Contacts desired : gay and lesbian communications and community, 1940s-1970s

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Whether born or made, homosexuals generally are not born into gay families, nor are they socialized to be gay by their peers or schools. How then do people become aware of homosexuality and, in some cases, integrate into gay communities? The making of homosexual identity is the result of a communica...

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Main Author: Meeker, Martin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Gay people > History > 20th century.
Gay culture > History > 20th century.
Gay community > History > 20th century.
Gay people > Social networks > History > 20th century.
Gay liberation movement > History > 20th century.
Gay community.
Gay culture.
Gay liberation.
Gay movement.
LGBTQ+ communities.
LGBTQ+ culture.
LGBTQ+ people.
LGBTQ+ social processes.
Lesbian liberation.
Lesbian movement.
Social networks.
Gay liberation movement.
Gay people.
History.
Online Access:View Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Source notes
  • Introduction : The sexual communication network as an agent of change
  • pt. 1. Homosexuals today - the 1950s
  • Introduction
  • ch. 1. Establishing a homosexual headquarters
  • ch. 2. Organizing lesbian connections
  • pt. 2. The homosexual revolution in the 1960s
  • Introduction
  • ch. 3. Building the lesbian grapevine
  • ch. 4. Publicizing the gay life
  • pt. 3. Do-it-yourself into the 1970s
  • Introduction
  • ch. 5. Assembling a lavender Baedeker
  • ch. 6. Shaping an "Amazon network"
  • Epilogue : The study of sexuality in the Internet age
  • Notes
  • Index.

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