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