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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... Conference The North American Homophile Conference convened at George Washington University in the District of Columbia from August 17 to 19 , 1967. Among the items discussed was this statement of purpose for the North American ...
... Conference , an annual convergence of health activ- ists which celebrated its 20th anniversary last July in San Francisco . Many of us have valued our time together at that conference and the many activist projects which it has ...
... Conference " ( 1988 ) , 582 Whitman - Walker Clinic , 767 Washington , George , 320 Washington , Mayor Harold , 522 ... Conference ( Los Angeles , 1973 ) , 198 , 247 West Coast Women's Festival , 587 West Hollywood , California , 819 ...
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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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