Lavender Culture Anne M. Lipton Based on their own substantial

Based on their own substantial experience and expertise

He was a member of his high-school gun club and went to war when he was eighteen

Kathleen Mahoney

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Ohio State University

Lavender Culture Anne M. Lipton Based on their own substantialThe influence of gays and lesbians on language, literature, theater, poetry, dance, music, and the arts is unmeasurable. In the era before AIDS, gay and lesbian culture had a defining, if unrecognized, influence on American life, an influence that is only now being acknowledged. This reissue of the classic anthology, Lavender Culture, serves as a provocative, dynamic, and wide ranging reminder of American gay and lesbian culture in the days before the