This article explores the creation of a lesbian and gay collective identity in twentieth century
United States. Building on theoretical work on the social construction of collective identity …

This book was inspired by my colleagues in anthropology and sociology, to whom I am
indebted. Three years ago I chaired a symposium on gay culture at the annual meeting of …

For gay men and lesbians, the 1970s were years of significant achievement. Gay liberation
and women's liberation changed the sexual landscape of the nation. Hundreds of thousands …

Unlike many social movements, the gay and lesbian struggle for visibility and rights has
succeeded in combining a unified group identity with the celebration of individual …

Drawing on interviews, this article rethinks both the core ideas of gay culture and the
contemporary texture of gay life. We argue that the categories of the closet, coming out, and …

Urbanism and Gay Identity Gay Men, Gay Selves: The Social Construction of Homosexual.
Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Experiences-Google Books …

American Gay is an investigation into how people have been gay or lesbian in America.
Murray examines the emergence of gay and lesbian social life, the creation of lesbigay …

Material queer analyses argue the urgent need to reincorporate class to comprehend sexual
(re) formations in advanced capitalism, and some theorists propose a revitalized historical …

CHAPTER 10: Steven Epstein Gay Politics, Ethnic Identity: The Limits of Social Constructionism
Page 1 CHAPTER 10: Steven Epstein Gay Politics, Ethnic Identity: The Limits of Social …

This article examines the ideological connections between the Left and the gay movement
from the 1930s to the 1970s. Using the concepts of spillover, spin-off, and collective identity …