Volume 14, Issue 3/4. 1983

Themes:

homophobia; homosexual; oppression; gay; lesbian; discrimination; heterosexism; gender; women's movement; sexuality; minorities; patriarchy; poverty; institutional discrimination; interlocking oppressions; institutional homophobia; collective homophobia; internalized homophobia; white flight; equity; segregation; slurs; activism

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

James S. Tinney, Barbara Smith, Audre Lorde, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Jan Goodman, C. A. Jenkins, Julie L. Morris, Katherine Whitlock and Elena M. DiLapi, Dale C. Burke, Leonore Gordon, Sanford Berman, Carol Bloom, Doris Seale, Geraldine Wilson, Lyla Hoffman, Elly Bulkin, Mary K. Chelton, Michael Collins, Blanche Wiesen Cook, John Cunningham, Frances Doughty, Frances Hanckel, Redvers Jean-Marie, Polly Kellogg, Gayle Keresey, Robert R. Moore, Marc Rubin, Stuart Schear, Rebecca Taylor, Phyllis Yuill

Materials Reviewed:

Johnny Stands by Harry W. Paige. Amazon / WorldCat
The Girl on the Outside by Mildred Pitts Walter. Amazon / WorldCat
The Summerboy by Robert Lipsyte. Amazon / WorldCat
Summer Switch by Mary Rodgers. Amazon / WorldCat
What Happened to Mr. Forster? by Gary W. Bargar. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality by John Boswell
A Book of Readings: For Men Against Sexism
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of US Are Brave: Black Women's Studies by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith, eds.
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography by J. R. Roberts
Cuentos: Stories by Latinas by Alma Gómez, Cherríe Moraga, and Mariana Romo-Carmona, eds.
Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara Smith
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde
Lesbian Fiction: An Anthology by Elly Bulkin, ed.
Lesbian Poetry: An Anthology by Elly Bulkin and Joan Larkin, eds.
The David Kopay Story by David Kopay
When Megan Went Away by Jane Severance
I'll Get There, It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan
Maurice by E. M. Forster
Crush by Jane Futcher
Ruby by Rosa Guy
Hey, Dollface by Deborah Hautzig
The Man Without a Face by Isabel Holland
I'll Love You When You're More Like Me by M. E. Kerr
Breaking Up by Norma Klein
Bouquets for Brimbal by J. P. Reading
The Best Little Boy in the World by John Reid
Middle Ground by Ursula Zilinsky
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Sticks and Stones by Lynn Hall
Consenting Adult by Laura Z. Hobson
Chronicles of Tornor by Elizabeth Lynn
Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller
Happy Endings Are All Alike by Sandra Scoppettone
Trying Hard to Hear You by Sandra Scoppettone
Your Family, My Family by Joan Drescher
Families by Meredith Tax
Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives by Nancy Adair and Casey Adair
Young, Gay, and Proud! by Sasha Alyson, ed.
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships by Ruth Bell
Homosexuality: A History by Vern Bullough
Now That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality by Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward
A Way of Love, A Way of Life: A Young Person's Introduction to What it Means to be Gay by Frances Hanckel and John Cunningham
Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A.: A Documentary by Jonathan Katz
Woman Plus Woman: Attitudes Toward Lesbianism by Delores Klaich
Growing Up Free: Raising Your Kids in the 80's by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
A Family Matter: A Parent's Guide to Homosexuality by Charles Silverstein
Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book by Ginny Vida ed.
Growing Up Gay by Youth Liberation Press
Twenty Questions About Homosexuality by National Gay Task Force
Reflections of a Rock Lobster by Aaron Fricke
Why Am I So Miserable if These are the Best Years of My Life? by Andrea Boroff Eagan
Facts About Sex for Today's Youth by Sol Gordon
You Would if You Loved Me by Sol Gordon
Sex with Love: A Guide for Young People by Eleanor Hamilton
Sex Education for Physically Handicapped Youth by Edmund C. Hopper and William A. Allen
The Young Person's Guide to Love by Morton Hunt
Love and Sex in Plain Language by Eric W. Johnson
Learning About Sex: The Contemporary Guide for Young Adults by Gary F. Kelly
The Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman
What's Happening to Me? by Peter Mayle
Masculinity and Femininity by Benjamin Miller et al.
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Answers to Questions Adolescents Have About Sex by Alexander J. Tymchuk and Nora Baladerian
Academic American Encyclopedia
Collier's Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Americana
Merits Students Encyclopedia
New Encyclopedia Britannica
World Book Encyclopedia
On Equal Terms: A Thesaurus for Nonsexist Indexing and Cataloging by Joan K. Marshall
The Joy of Cataloging by Sanford Berman
Gay American History by Jonathan Katz
Loving Someone Gay by Donald H. Clark
Gay Yellow Pages
Women and Support Networks by Blanche Wiesen Cook
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities by John D'Emilio
The Early Homosexual Rights Movement by John Lauritsen and David Thorstadt
The Politics of Homosexuality by Toby Marotta
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence by Adrienne Rich
The Brassman's Secret by Meshack Asare
Bwana Myombekere na Bibi Bugonoka by Aniceti Kitereza
One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte
Summer Rules by Robert Lipsyte

Keywords:

homophobia, homosexual, oppression, gay, lesbian, discrimination, heterosexism, Audre Lorde, gender, women's movement, sexuality, Norma Gabler, textbooks, slavery, degradation, minorities, straight, patriarchy, poverty, institutional discrimination, interlocking oppressions, institutional homophobia, Black, Frederick Douglass, police, crime, collective homophobia, National Council of Black Studies, women's studies, internalized homophobia, white flight, equity, segregation, terminology, stereotypes, Hispanic, consciousness-raising, politicization, conscientization, liberation struggles, Combahee River Collective, Black feminism, classism, police brutality, Blues, disability, slurs, activism, Family Protection Act, Ku Klux Klan (KKK), sex roles, right wing, Wainright Churchill, content analysis, bibliographies, book lists, hormone theory, conditioned-response theory, psychoanalytic theory, Robert Stoller, evaluation criteria, encyclopedias, Gay Task Force, American Library Association (ALA), Barbara Gittings, critical education, racial slurs, Holly Near, lesson plans, definitions, Kinsey, Judd Marmor, The Hite Report, cataloging, subject headings, libraries, Asian American Lesbian and Gay Men's Coalition, Black and White Men Together, Gay American Indians, Gay Rights National Lobby, Latin American Lesbian and Gay Men's Coalition, National Coalition of Black Gays, National Gay Student Center, National Gay Task Force, Salsa Soul Sisters, Affirmation: United Methodists for Gay Concerns, Dignity Inc., Integrity Inc., Universal Fellowship of the Metropolis Community Churches, Gay Parents Legal and Research Group, National Federation of Parents and Friends of Gays, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Lawyers Guild, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Institute for the Protection of Gay and Lesbian Youth, Gay Teachers Association, National Gay Archive, Lesbian Archives, AV, Guidance Associates, Audio Visual Narrative Arts, Carousel Film and Video, Direct Cinema Ltd., New Yorker Films, People for the American Way, New Right, Mel Gabler, Norma Gabler, Texas Textbook Project, National Black Child Development Institute, Noma Prize, Africa