History from the Witness Stand: An Interview with George Chauncey

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

George Chauncey has testified as an expert witness in more than thirty cases dealing with gay rights.

More Than Loving: Race, Sexuality & Public Memory in the Movement for Marriage Equality

By Jennifer Jones 20th and 21st Century United States, Race and Ethnicity

Discussion of Obergefell compared activism for marriage equality with efforts to secure equal rights.

Lesbian Histories and Futures: “Gay American History @ 40”

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

The fortieth-anniversary celebration of Jonathan Ned Katz’s classic document collection Gay American History.

Gay Politics and Police Politics in the American City

By Christopher Agee 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Postwar law enforcement leaders rarely prepared patrol officers for policing of gay and lesbian people.

The Rejected: Homophile Activists in the Spotlight

By Andrew Lester 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

The Rejected was a groundbreaking representation of gays in the American media.

Homophile Priests, LGBT Rights, and Scottish Churches, 1967-1986

By Jeff Meek LGBTQ, United Kingdom

From its inception in 1969, the Scottish Minorities Group (SMG) saw amicable relations with Scottish churches as imperative.

“The Gay Revolution”: An Interview with Lillian Faderman

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ

The Gay Revolution provides a moving account of the LGBT movement in the United States.