LEADER 04867nam 2200829 450 001 9910821444403321 005 20231215014122.0 010 $a0-8122-9245-6 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812292459 035 $a(CKB)3710000000571272 035 $a(EBL)4321875 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001592048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16290493 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001592048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13123641 035 $a(PQKB)10551451 035 $a(OCoLC)933442803 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52154 035 $a(DE-B1597)469694 035 $a(OCoLC)979910578 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812292459 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4321875 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11149363 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL881620 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4321875 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000571272 100 $a20160210h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQueer clout $eChicago and the rise of gay politics /$fTimothy Stewart-Winter 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 225 1 $aPolitics and Culture in Modern America 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8122-2406-X 311 $a0-8122-4791-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. A Little World Within a World --$t2. Maximum Feasible Intimidation --$t3. Freaking Fag Revolutionaries --$t4. Clark and Diversey Is Our Ghetto! --$t5. Lesbian Survival School --$t6. Balance of Power --$t7. A New Disease Is Not Welcome Here --$t8. Flexing Gay Economic Muscle --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn postwar America, the path to political power for gays and lesbians led through city hall. By the late 1980's, politicians and elected officials, who had originally sought political advantage from raiding gay bars and carting their patrons off to jail, were pursuing gays and lesbians aggressively as a voting bloc?not least by campaigning in those same bars. Gays had acquired power and influence. They had clout. Tracing the gay movement's trajectory since the 1950's from the closet to the corridors of power, Queer Clout is the first book to weave together activism and electoral politics, shifting the story from the coastal gay meccas to the nation's great inland metropolis. Timothy Stewart-Winter challenges the traditional division between the homophile and gay liberation movements, and stresses gay people's and African Americans' shared focus on police harassment. He highlights the crucial role of black civil rights activists and political leaders in offering white gays and lesbians not only a model for protest but also an opening to join an emerging liberal coalition in city hall. The book draws on diverse oral histories and archival records spanning half a century, including those of undercover vice and police red squad investigators, previously unexamined interviews by midcentury social scientists studying gay life, and newly available papers of activists, politicians, and city agencies. As the first history of gay politics in the post-Stonewall era grounded in archival research, Queer Clout sheds new light on the politics of race, religion, and the AIDS crisis, and it shows how big-city politics paved the way for the gay movement's unprecedented successes under the nation's first African American president. 410 0$aPolitics and culture in modern America. 606 $aGay rights$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHomosexuality$xPolitical aspects$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGay people$xPolitical activity$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMinorities$xPolitical activity$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial change$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aChicago (Ill.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aGay Studies. 610 $aGender Studies. 610 $aLesbian Studies. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 610 $aQueer Studies. 615 0$aGay rights$xHistory 615 0$aHomosexuality$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aGay people$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aMinorities$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 676 $a323.3/2640973 700 $aStewart-Winter$b Timothy$f1979-$01654700 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821444403321 996 $aQueer clout$94006703 997 $aUNINA