Making gay history memoir of a scholar-activist John D'Emilio

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Emilio, John, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

D'Emilio, John.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.). Policy Institute.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.).

Gay activists--United States.

Gay activists.

Sexual minority activists--Civil rights--United States.

Sexual minority activists.

Homosexuality and education--United States--History.

Homosexuality and education.

Gay liberation movement--United States--History.

Gay liberation movement.

LGBTQ+ civil rights.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Durham Duke University Press 2026

Summary:

"Covering the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Making Gay History describes how the research and writing of LGBTQ history developed across these decades. It began very much as an activist endeavor, a resource to be used by the LGBTQ movement to inform its activism and to inspire the community. Part One covers the years in New York in the 1970s and early 1980s, when John D'Emilio embarked on this work; the social and activist networks that he developed; and the struggles he encountered to support himself. Part Two shifts to Greensboro, North Carolina in the 1980s and early 1990s and describes the experience of being an out-of-the-closet faculty member at UNC-Greensboro and the way this identity impacted his teaching and influence upon his students. Part Three covers the second half of the 1990s and describes working for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and creating its Policy Institute. Throughout the book, D'Emilio describes his continuing research, writing and public lecturing on a variety of topics related to LGBTQ history, social movements and the history of sexuality, including a biography of peace and racial justice activist Bayard Rustin"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Reading as a pathway to change

Studying US history

Life with Carlos

The meeting that changed my life

A conference to remember

The decision to do “gay history”

Coming out to my parents

A chosen family

The Gay Socialist Action Project

Finding our history

California discoveries

Life as an activist and writer

San Francisco calls me

Struggling to move forward

He enters my life

Now what?

Moving to Greensboro

Learning to teach

Staying engaged and connected

Remaining an activist

Life picks up speed

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

My year in paradise

Troubles at home

Hoping to leave

Creating the Policy Institute

What now?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version D'Emilio, John Making gay history

ISBN:

9781478062356

1478062355

OCLC:

1592789471

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license