Letters to One: Gay and Lesbian Voices from the 1950s and 1960s / (Suny Series in Queer Politics and Cultures)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (721 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1438442971 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Despite a limited monthly circulation of only a few thousand, the magazine influenced the substance, character, and tone of the early American gay rights movement. Long before the Stonewall riots, ONE magazine the first openly gay magazine in the United States offered a positive viewpoint of homosexuality and encouraged gay people to resist discrimination and persecution. The letters candidly explore issues such as police harassment of gay and lesbian communities, antigay job purges, and the philosophical, scientific, and religious meanings of homosexuality.". This book is a collection of letters written to the magazine, a small number of which were published in ONE, but most of them were not
Short of actually visiting the "ONE" archive, this work may be the closest that Loftin s readers will come to hearing the voices of an earlier age of gays and lesbians. "Los Angeles Times""Although Letters to ONE is technically a secondary source, it often reads like a primary source. a remarkable book about gay and lesbian life in the 1950s and 60s. Los Angeles Times" . "H-Net Reviews (H-Histsex)" a remarkable book about gay and lesbian life in the 1950s and 60s. H-Net Reviews (H-Histsex) a remarkable book about gay and lesbian life in the 1950s and 60s. Los Angeles Times"Although "Letters to" ONE is technically a secondary source, it often reads like a primary source. Short of actually visiting the ONE archive, this work may be the closest that Loftin s
Craig M. He is the author of Masked Voices: Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America, also published by SUNY Press.. Loftin is Lecturer in American Studies at California State University, Fullerton
fantastic window into gay life in the 1950's and 60's Adam D. Dunn This book is a fantastic window into gay life in the 1950's and 60's and I highly recommend it.The letters presented are more positive overall than I thought they would be, as the author mentions in the introduction. Even though being gay was a crime and there was no real collection of homosexuals or support system, many simply resi