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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... officials in regard to policies on se- curity clearances for homosexuals . In the following year , we approached the Selective Service officials , which resulted in a conference with General Hershey , head of the Selective Service , in ...
... officials will be free to support our view ? First , we all must understand , and explain to others , that Gay rights are actually Human Rights - with capital letters . A government that permits discrimination against gays is denying ...
... officials said it well in their ideologi- cal statement issued to the press regarding the need to work on behalf of ba- sic human rights for all . A Need for Gay Officials At their first conference for openly gay and lesbian elected ...
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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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