Gay 80s Books

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Books shelved as gay-80s: Angels Ameri by Tony Khner, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Pl Mote, The Other Eighti: A Secret History of Ameri...

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GAY 80S BOOKS

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The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the media…and polics…and the arts…). For example, the US, the Court of Appeal led that there was no ‘fundamental right’ to be gay.

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’. In 1986 Pope John Pl II labelled “evil” and orred the Church to whdraw all support om gay Catholic anisatns. 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.

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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 in the 80s book *

In 1983, The Bookseller magaze – the tra publitn for the UK book dtry – clared that the 1980s would be ‘the of the gay novel’.

Certaly, the early years of that there was nsirable evince to support the ia of a burgeong gay and lbian book market.

Intertgly, this predictn was ma jt one year before a range of gay and lbian fictn was seized a Ctoms raid on Gay’s the Word bookshop London. 1979 saw the tablishment of Bra’s first gay-specific publishg hoe the form of Gay Men’s Prs (GMP).

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Over the next few years GMP released a range of tl cludg Fellow Travelers – Thomas Mallon’s acunt of gay life McCarthye Ameri – The Milkman’s On His Way – David Re’ story of gay teenage angst – and the English language versn of Jenny Liv wh Eric and Mart. The latter two tl subsequently achieved notoriety when advot of Clse 28 portrayed them as propaganda for the mythil ‘homosexual agenda’.

Meanwhile, progrsive mastream publishers, possibly regnisg an emergg market, began to publish lbian and gay works creasg numbers.

In some s the were origal works like Edmund Whe’s Boys Own Story (Pidor) and Mae Wt is Dead, a llectn of lbian and gay short stori published by Faber and Faber.

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The clud the rise of the New Right the USA, Sectn 28 which prohibed the promotn of homosexualy; the trial of Gay’s the Word bookshop the UK and the ntug crimalisatn of homosexualy the majory of Atralian stat. Gay the 80s exam a number of the events and issu the UK, USA and Atralia, givg a prehensive perspective of LGBT realy durg this The book vers the broad polil ntext of the 1980s and tak a parative approach to events the three untri where Col eher lived or spent large amounts of time. Its publitn also cis wh the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offenc Act, which partially crimalised homosexualy, and the 30th anniversary of the ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’ AIDS awarens mpaign.

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For example, the UK’s ernment add Sectn 28 to their Lol Government Act that ma illegal for lol thori to support anythg that promoted homosexual relatnships as an alternative to a heterosexual “fay life”. Furthermore, 1986 Pope John Pl II labelled beg gay as “evil” and orred the Church to whdraw all support om gay Catholic anizatns.

This era also marked the emergence of HIV and AIDS and the epimic was monly lked to gay men.

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Bee no one really knew anythg about AIDS when spread like wildfire the 80s, many referred to as the “gay plague” and many wanted this to lead to a ban on homosexualy. Sensatnal reportg the prs beme creasgly homophobic and much of the media monized the LGBTQ muny.

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Des before Iceman me out as gay or Rob first kissed his boyiend, LGBTQ artists were creatg queer ics the 1970s and ‘80s. * gay in the 80s book *

Reverenced Jerry Falwell once argued that “AIDS is not jt God’s punishment for homosexuals; is God’s punishment for the society that tolerat homosexuals”.

Eric Jimenez-Ldmeier shar his experience growg up as a closeted teen the 80s: “Beg gay the 80s meant beg isolated om an inty. There was no discsn of homosexualy school… not even our year long “Health and Sexualy” class, even though we were the middle of the AIDS crisis”. Jimenez-Ldmeier shar more of his experience: “Worse yet, the 80’s no one talked about actually beg gay.

One was picked on relentlsly for his “gay-soundg” voice, lack of sports abili, and unwillgns to stand up to his bulli”. In 1980 the Uned Stat, Gay activists won support om the Democratic Party the party add to s platform a nondiscrimatn clse that clud sexual orientatn. This support, along wh the many LGBTQ activist mpaigns, urged gay men and women to “e out of the closet” and enter the polil field as ndidat.

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Tammy Baldw also beme the first openly gay polician to be elected to both the US Hoe of Reprentativ and the Senate. There was no discsn of homosexualy school… not even our year long “Health and Sexualy” class, even though we were the middle of the AIDS crisis. There was no acknowledgement that Alexanr the Great, Leonardo da Vci, and Michelangelo, were among the many posive gay historil role mols.

On TV each night, there were no gay characters except for the ocsnal flamboyant game show regular on Hollywood Squar. TV ss were even worse, wh the “we’re straight guys playg gay” characters sashayg across the screen. It was okay to make fun and lgh at their yet, the 80’s no one talked about actually beg gay.

One was picked on relentlsly for his “gay-soundg” voice, lack of sports abili, and unwillgns to stand up to his bulli.

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