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*[[Acknowledgments for Pre-Gay Era in the USA|Acknowledgments]] | *[[Acknowledgments for Pre-Gay Era in the USA|Acknowledgments]] | ||
*[[Pre-Gay Era Bibliography|Bibliography]] | *[[Pre-Gay Era Bibliography|Bibliography]] | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Biographical Profiles]] |
*[[Blanche M. Baker Memorial Library]] | *[[Blanche M. Baker Memorial Library]] | ||
− | *Correspondence between Don Slater and Dale Jennings | + | *Correspondence between Don Slater and Dale Jennings [Pending] |
*Historical Timelines | *Historical Timelines | ||
**[[History of ONE, Incorporated]] | **[[History of ONE, Incorporated]] | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Historical Documents]] |
*[[Pulp Fiction Collection]] | *[[Pulp Fiction Collection]] | ||
*[[Pulp Nonfiction Books]] | *[[Pulp Nonfiction Books]] | ||
*[[Pseudonyms | Table of Known Pseudonyms]] | *[[Pseudonyms | Table of Known Pseudonyms]] | ||
*[http://209.200.244.13/wiki/Links Other Web Resources] | *[http://209.200.244.13/wiki/Links Other Web Resources] | ||
+ | *[http://tangentgroup.org/mediawiki/index.php/Outside_Links_Index_Page Outside Links Index] in association with the [http://tangentgroup.org/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page Homosexual Information Center] | ||
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+ | ==Associated Categories== | ||
+ | *[[:Category:Movement Pioneers|Movement Pioneers]] (Biographical Profiles and Interviews) | ||
+ | *[[:Category:Paul_D._Cain_Interviews|Interviews by Paul D. Cain]] | ||
+ | *[[:Category:Curated Exhibits|Curated Exhibits]] | ||
+ | *[[:Category:Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)|Daughters of Bilitis]] | ||
+ | *[[:Category:Mattachine Society|The Mattachine Society]] | ||
+ | *[[:Category:ONE, Incorporated|One, Incorporated]] | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
+ | Every gay and lesbian organization in the country, and most across the world, can trace its origins to November 11, 1950, when Harry Hay, Rudy Gernriech, Chuck Rowland, Dale Jennings, and Bob Hull met at Hay’s home and decided to form a clandestine organization they called Mattachine. By 1952, Mattachine was no longer a secret society but an active and dynamic social force, an ever-increasing body of men and women who demanded equal rights and fair treatment for homosexuals. | ||
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+ | '''The Pre-Gay Era in the USA''' is the period of the homosexual/homophile movement that spans the period between World War II and the Stonewall rebellion of June 1969. The three primary organizations in the nation fighting for homosexual rights during this time were ONE, Incorporated; The Mattachine Society; and the Daughters of Bilitis. | ||
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− | + | ''ONE Magazine'' was launched in January of 1953, created by Mattachine members and other Los Angeles activists, and it rapidly became the nation’s first successful publication dedicated to homosexual issues. A few months later, in November of 1953, the Mattachine Foundation fractured, and a new Mattachine Society was established in San Francisco. Under the leadership of Hal Call, ''The Mattachine Review was born.'' In 1955, four lesbian couples formed the Daughters of Bilitis, and in October of 1956 they began publishing ''The Ladder.'' | |
− | ''ONE Magazine'' was launched in January of 1953, created by Mattachine members and other Los Angeles activists, and it rapidly became the nation’s first successful publication dedicated to homosexual issues. A few months later, in | ||
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==Todd White’s Introduction== | ==Todd White’s Introduction== | ||
− | [[image:ToddBW.jpg|right]]In the early 1990s, Homosexual Information Center President [[Don Slater]] conceived the idea of making the HIC’s materials available online. Unfortunately, he died before he could see the project started. C. Todd White decided to pursue Slater’s vision in 1999 when he moved to Los Angeles and began studying this history and working with many of the elders of the movement who still lived in the area. White’s goal became to preserve HIC’s material in a legitimate archives while providing online access to the public through the Internet. His vision became realized last year when HIC’s collection became part of the [http://library.csun.edu/Collections/SCA/SC/ | + | [[image:ToddBW.jpg|right]]In the early 1990s, Homosexual Information Center President [[Don Slater]] conceived the idea of making the HIC’s materials available online. Unfortunately, he died before he could see the project started. C. Todd White decided to pursue Slater’s vision in 1999 when he moved to Los Angeles and began studying this history and working with many of the elders of the movement who still lived in the area. White’s goal became to preserve HIC’s material in a legitimate archives while providing online access to the public through the Internet. His vision became realized last year when HIC’s collection became part of the [http://library.csun.edu/Collections/SCA/SC/Bullough Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender], curated as a Special Collection at Oviatt Library at California State University Northridge, and now, with the creation of this website, through CLAGS. |
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− | White secured his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Southern California in 2005 and has | + | White secured his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Southern California in 2005 and has converted his dissertation into a book, titled [http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/35bqb2hd9780252034411.html ''Pre-Gay L.A.: A Social History of the Movement for Homosexual Rights,''] published by the University of Illinois Press in 2009. |
==Invitation to Participate== | ==Invitation to Participate== | ||
