An American LGBTQ periodization with Dr. Kathy Peiss

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In order to understand any community, it is important to appreciate a basic timeline of development. Dr. Kathy Peiss is a leading scholar in this field and helps us to understand the history of the gay community in America. (bio: https://bit.ly/3HTKXUi) Resources To get a sense of the way in which things have changed, here are a few links to help give some color to the communal conversation in the 1960’s: -Time Magazine 1/21/61 (https://time.com/vault/issue/1966-01-21/page/52/) -The Homosexuals Documentary, CBS News, Youtube (https://cbsn.ws/42kQ7B3) -Wiki, The Homosexuals (https://bit.ly/41kwNCr) -Paul Welch, “Homosexuality in America,” Life, June 26, 1964, pp. 66-80. An article famous for making urban gay life visible to a national audience, with stereotypical popular and scientific views of the dangers of homosexuality. (https://bit.ly/42lF8Y4) The Stonewall riots in 1969 were an important turning point for the Gay community in America. There was a major shift from the counter-cultural community of the 1970’s and 1980’s as a result of the AIDS crisis and what is known as the lesbian baby-boom. The political activism of the gay community turned its eyes toward same-sex marriage. -In 1989, Andrew Sullivan wrote, “Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage,” in The New Republic, August 28, 1989. This piece is considered the first article to argue for gay marriage published in a mainstream publication. (https://newrepublic.com/article/79054/here-comes-the-groom) To access the materials referred to in the introduction, see this link. (https://bit.ly/3VQ6Vxt) Music: Batya Levine Editor: Jude Ephson