The American Gay Rights Movement and Patriotic Protest

@article{Hall2010TheAG,
  title={The American Gay Rights Movement and Patriotic Protest},
  author={Simon Hall},
  journal={Journal of the History of Sexuality},
  year={2010},
  volume={19},
  pages={536 - 562}
}
  • Simon Hall
  • Published 28 August 2010
  • History
  • Journal of the History of Sexuality
536 I would like to thank Patrick Michelson, Denis Flannery, and the anonymous reviewers for the Journal of the History of Sexuality for their encouraging and constructive comments on earlier drafts of this article. I would also like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the British Academy and the School of History, University of Leeds, which made the research for this article possible. 1 Quoted in Myra MacPherson, “Ulrich v. the Pentagon: A Homosexual Fights Back,” Washington Post… 
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