The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York : 'An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail' EPUB
by Stephan (Lesley University) Cohen
Part of the Studies in American Popular History and Culture series
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Between 1966 and 1975 North American youth activists established over 35 school- and community-based gay liberation youth groups whose members sought control over their own bodies, education, and sexual and social relations.
This book focuses on three groundbreaking New York City groups -- Gay Youth (GY), Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), and the Gay International Youth Society of George Washington High School (GWHS) -- from the advent of gay liberation in NYC in 1969 to just after its dissolution and the rise of identity politics by 1975.
Cohen examines how gay liberation -- with its rejection of stultifying sex roles, attack on institutional oppression, connection between personal and political liberation, celebration of innate androgyny, and resolute anti-war and anti-capitalist stance -- shaped understandings of sexual identity, membership criteria, organization, decision-making, the roles of youth and adults, and efforts to effect social change.
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- Pages:332 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/11/2007
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- ISBN:9781135905675
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:332 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/11/2007
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- ISBN:9781135905675