Speaking for Our Lives : Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights (1892-2000).

Speaking for Our Lives : Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights (1892-2000).

Read the words they risked everything for! This landmark volume collects more than a hundred years of the most important public rhetoric on gay and lesbian subjects. In the days when homosexuality was mentioned only in whispers, a few brave souls stood up to speak for the rights of sexual minorities...

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Main Author: Ridinger, Robert B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Subjects:
Transsexualism > United States.
Transsexualism
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I: Pre-1950; March 30, 1892. Address at the Funeral of Walt Whitman; October 8, 1904. What Interest Does the Women's Movement Have in Solving the Homosexual Problem?; 1928. Appeal ... on Behalf of an Oppressed Human Variety; Section II: The 1950s; September 1952. Address to the International Committee for Sexual Equality; January/February 1955. An Open Letter to Senator Dirksen; May 15, 1955. Resolution; Summer 1956. The Homosexual Faces a Challenge.
  • October 1956. President's MessageJanuary 26, 1957. How Homosexuals Can Combat Anti-Homosexualism; November 1958. Progress Report; Section III: The 1960s; August 25, 1962. A Decade of Progress in the Homophile Movement; March 1963. Towards a Sexually Sane Society; 1964. Open Letter to the Florida Legislature's "Johns Committee"; July 22, 1964. Civil Liberties: A Progress Report; August 7, 1964. Resolution of the National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union on Federal Employment of Homosexuals; November 16, 1964. On Getting and Using Power; December 1964. SIR's Statement of Policy.
  • July 1965. What's in It for Me?July 1965. Introductory Address; February 19-20, 1966. Homophile Organizations Adopt Statement; August 20, 1966. A Challenge to San Francisco; November 1966. What Concrete Steps Can Be Taken to Further the Homophile Movement?; April 21-23, 1967. Homophile Movement Policy Statement; May 1967. Why I Joined the Homophile Movement; August 1967. Washington Statement; Section IV: The 1970s; February 14-15, 1970. Western Homophile Conference Keynote Address; January 27, 1971. An Open Letter to Gay Activists Alliance.
  • 1971. Preamble to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Gay Activists Alliance, Inc. 1971. The GAA Alternative; June 25, 1971. Frieda Smith Tells It Like It Is; August 28, 1971. We Demand; February 1972. The Lesbian and God-the-Father; February 13, 1972. Waffle; August 1972. Democrats, Nation, Hear Gay Delegates; August 1972. Address to the Democratic National Convention; August 1972. Speech to the American Bar Association; August 1972. Speech to the Resolutions Committee of the American Bar Association; 1973. The Potential of Our Vision; January 8, 1973. Viewpoint.
  • March 16, 1973. Walt Whitman: Poet of Comrades and LoveApril 14, 1973. Lesbianism and Feminism: Synonyms or Contradictions?; May 9, 1973. Stop It, You're Making Me Sick; January 18, 1974. Remarks for Integrity/Houston; May 4, 1974. Joint Statement; Summer 1974. Sexual Liberation Through Revolution, not Reform!; September 13, 1974. For My Granddaughters . . .; March 25, 1975. Seeks Equal Protection; August 10, 1975. British Theologian Speaks to Gays; September 19, 1975. The Possibilities Are Staggering; January 10, 1976. The Gay Pagan's Manifesto; March 30, 1976. Privacy and Sexuality.

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