Masked Voices : Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America

by Loftin, Craig M.

• ISBN13: 9781438440149
• ISBN10: 1438440146
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

An analysis of unpublished letters to the first American gay magazine reveals the agency, adaptation, and resistance occurring in the gay community during the McCarthy era.

Author Biography

Craig M. Loftin is Lecturer in American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.

Table of Contents

List of Illustratrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
ONE Magazine and Its Readers	p. 17
Newsstand Encounters: ONE Magazine's Volunteer Agents and Public Visibility	p. 43
Imagining a Gay World: The American Homophile Movement in Global Perspective	p. 63
ONE Magazine Letter Archetypes	p. 83
"Branded Like a Horse": Homosexuality, the Military, and Work	p. 101
Classroom Anxieties: Educators and Homosexuality	p. 121
Family Anxieties: Parent and Family Responses to Homosexual Disclosures	p. 141
Homosexuals and Marriage under the Shadow of McCarthy	p. 157
"I shall always cherish Sunday"	p. 181
Unacceptable Mannerisms: Gender, Sexuality, and Swish in Postwar America	p. 203
Conclusion	p. 223
Appendix	p. 231
Notes	p. 233
Sources and Bibliography	p. 273
Index	p. 293
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