Before Stonewall : the making of a gay and lesbian community /
A social history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969, showing how this group has moved from secret shame to the status of a publicly viable minority group. Tells how a group consciousness coalesced after the 1969 police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. The three- da...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Cinema Guild,
1985.
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| Summary: | A social history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969, showing how this group has moved from secret shame to the status of a publicly viable minority group. Tells how a group consciousness coalesced after the 1969 police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. The three- day riot that followed gained them national publicity and the birth of the gay movement. |
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| Item Description: | VHS format. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (87 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Audience: | Sociology |