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Martin Bauml Dubermanis a historian, biographer, playwright, and gay rights activist. He has written more than 25 books, plays, and anthologies, including Hold Tight Gently-Michael Callen,Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS, Hidden from History- Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past, and Jews Queers Germans. He is Professor of History Emeritus at Herbert Lehman College. Martha Vicinusis an LGBT scholar, anti-war activist, and professor ofEnglish literatureandWomen's Studies. Her books include Lesbian Subjects- A Feminist Studies Reader, Hidden From History- Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past, and Suffer and Be Still- Women in the Victorian Age. She serves as the Eliza M. Mosher Distinguished University Professor of English, Women's Studies, and History at theUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor. George Chaunceyis a scholar of twentieth-century U.S. history and lesbian and gay history.He is co-director of theYale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualitiesand has served as the chair of the History Department, chair ofLGBT Studies, and Director of Graduate Studies and Undergraduate Studies forAmerican Studies. He is author ofGayNew York- Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940andWhy Marriage? The History Shaping Today's Debate Over Gay Equality.
Winner of two Lambda Rising Awards A landmark of a book and a landmark of ideas that will shatter ignorance and delusion. --Catharine Stimpson, University Professor and Dean Emerita of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University A rich offering... solid and intriguing. One comes away from reading this collection... with fresh, extended, and perhaps more sensitive conceptions of sexuality itself. --Washington Post Book World Convincingly demonstrates the legitimacy of gay and lesbian history, reveals its extraordinary richness, and sets the agenda for future research. --George Stambolian, editor of Men on Men Ground-breaking. --Publishers Weekly The juxtaposition of diverse perspectives and research crossing boundaries of race, gender, culture, and time encourages a lively dialogue. Highly recommended for history collections, and especially gay studies. --Library Journal A treasure... major, informative, and fascinating. --The Advocate
