THE MEANING OF GAY: Interaction, Publicity, and Community among Homosexual Men in 1960s San Francisco PDF
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The Meaning of Gay The Meaning of Gay Interaction, Publicity, and Community among Homosexual Men in 1960s San Francisco J. Todd Ormsbee LEXINGTON BOOKS A division of ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK Published by Lexington Books A division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 http://www.lexingtonbooks.com Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY, United Kingdom Copyright© 2010 by Lexington Books All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ormsbee, J. Todd, 1970-- The meaning of gay: interaction, publicity, and community among homosexual men in 1960s San Francisco I J. Todd Ormsbee. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7391-1597-8 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7391-1598-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7391-4471-8 (electronic) 1. Gay men-California-San Francisco-Social conditions-20th century. 2. Gay men-California-San Francisco-Social life and customs-20th century. 3. Gay community-California-San Francisco-History-20th century. 4. Gay culture California-San Francisco-History-20th century. 5. San Francisco (Calif.)-Social life and customs-20th century. I. Title. HQ76.2.U52S356 2010 306. 76'62097946109046-dc22 2009043597 eTII. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSIINISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America For Ken Contents San Francisco Gay Organizations, 1961-1972 IX San Francisco Gay Publications, 1961-1972 xi Preface XIII Introduction: Homosexuality and Meaning The Origins and Values of a Gay Male Public 11 2 Sickness and Sin: Gay Men Confront Symbolic Domination 43 3 Conflict over the Ends and Means of Gay Counter-Publicity 75 4 The Struggle for a Gay Community 123 5 The Meaning of Gay Sex: Intimacy, Love, and Friendship 177 6 Gay Masculinities 217 7 The Meaning of "Gay" 253 Conclusion: Meaning, Desire, and the Future of "Gay" 291 Appendix: San Francisco and the United States as Environment, 1961-1972 305 vii viii Contents Bibliography 319 Index 331 About the Author 337 San Francisco Gay Organizations, 1961-1972 Organization Abbr. Bay Area Gay Activists Alliance (1971Y BayGay Committee for Homosexual Freedom (1969) CHF Council on Religion and the Homosexual (1963) CRH Daughters ofBilitis (1955) DOB Gay Liberation Front (1969) GLF Gay Sunshine Collective (1970) none League of Civil Education (1961) LCE Mattachine Society ( 1949?)2 none National Council of Homophile Organizations (1965) NACHO Society for Individual Rights (1964) SIR Tavern Guild (1961) TG Van guard ( 1966) none 1. Years provided are starting dates; many of these organizations waxed and waned through the period. 2. The Mattachine Society began in Los Angeles in approximately 1949, but it is unclear when a San Francisco group first organized. Leadership moved to San Francisco after the 1953 ouster of the organization's founders at the national meeting. ix
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