John D'Emilio
Born
in New York City, The United States
September 21, 1948
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Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
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8 editions
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1988
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
8 editions
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2003
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Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970
6 editions
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1983
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Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University
8 editions
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1992
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The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture
6 editions
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2002
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Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights
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3 editions
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2000
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In a New Century: Essays on Queer History, Politics, and Community Life
2 editions
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2014
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Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties
3 editions
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2022
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What Our Families Need: Toward a Policy Agenda for Lesbian and Gay Families
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1997
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The Civil Rights Struggle: Leaders in Profile
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1979
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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.”
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
“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”
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
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