history of the modern American movement for homosexual rights, which originated in Los Angeles in the late 1940s and continues today. Part ethnography and part social history, it is a detailed account of the history of the movement as manifested through the emergence of four related organizations: Mattachine, ONE Incorporated, the Homosexual Information Center (HIC), and the Institute for the Study of Human Resources (ISHR), which began doing business as ONE Incorporated when the two organizations merged in 1995. Pre-Gay L.A. is a chronicle of how one clandestine special interest association emerged as a powerful political force that spawned several other organizations over a period of more than sixty years. Relying on extended interviews with participants as well as a full review of the archives of the Homosexual Information Center, C. Todd White unearths the institutional histories of the gay and lesbian rights movement and the myriad personalities involved, including Mattachine founder Harry Hay; ONE Magazine editors Dale Jennings, Donald Slater, and Irma Wolf; ONE Incorporated founder Dorr Legg; and many others. Fighting to decriminalize homosexuality and to obtain equal rights, the viable organizations that these individuals helped to establish significantly impacted legal policies not only in Los Angeles but across the United States, affecting the lives of most of us living in America today.

Contents:

Mattachine (1948-52)

The launch of ONE (1952-53)

Cleaning house (1953-54)

The establishment of ONE Institute (1955-60)

Separation (1960-62)

Division (1963-65)

Two years of war (1965-67)

The founding of ISHR, HIC, and Christopher Street West (1965-70)

Conclusion(s).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.

ISBN:

9786613895431

9781283582988

1283582988

9780252092862

0252092864

OCLC:

1058779263