Smash the church, smash the state! The early years of gay liberation
Mecca, Tommi Avicolli, editor, Susan Stryker, Tom Ammiano, et al.
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Quantity: 1From Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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xvi, 303p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Oral histories. Seller Inventory # 145128
Bibliographic Details
Title: Smash the church, smash the state! The early...
Publisher: City Lights Books, San Francisco
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
This anthology by former members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) captures the history and spirit of the revolutionary time just after Stonewall, when thousands came out of the closet to claim their sexuality, and when queer resistance coalesced into a turbulent, joyous liberation movement—one whose lasting influence would ultimately inform and profoundly shape the LGBT community of today.
Personal essays explore the philosophy and culture of the stridently anti-assimilationist GLF: the actions, demonstrations, and marches; views on marriage, religion, and gender; the drugs, orgies, and communes; and GLF’s relationship to the hippies, the Black Panthers, the straight Left, the women’s movement, civil rights, and the antiwar struggle.
The collection includes contributions from Martha Shelley, Cei Bell, Paola Bacchetta, Susan Stryker, Tom Ammiano, Nikos Diaman, Mark Segal, Barbara Ruth, and Perry Brass.
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