Departing from deviance : a history of homosexual rights and emancipatory science in America / Henry L. Minton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minton, Henry L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Research--United States.

Homosexuality.

Gay liberation movement--United States.

Gay liberation movement.

LGBTQ+ civil rights.

LGBTQ+ emancipation.

LGBTQ+ movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The struggle to remove the stigma of sickness surrounding same-sex love has a long history. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its diagnostic classification of mental illness, but the groundwork for this pivotal decision was laid decades earlier. In this new study, Henry L. Minton looks back at the struggle of the American gay and lesbian activists who chose scientific research as a path for advancing homosexual rights. He traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its role in challenging the illness model in the 1970's. By examining archival sources and unpublished manuscripts, Minton reveals the substantial accomplishments made by key researchers and relates their life stories. He also considers the contributions of mainstream sexologists such as Alfred C. Kinsey and Evelyn Hooker, who supported the cause of homosexual rights through the advancement of scientific knowledge. By uncovering this hidden chapter in the story of gay liberation, Departing from Deviance makes an important contribution to both the history of science and the history of sexuality.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Emancipatory Science and Homosexual Rights

2. The Relationship between Homosexuals and Sex Researchers, 1870-1940

3. Jan Gay and the Sex Variants Committee, 1935-41

4. Homosexual Life Stories, 1935-41

5. Henry and Gross and the Study of Sex Offenders, 1937-72

6. Thomas Painter and the Study of Male Prostitution, 1935-43

7. Toward Participatory Research on Homosexuality: Painter, Kinsey, and the Kinsey Institute, 1943-73

8. Evelyn Hooker, Frank Kameny, and Depathologizing Homosexuality, 1957-73

Epilogue: Beyond 1973

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-335) and index.

ISBN:

9786612901904

9781282901902

1282901907

9780226304458

0226304450

OCLC:

690177228