...homosexuality its links to gender atypical behaviour, in other words to "sissyness" or "tomboyishness:" "A generation ago, queer activists made it very difficult for an earlier generation of ... ideologues posing as scientists to appear and speak in public--"zaps" were a part of queer movement life then."

These few lines--a call for action imbued with nostalgia--give a good sketch of the character of D'Emilio, a fuller portrait of whom you will find in The World Turned, a collection of his essays of the 1990's. Far from being a staid academic whose audience is limited to the initiated few, D'Emilio is one of a dying breed of scholar-activists whose work is stimulating and accessible. Not only is he the foremost historian of the homophile movement, the group of pioneering individuals and organizations of the 1950's and 1960's that paved the way for gay liberation, he is also an important actor and commentator of the struggles of the last 30 years.

Perhaps this central...

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