John D'E, Not a Simple Matter: Gay History and Gay Historians, The Journal of Amerin History, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Sep., 1989), pp. 435-442
Contents:
GAY HISTORIL FICTN BOOKS
Books shelved as gay-historil-fictn: The Song of Achill by Male Miller, The Charteer by Mary Renlt, As Meat Lov Salt by Maria McCann, At ... * gay historical writers *
That might seem untertuive, nsirg how homophobia, sexism, racism, and a lot of other -isms often crease the farther back time we go, but on the other hand, the remr that LGBTQ people have always existed and found ways to live wh their circumstanc is an upliftg one. It’s not easy beg gay the 1950s wh McCarthyism full swg.
25 MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY AUTHORS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
Fd out the 25 Most Influential Gay Authors You Should Know About 1. Osr Wil 2. Jam Baldw 3. Tennsee Williams 4. Gore Vidal 5. Edmund Whe. * gay historical writers *
In 1970s Uguay, homosexualy is a dangero transgrsn agast the ary ernment. A closeted Iranian teen who jt moved to the cy and whose only exposure to the gay muny has been men dyg of AIDS the media; a girl whose gay uncle is an AIDS activist; and her bt iend, the only out guy their school, fightg back agast his nservative’s parents expectatns, e together unexpected and life-changg ways. (shelved 2 tim as gay-historil-fictn).
(shelved 1 time as gay-historil-fictn). Recently, Alan Hollghurst said the gay novel is ad. "There was an urgency, a novelty to the whole thg, " said the gay thor, who won the Man Booker Prize for The Le of Bety.
" Maybe that's bee Baldw said the book isn't actually about beg gay. "Gvanni's Room is not really about homosexualy, " said Baldw a 1980 terview about queer life. Go Tell It on the Mounta, for example, is not about a church, and Gvanni is not really about homosexualy.