Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in Lgbt Activist Organizations

by Jane Ward

Book Overview

For three years the author did participant-observation at three nationally prominent queer organizations in Los Angeles-Christopher Street West, which produces L.A.'s queer pride festival; the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, a 37-year-old multi-site organization; and Bienestar, an HIV services organization for gay Latinos. Ward documents the evolution of these organizations, including class and race conflicts within them, but she especially focuses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826516076
• ISBN13: 9780826516077
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"