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THE OTHER SIDE JOHN LOUGHERY $35.00 $49.00/Canada In 1925, Harvard professor E 0. Matthiessen wrote to his lover, the painter Russell Cheney, about the "uncharted" land they inhabited as homosexuals and their need "to create every- thing" for themselves. The ongoing process by which gay men define themselves while resist- ing the laws of a largely hostile culture is at the center of this groundbreaking history. Based on hundreds of personal interviews and archival sources, with close attention to portrayals of gay life in literature, theater, and film, the book begins with the entrapment of gay sailors in Newport, Rhode Island, follow- ing World War I. Loughery traces the impact of homosexuality on the century's turbulent times: Jazz Age America, the Great Depres- sion, World War II, the McCarthy era, and the present day, when many thousands of Ameri- cans have turned the AIDS catastrophe into a moral example of caring for others. Though John Loughery's well-researched and dramatic narrative bears witness to perse- cution, it turns aside stereotypes about the iso- lation and loneliness of victims to reveal gay men as accomplished participants in some of the century's most momentous dramas. Vivid portraits abound: Alain Locke, godfather of the Harlem Renaissance; Henry Gerber, founder of ill-fated gay-rights groups in the 1920s; Harry Hay, 1950s visionary; moral-majority foe Bob Kunst; Harvey Milk; Perry Watkins; Larry Kramer; Michael Callen; and many other little- known activists. The Other Side of Silence reveals a mosaic of sharply different ideas about gay life-which identities have outlived their time and which might prove durable-perspectives on main- stream values, and visions for the future. ALso BY jOHN LouGHERY John Sloan: Painter and Rebel Alias S. S. Van Dine (Ed.) First Sightings: Contemporary Stories of American Youth (Ed.) Into the Widening World: International Coming of Age Stories THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE Men's Lives and Gay Identities: A Twentieth-Century History jOHN LOUGHER.Y A jOHN MACRAE BOOK Henry Holt and Company New York Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Publishers since 1866 115 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011 Henry Holt® is a registered trademark of Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Copyright© 1998 by John Loughery All rights reserved. Published in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Loughery, John. The other side of silence : men's lives and gay identities : a twentieth century history I John Loughery.-1st ed. p. em. "A John Macrae book." Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8050-3896-5 (HB :acid-free paper) 1. Gay men-United States-History-20th century. 2. Gay men- United States-Social conditions. 3. Gays-United States-Identity. I. Title. HQ76.2.USL68 1998 305.38'9664-dcll 97-42575 CIP Henry Holt books are available for special promotions and premiums. For details contact: Director, Special Markets. First Edition 1998 Designed by Kelly Soong Printed in the United States of America All first editions are printed on acid-free paper.oo 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Dedicated, once again, to Tom and to a few of the many men who shared their vivid memories of gay life before the 1960s: Harry Adler Bob Basker Stephen Blair Peter Conway George Flemister David L. Leavitt Stuart Loomis jose Sarria During the ride back Randall had his hand lying on mine, and a girl across the aisle made an audible remark about it to her companions. But Randall in his melodious voice said, "We should worry," and kept his hand on mine. He said, "Be ·glad she noticed, so she won't be shocked the next time she sees it." -From feb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life, 1918-1945, entry for 5 September 1920 Contents Introduction ................................................................... xi I. A NEW ORDER 1. Scandal in Newport ............................................. 3 2. Imagining the Twenties ...................................... 17 3. Defiance, Pageantry, Politics .............................. 36 II. SociETY IN Fwx 4. Days of the Code ............................................... 5? 5. A Literature of Sexuality: I ................................ 82 6. From Pansy to Public Menace ............................ 93 7. Freudian America ............................................ 113 III. AN EMERGENT MINORITY 8. On the Homefront ........................................... 135 9. The Postwar Scene ........................................... 158 10. A Literature of Sexuality: Il.. ........................... 183 11. "Purge of the Perverts" ................................... 199 12. Visionaries ....................................................... 218 13. Hunted ............................................................ 238

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