Fighting Back The Homophile Movement PDF

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Keith Green, LGBT History, Spring 2020...

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Monday, April 6 – Fighting Back: The Homophile Movement

See David K. Johnson, The Lavender Scare and Devlyn Camp, Mattachine, Podcast, 10 ep. The Homophile Movement Goal: Civil Rights for Homosexuals -

Mattachine Society – founded in L.A., 1950 Harry Hay (d. 2000) Mattachine Review

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Daughters of Bilitis – founded in San Francisco, 1955 Del Martin (1921-2008) and Phyllis Lyon (1924- ) The Ladder

Autonomous chapters all over the U.S. in most major cities Mattachine D.C. -

Led by Buell Dwight Huggins – late 1950s Fighting entrapment cases Leaves in the early 60s

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Frank Kameny (1925-2011) Astronomer turned activist Wicked smart – sees a greater significance to the entrapment cases 14th Amendment Exec. Order 10450 is unconstitutional Rely on the courts! The fight starts in 1962 and goes until 1969 The Norton Decision – July 1, 1969 – Exec. Order 10450 is officially unconstitutional Civil Service Commission (CSC) cannot not hire or fire someone for being gay or lesbian Fully enforced by the CSC in 1973

Helping the Mattachine out is the fact that there is an increasing awareness of human sexuality 1. Alfred Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, 1948 Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, 1953 Kinsey Scale, 0-6; x 10%, not quite what Kinsey says Men – 46% reacted sexually to both sexes; 37% at least one homosexual encounter.

11% or so of men get a 3 rating on the Kinsey Scale Women – 7% of single women get a 3 rating on the Kinsey Scale; 4% of previously married women Conservatives still hate Kinsey, but he’s statistically sound (1996 stat. research) 2. Masters and Johnson, Report on Sexuality, 1966-1970 – finds much the same 3. Bohemian Beat Culture of the 1950s Gore Vidal (1925-2012), The City and the Pillar, 1948 William S. Burroughs (d. 1997), Naked Lunch, 1959 Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Howl, 1955 Online Quiz – Take Anytime between Wed., April 8 and Sun., April 12...