The Cold War and the Homophile, 1953–1963

This article argues that the Cold War had an underrated influence on homophile identity and politics. Although agitating for homosexual rights presented in many ways a challenge to the dominant homophobic order, in other ways the homophile movement actually reproduced hegemonic Cold War ideology. Ho...

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Published in:Australasian journal of American studies 2019-07, Vol.38 (1), p.79-96
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