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UIC Professor Emeritus of Gender and Women's Studies and History John D'Emilio will discuss the history of LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S. from the 1950s through the early 21st century.
Since the 1950s, significant change has occurred in the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the United States and in the societal and institutional responses to them.
This talk will trace the history of LGBTQ+ activism from its start in the 1950s, when the oppression was most harsh and pervasive, to the early 21st century, when LGBTQ+ people were more visible and more integrated into society than ever before. It will explore the impact of the 1960s and the Stonewall Uprising that gave birth to a “gay liberation” movement; the dramatic increase in mobilization sparked by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s; and the growing presence in popular culture that emerged in the 1990s.
A pioneer in the field of LGBTQ+ studies and the history of sexuality, John D'Emilio is Emeritus Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author or editor of almost a dozen books. The founding director of the Policy Institute of the National LGBTQ Task Force, he has also served as President of the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives in Chicago. His most recent book is Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties, a memoir published by Duke University Press.
This program will be recorded.
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