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John D'Emilio

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in New York City, The United States

September 21, 1948

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http://www.uic.edu/depts/hist/Faculty/demilio.html

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Gay & Lesbian, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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John D'Emilio is a professor of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has taught previously at George Washington University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1982, where his advisor was Kenneth T. Jackson. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow from 1995 to 1997, he served as the Founding Director of the Policy Institute at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

D'Emilio was awarded the Stonewall Book Award in 1984 for his most widely cited book, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities, which is considered the definitive history of the U.S. homophile movement from 1940 to 1970. His book Lost Prophet: Bayard ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 2,429 ratings · 158 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America by John D'Emilio, Estelle B. Freedman 4.03 avg rating — 889 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin 4.21 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970 3.97 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture 3.97 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University 4.06 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights by John D'Emilio (Editor), Urvashi Vaid , William B. Turner 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In a New Century: Essays on Queer History, Politics, and Community Life 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Civil Rights Struggle: Leaders in Profile liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Our Families Need: Toward a Policy Agenda for Lesbian and Gay Families liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage by Ryan Conrad (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Yasmin Nair (Introduction) , Martha Jane Kaufman (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In Connecticut, for example, a man confessed to having had sexual relations with a variety of animals since the age of ten; Massachusetts executed several teenage boys for buggery. Sexual relations with animals required harsh punishment, for colonists believed that these unions could have reproductive consequences. The mating of humans and animals, they feared, would produce monstrous offspring. For this reason, colonists insisted on punishing not only the man but also the beast, who might bear such monsters.”
― John D'Emilio, Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, Third Edition

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“By the twentieth century, when the individual had replaced the family as the primary economic unit, the tie between sexuality and reproduction weakened further. Influenced by psychology as well as by the growing power of the media, both men and women began to adopt personal happiness as a primary goal of sexual relations. Various”
― John D'Emilio, Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, Third Edition

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