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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... house to house , church to church , school to school to talk about homosexuality . We on the other hand have been relying on the courts and too often do not put our resources into going house to house , school to school , and church to ...
... House Bill 2325 ( Oregon ) , 540 House Current Resolution 259 , 205 House of Commons ( U.K. ) , 58 , 68 , 75 , 77,81 House of Lords ( U.K. ) , 75 House of Representatives Amnesty International , 785 " Don't Ask , Don't Tell " policy ...
... House Resolution 2074 , 326 , 327 , 330 House Resolution 6303 , 323 House Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights , 660 House Un - American Activities Committee ( HUAC ) , 45 , 302 Household Keppeler ( Jackson , Michigan ) ...
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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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