Research as "Waystation" in the Midcentury Homophile Movement.
Homophile organizations at midcentury have long been linked to the "rise and fall" of professions like psychiatry in the American political landscape. In this paper, I engage the various ways that leaders of the homophile movement engaged the professions. In particular, I interpret their close atten...
| Publicado en: | Polity Vol. 57; no. 4; pp. 633 - 662 |
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University of Chicago Press
Oct2025
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