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This exhibit will strive to be as comprehensive as possible, and to that aim we encourage comments and submissions from those knowledgeable in the field. If you would like to submit biographical profiles, transcribed interviews, book reviews, photographs, insights, or corrections, please contact Dr. White at [mailto:todd@tangentgroup.org todd@tangentroup.org]. Where necessary, copyright information and rights must be provided in order for us to publish the materials. | This exhibit will strive to be as comprehensive as possible, and to that aim we encourage comments and submissions from those knowledgeable in the field. If you would like to submit biographical profiles, transcribed interviews, book reviews, photographs, insights, or corrections, please contact Dr. White at [mailto:todd@tangentgroup.org todd@tangentroup.org]. Where necessary, copyright information and rights must be provided in order for us to publish the materials. | ||
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+ | [[file:HIClogoBW.jpg|left|50px|link=http://www.tangentgroup.org]]This exhibit is sponsored and provided by the [http://www.tangentgroup.org Homosexual Information Center], a non-profit surviving aspect of ONE, Incorporated that was formed in 1965 and incorporated in 1968. | ||
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+ | This module is managed by C. Todd White, Ph.D. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 15 October 2012
This exhibit features homosexual rights organizations and publications in the U.S. from the 1950s to 1969. It will grow to provide exciting primary sources such as articles from ONE and Tangents magazines, a complete inventory of ONE’s Blanche M. Baker Library as it was in 1965, biographical profiles of key activists of the era, images of covers of pulp novels from the 1950s and ’60s, and a complete index of the contents of ONE, Mattachine Review, and The Ladder.
Index: The Pre-Gay Era in the USA
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Biographical Profiles
- Blanche M. Baker Memorial Library
- Correspondence between Don Slater and Dale Jennings [Pending]
- Historical Timelines
- Historical Documents
- Pulp Fiction Collection
- Pulp Nonfiction Books
- Table of Known Pseudonyms
- Other Web Resources
- Outside Links Index in association with the Homosexual Information Center
Associated Categories
- Movement Pioneers (Biographical Profiles and Interviews)
- Interviews by Paul D. Cain
- Curated Exhibits
- Daughters of Bilitis
- The Mattachine Society
- One, Incorporated
Overview
Every gay and lesbian organization in the country, and most across the world, can trace its origins to November 11, 1950, when Harry Hay, Rudy Gernriech, Chuck Rowland, Dale Jennings, and Bob Hull met at Hay’s home and decided to form a clandestine organization they called Mattachine. By 1952, Mattachine was no longer a secret society but an active and dynamic social force, an ever-increasing body of men and women who demanded equal rights and fair treatment for homosexuals.
The Pre-Gay Era in the USA is the period of the homosexual/homophile movement that spans the period between World War II and the Stonewall rebellion of June 1969. The three primary organizations in the nation fighting for homosexual rights during this time were ONE, Incorporated; The Mattachine Society; and the Daughters of Bilitis.
ONE Magazine was launched in January of 1953, created by Mattachine members and other Los Angeles activists, and it rapidly became the nation’s first successful publication dedicated to homosexual issues. A few months later, in November of 1953, the Mattachine Foundation fractured, and a new Mattachine Society was established in San Francisco. Under the leadership of Hal Call, The Mattachine Review was born. In 1955, four lesbian couples formed the Daughters of Bilitis, and in October of 1956 they began publishing The Ladder.
This exhibit will record the history of these three organizations and their publications in as much detail as possible and in a culturally sensitive manner.
Todd White’s Introduction
In the early 1990s, Homosexual Information Center President Don Slater conceived the idea of making the HIC’s materials available online. Unfortunately, he died before he could see the project started. C. Todd White decided to pursue Slater’s vision in 1999 when he moved to Los Angeles and began studying this history and working with many of the elders of the movement who still lived in the area. White’s goal became to preserve HIC’s material in a legitimate archives while providing online access to the public through the Internet. His vision became realized last year when HIC’s collection became part of the Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender, curated as a Special Collection at Oviatt Library at California State University Northridge, and now, with the creation of this website, through CLAGS.
This exhibit is the result of Dr. White’s ongoing study of the homosexual/homophile movement in the United States. Though primarily a historical endeavor, his training and experience in cultural anthropology causes him to value and use ethnographic methods involving fieldwork, focused and life-history interviews, and participant observation.
White secured his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Southern California in 2005 and has converted his dissertation into a book, titled Pre-Gay L.A.: A Social History of the Movement for Homosexual Rights, published by the University of Illinois Press in 2009.
Invitation to Participate
This exhibit will strive to be as comprehensive as possible, and to that aim we encourage comments and submissions from those knowledgeable in the field. If you would like to submit biographical profiles, transcribed interviews, book reviews, photographs, insights, or corrections, please contact Dr. White at todd@tangentroup.org. Where necessary, copyright information and rights must be provided in order for us to publish the materials.
This exhibit is sponsored and provided by the Homosexual Information Center, a non-profit surviving aspect of ONE, Incorporated that was formed in 1965 and incorporated in 1968.
This module is managed by C. Todd White, Ph.D.
All content for this module is copyright (©) by the Homosexual Information Center. All rights reserved.