Forging Gay Identities - Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994 : Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994

List of Tables and Figures ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Note on Use of Identity Terms xix The Transformation of the Lesbian/Gay Movement 1(30) Part I. Forging a Gay Identity Movement Beginnings: Homosexual Politics and Organizations, 1950--1968 31(25) Innovation: Gay Liberation and the Origins of Coming Out, 1969--1970 56(25) Opportunity: Gay Liberation and the Decline of the New Left, 1969--1973 81(16) The Crystallization of a Gay Identity Movement, 1971--1973 97(16) Part II. Consequences of Field Formation Success: Growth of a Gay Identity Movement in the 1970s 113(21) Exclusions: Gender, Race, and Class in the Gay Identity Movement, 1981--1994 134(20) Challenge: The Effect of AIDS on the Gay Identity Movement, 1981--1994 154(22) Continuity and Change: The Gay Identity Movement in the 1980s and 1990s 176(17) Part III. Conclusion Institutions, Social Movements, and American Political Culture 193(12) Appendix: Constructing a Database of San Francisco's Lesbian/Gay Organizations 205(8) Notes 213(34) Works Cited 247(14) Index 261