In the followg excerpt om Betiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Rear, Abbott offered a snapshot of the gay cultural i of the 1980s
Contents:
- WILL WE SURVIVE THE 1980S? A SNAPSHOT OF A GAY CULTURAL MILI
- HOW THE EARLY ’80S CHANGED GAY WRG FOREVER
- AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
WILL WE SURVIVE THE 1980S? A SNAPSHOT OF A GAY CULTURAL MILI
While there have, undoubtedly, been signifint ton LGBT history earlier s, I believe the Eighti was a particularly important perd. That saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay culture. The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the * gay culture in the 80s *
In the UK, the Thatcher ernment created Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act, makg illegal for lol thori to support anythg that might promote homosexual relatnships as a viable alternative to heterosexual ‘fay life’.
HOW THE EARLY ’80S CHANGED GAY WRG FOREVER
* gay culture in the 80s *
And even the US Army, who had clared homosexualy to be “patible wh ary service” 1982, were forced to adm 1989 that gay recs were “jt as good or better” than heterosexuals. The phrase “rptn of morals past all exprsn”—ed by European lonists about Native Amerin sexual practic—was Ameri’s prevalent attu toward homosexualy. ABC News recently did a segment on parents of gays and Cleve Jon was s “Person of the Week” when the NAMES Project went to Washgton.
AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
Gay lears, such as Ken Maley, have been profiled the Examer, and Issan Dorsey, of the Hartford Street Zen Center, The New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town.