Speaking for Our Lives: Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights (1892-2000)Harrington Park Press, 2004 - Počet stran: 905 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. In Speaking for Our Lives: Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights (1892-2000), their stirring words have finally been gathered together, along with the political manifestoes, broadsheets, and performance pieces of the gay and lesbian liberation movement. Speaking for Our Lives comprises speeches and manifestoes prompted by events ranging from demonstrations to funerals. Scholars and researchers will appreciate the brief commentary introducing each piece, which discusses the author, the occasion, and the political and social contexts in which it first appeared. You'll find the words of a broad variety of individuals and groups, including:
Many of these documents have long been out of print. Speaking for Our Lives makes these noteworthy texts readily available to the broader public they deserve. This book preserves an essential part of twentieth-century history. |
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... AIDS available to the public . The National Gay Task Force has established a Crisisline , the only national 800 number now providing information and referral information on AIDS to whomever asks for it . I am proud of the way in which ...
... AIDS antibody positive . Fortunately the black leadership in DC , just this past week , passed compre- hensive legislation barring this kind of insurance abuse . One million people are believed now to be AIDS antibody positive , many of ...
... AIDS affected populations , 566 African - American community , 459 , 515-518 , 627 , 628 AIDS phobia , 498 American Foundation of AIDS Research , 672 Americans With Disabilities Act , 611 Apuzzo , Virginia , 400-402 Centers for Disease ...
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March 30 1892 Address at the Funeral of Walt Whitman | 7 |
Appeal on Behalf of an Oppressed Human Variety | 22 |
Address to the International Committee | 31 |
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