ABSTRACT
This book tells the stories of 11 American gay men who tried to make sense of their identities in the years before the modern gay movement began. In their own words, these men recollect fascinating accounts of what it was like negotiate their desires within a social and psychological context in which homosexuality was marginalized. The editors carefully situate the lifestories in US culture before Stonewall and skillfully raises the issues and problems in presenting such stories.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |4 pages
Introduction
part I|58 pages
Growing up before Stonewall
chapter Chapter 1|9 pages
The social and political climate for gay men
chapter Chapter 2|20 pages
Interview with Morris Kight
chapter Chapter 4|17 pages
Interview with Judd Marmor, M.D.
part II|111 pages
Life stories of some gay men