Bibliography:
Lesbian & Gay History, Politics & Culture

Professors Blanche Wiesen Cook, Ken Sherrill, Alisa Solomon

I. The Historical Denial of Gay & Lesbian Experience

A. Our Closeted Culture: From The Captive to Pee Wee Herman

B. Straightening the Story: Public & Political Figures, the Visible and Veiled Record

C. Gays in the Military: Freedom vs Repression, and the Crisis of Citizenship

II. CIVIL RIGHTS / GAY RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS

A. Activists and Agitators / The "Movement"

B. Propaganda / Political Theater, Performance, and Writing
Mainstream Representation vs. Representing Ourselves

C. The Role of Law/ The Contours of Struggle--anti-gay organizing; gay-bashing

III. ALTERNATIVE CULTURES / COUNTER CULTURES
VISIONS OF COMMUNITY UTOPIA / REVOLUTION

A. Families: Unchosen and Chosen

B. Friendship Networks and Community Building
The Construction of the "Gay Market"

C. Acting Up: Revolutionaries and Utopians

BACKGROUND & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Note: QRD=Queer Resource Directory, accessible through a link in the homepage established for this course.