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A rich and definitive history of the gay rights movement's West Coast origins

About the Author

C. Todd White is a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at James Madison University. He is the editor of San Dieguito and La Jolla: Collected Papers of Claude N. Warren on the Archaeology of Southern California and a coeditor of Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historic Contexts.

Reviews

"This engaging social history provides a reliable and nuanced account of what happened in the American homophile movement and of those who took on societal prejudice. White has done an exemplary job of integrating the biographies and organizational history." Stephen O. Murray, author of Homosexualities and American Gay