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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... matter is being pursued . We intend to fol- low it up . It is in matters of this sort that a civil rights philosophy is , I think , effec- tive . Returning , however , to matters of rationale of approach - I feel that in going before ...
... matters , it can be said that some matters of morality and private conduct should be reserved solely to the judgment of the individual and should not be the subject of government policy or inquiry . One such matter is the area of ...
... matter . Maybe I was also a Jew . I was murdered in 1938. While my family waited outside , I bought ciga- rettes in a Jewish store . It didn't matter . Maybe I was also a Jew . I was murdered in 1940. I was a communist . I was a Gypsy ...
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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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