The story of LGBTQ Seattle is over 130 years the makg. In the 1880s same-sex relatns were of ltle ncern to most rints. Later, 1893, they were clared a crime, and the late 1960s, activists polilly anized around same-sex timacy. Gay Seattle fought for …
Contents:
- NEW FACULTY BOOKS: THREATS TO US MOCRACY, EARLY HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS, AND MORE
- RACISM AND THE MAKG OF GAY RIGHTS: A SEXOLOGIST, HIS STUNT, AND THE EMPIRE OF QUEER LOVE
NEW FACULTY BOOKS: THREATS TO US MOCRACY, EARLY HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS, AND MORE
* university of washington gay rights *
In “Racism and the Makg of Gay Rights: A Sexologist, His Stunt, and the Empire of Queer Love”, published May 2022 by Universy of Toronto Prs, associate history profsor Lrie Marhoefer shows how sexologist Magn Hirschfield laid the groundwork for morn gay rights. “’Racism and the Makg of Gay Rights’ centr Magn Hirschfeld, long revered as a ‘foundg father’ of gay liberatn, by revealg the racist and imperialist vtments behd his overfoc on whe, cisgenred men, a still-too-mon feature of queer reprentatn, ” said reviewer Angela Zimmerman, profsor of history at Gee Washgton Universy.
RACISM AND THE MAKG OF GAY RIGHTS: A SEXOLOGIST, HIS STUNT, AND THE EMPIRE OF QUEER LOVE
Transient male-male timacy was not necsarily labeled as gay or homosexual by ntemporari, but was stead seen as a threat to the ials of a heteronormative fay and Christian valu of Seattle’s moral guardians. Although gay dividuals lived ral areas, ci provid opportuni for men and women to pe the supervisn of their fai and neighbors, allowg for the possibily of formg distct inti, muni, and cultur.