Gay Liberation Movement

OUT OF THE CLOSET From the end of the nineteenth century on, homosexuals were put firmly “in the closet.”  The “Closet” is a metaphor for “silence” about one’s forbidden sexual identity and one’s forbidden sexual longings.  Fear of social disapproval and, perhaps even...

History of Sexuality, Part Two

MODERNITY and SEXUALITY Modern Homosexuality The beginning of the modern homosexuality is linked to a new economic system: capitalism.  Capitalism, compared to feudalism, is marked by a specific kind of society characterized by urban centers and bureaucracy. ...

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