Masked voices : gay men and lesbians in Cold War America / Craig M. Loftin.

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Loftin, Craig M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: SUNY series in queer politics and culturesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 310 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781461905363
1461905362
9781438440163
1438440162

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Masked voices.DDC classification:

306.76/6097309045 22

LOC classification:

HQ76.25 .L64 2012eb

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Contents:

ONE magazine and its readers -- Newsstand encounters : ONE magazine's volunteer agents and public visibility -- Imagining a gay world ; the American homophile movement in global perspective -- ONE magazine letter archetypes -- "Branded like a horse" : homosexuality, the military, and work -- Classroom anxieties : educators and homosexuality -- Family anxieties : parent and family responses to homosexual disclosures -- Homosexuals and marriage under the shadow of McCarthy -- "I shall always cherish Sunday" -- Unacceptable mannerisms ; gender, sexuality, and swish in postwar America.

Summary: "An analysis of unpublished letters to the first American gay magazine reveals the agency, adaptation, and resistance occurring in the gay community during the McCarthy era."--Publisher descriptionSummary: "In this compelling social history, Craig M. Loftin describes how gay people in the United States experienced the 1950s and early 1960s, a time when rapidly growing gay and lesbian subcultures suffered widespread discrimination. The book is based on a remarkable and unique historical source: letters written to ONE magazine, the first openly gay publication in the United States. These letters, most of which have never before been published, provide extraordinary insight into the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of gay men and lesbians nationwide, especially as they coped with the anxieties of the McCarthy era. The letters reveal how gay people dealt with issues highly relevant to LGBT life today, including job discrimination, police harassment, marriage, homophobia in families, and persecution in churches and the military. Loftin shows that gay men and lesbians responded to intolerance and bigotry with resilience, creativity, and an invigorated belief in their right to live their lives as gay men and lesbians long before this was accepted and considered safe. Groundbreaking chapters address gay marriage and family life, international gay activism, and how antigay federal government policies reverberated throughout the country."--Publisher description

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"An analysis of unpublished letters to the first American gay magazine reveals the agency, adaptation, and resistance occurring in the gay community during the McCarthy era."--Publisher description

"In this compelling social history, Craig M. Loftin describes how gay people in the United States experienced the 1950s and early 1960s, a time when rapidly growing gay and lesbian subcultures suffered widespread discrimination. The book is based on a remarkable and unique historical source: letters written to ONE magazine, the first openly gay publication in the United States. These letters, most of which have never before been published, provide extraordinary insight into the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of gay men and lesbians nationwide, especially as they coped with the anxieties of the McCarthy era. The letters reveal how gay people dealt with issues highly relevant to LGBT life today, including job discrimination, police harassment, marriage, homophobia in families, and persecution in churches and the military. Loftin shows that gay men and lesbians responded to intolerance and bigotry with resilience, creativity, and an invigorated belief in their right to live their lives as gay men and lesbians long before this was accepted and considered safe. Groundbreaking chapters address gay marriage and family life, international gay activism, and how antigay federal government policies reverberated throughout the country."--Publisher description

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