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008			151030s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0465032702 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)920018216
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100	1		_aDowns, Jim, _d1973- _eauthor. _9304482
245	1	0	_aStand by me : _bthe forgotten history of gay liberation / _cJim Downs.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2016]
300			_avii, 261 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe largest massacre of gay people in American history -- The gay religious movement -- The biography of a bookstore -- Gay American history -- The body politic -- "Prison sounds" -- Body language.
520			_a"Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in 1969. The 1970s represented a moment of triumph--both political and sexual--before the AIDS crisis in the subsequent decade, which, in the view of many, exposed the problems inherent in the so-called "gay lifestyle". In Stand by Me, the acclaimed historian Jim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the 1970s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marching in the streets. Drawing on a vast trove of untapped records at LGBT community centers in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, Downs tells moving, revelatory stories of gay people who stood together--as friends, fellow believers, and colleagues--to create a sense of community among people who felt alienated from mainstream American life. As Downs shows, gay people found one another in the Metropolitan Community Church, a nationwide gay religious group; in the pages of the Body Politic, a newspaper that encouraged its readers to think of their sexuality as a political identity; at the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore, the hub of gay literary life in New York City; and at theaters putting on "Gay American History," a play that brought to the surface the enduring problem of gay oppression. These and many other achievements would be largely forgotten after the arrival in the early 1980s of HIV/AIDS, which allowed critics to claim that sex was the defining feature of gay liberation. This reductive narrative set back the cause of gay rights and has shaped the identities of gay people for decades. An essential act of historical recovery, Stand by Me shines a bright light on a triumphant moment, and will transform how we think about gay life in America from the 1970s into the present day."--Book jacket.
650		0	_aGay liberation movement _zUnited States _xHistory. _9175220
650		0	_aGays _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _9304483
650		0	_aGays _xPolitical activity _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _9304484
650		0	_aGay rights _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _9304485
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