DREAMWalker Group
Where creativity and spirit converge

 

 

 
To assist you in finding books you enjoy reading, you can search this site for authors or artists and look at their profile pages:
 

By first name

By last name

By subjects

 

 

SPONSORS

A bridge supporting dialog

 

Michael Walker's Blog
(Awakened Man's World)

Our DREAMTeam

Email Us

 

 

Affiliates

 

Works by
Barbara Gittings
(Lesbian Activist, Writer)
[1932 - 2007]

Profile created February 20, 2007
See:
  • Before Stonewall:  The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community (1985)
    An unforgettable, decade by decade history of homosexuality in America, prior to 1969, and the advent of Gay Liberation. Narrated by Rita Mae Brown and featuring Audre Lorde, Harry Hay, Barbara Gittings, Allen Ginsberg, and dozens more. An incredible mix of historical footage and amazing interviews with those who lived through an often brutal history. Pries open the closet door from the 1920s to Stonewall.

Documentary (1985):  Greta Schiller and John Scagliotti, directors with Ann Bannon and Rita Mae Brown  DVD  VHS

  • Out of the Past: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights in America (1998)
    In 1995, Kelli Peterson started a gay and straight club at her Salt Lake City high school. The story of her ensuing battle with school authorities in interspersed with looks back at the diary of Michael Wigglesworth, a 17th-century Puritan cleric, at the 30-year love affair of Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Adams Fields, at Henry Gerber's attempt after World War I to establish a gay-rights organization, at Bayard Rustin's role in the
    civil rights movement, and at Barbara Gittings' taking on of the American Psychiatric Association's position that homosexuality is illness. One person comments, "To create a place for ourselves in the present, we have to find ourselves in the past."

Documentary (1998):  Jeffrey Dupre, Director with Gwyneth Paltrow and Stephen Spinella  DVD  VHS

  • After Stonewall (1999)
    Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, it captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats, and exciting victories experienced in the making of the Gay Liberation Movement. Featuring Dorothy Allison, Michael Bronski, Rita Mae Brown, Barney Frank, Barbara Gittings, Arnie Kantrowitz, Larry Kramer, Craig Lucas, Armistead Maupin, Leslea Newman, Barbara Smith, and many more.

Documentary (1999):  John Scagliotti, Director with Anita Bryant and Barney Frank    DVD VHSl

(We need your help! 
Let us know if you have updated information for this page!
Write us at dreamwalkergroup@me.com)

Related Topics

Click any of the following links for more information on similar topics of interest in relation to this page.

Barbara Gittings
Is Listed As A Favorite Of
(Alphabetical Order
By First Name)

TO BE DETERMINED

DREAMWaker Group is not incorporated as a non-profit organization.

Your donations help defray the cost of running this site but are not tax-deductible
as charitable expenses
.  See your tax consultant for more information.

Site Design and
Copyright © 2002-21 by
DREAMWalker Group
Email Us

Proprietor - Michael Walker  

Editorial - Catherine Groves  Michael Walker 

Layout & Design Michael Walker