Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the PresentA unique and hugely absorbing narrative history of gay life—from Oscar Wilde to the first gay marriage performed in San Francisco in 2004—by the award-winning journalist and distinguished author of Out in the World and Sex- Crime Panic. Miller accompanies his narrative with essays and excerpts from contemporary and historical writings, and the text is illustrated with photos and line drawings. Neil Miller is the author of Sex-Crime Panic and winner of the 2003 Randy Shilts Award for nonfiction and an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. He is also the author of In Search of Gay America, winner of the 1990 American Library Association prize for gay and lesbian literature. He teaches journalism and nonfiction writing at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. |
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But the personal documentation of gay history before World War II still largely tells the story of individuals who had the means to free themselves from economic , social , and family constraints . The early chapters of the book ...
With economic independence , with less pressure to marry and have children , with increased social mobility , social conditions emerged in which women could live without men . If in the past , lack of freedom and social mobility had ...
Whatever the reasons for the social turnabout , it is evident that for a brief period at the end of the last century , social innocencea or denial - about female sexuality , combined with increased economic opportunities and ...