Coming out : homosexual politics in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weeks, Jeffrey, 1945- (Author)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Quartet Books, 1977.
Subjects:	Gay liberation movement > Great Britain > History. Homosexuality > Great Britain > History. Lesbianism > Great Britain > History. Homosexuality > history Homosexuality, Female > history Mouvement de libération des homosexuels > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Homosexualité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Gay liberation movement. Homosexuality. Lesbianism. Great Britain. Homoseksualiteit. Zelfonthulling. Homosexuality. Social aspects > Great Britain, ca 1850-1976 History.

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Definitions and self-definitions. From sin to crime ; 'The medical model' ; A way of life
pt. 2. Pioneers. Speaking out: John Addington Symonds ; Havelock Ellis and Sexual inversion ; Edward Carpenter and friends
pt. 3. Invisible women. Lesbianism and the position of women ; Lesbianism and the women's movement ; Emerging identities
pt. 4. Approaches to reform. Creating a consciousness ; Reform societies ; Homosexuality and the Left ; Norman Haire and sex education ; Prelude to reform ; Law reform
pt. 5. The Gay Liberation Movement. The Gay Liberation Front, 1970-72 ; A gay community? ; Old ways, new departures.