Becoming Visible: An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in Twentieth-Century America
- ISBN-10
- 0756751152
- ISBN-13
- 9780756751159
- Series
- Becoming Visible
- Pages
- 282
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-11
- Authors
- Molly McGarry, Fred Wasserman
Description
This book is based on an exhibition in 1994 at the New York Public Library. This exhibit was the largest & most extensive display of lesbian & gay history ever mounted in a museum or gallery. This book includes more than 300 photos, documents, & artifacts -- many never before published --from the Library's collections & others, to create the standard popular reference on the subject. It traces 100 years of same-sex social worlds & political life in the U.S., from the early 20th century through a national coming-out during World War II; the repression of the McCarthy era to the liberating forces of the 1969 Stonewall riots & the gay liberation & lesbian feminist movements; the AIDS crisis; renewed activism in the 1990s; & more.
