Gay L. A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians
by Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons
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Author: Lillian Faderman, Stuart TimmonsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-02
ISBN: 046502288X
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: A lively and revealing history
Summary: 4 Stars
[Disclaimer: Co-author Stuart Timmons is a friend of mine.]
I very much enjoyed the book. Certainly, those of us who lived through some of the events and who know or knew some of the people will enjoy the tale. And many folks, particularly newer generations, don't know much about this history at all. There's also plenty of new research, leading to rich detail that's never been told before.
Tales of Hollywood celebrities are culturally important, but are only one part of the much larger story of gay L.A. told in this book. More interesting to me, for example, are the variant sexualities of Native Americans ruthlessly suppressed by missionaries, the prominence of nineteenth century transvetites, the lurching evolution of sexual law and politics, and much more.
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