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Author Batza, Katie, author.

Title Before AIDS : gay health politics in the 1970s / Katie Batza
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 178 pages) : illustrations
Series Politics and culture in modern America
Politics and culture in modern America.
Contents Introduction : Fighting epidemics and ignorance -- Reimagining gay liberation -- Beyond gay liberation -- Gay health harnesses the state -- Redefining gay health -- The gay health network meets AIDS -- Epilogue : AIDS and the state enmeshed
Summary Before AIDS chronicles the development of gay health services in the 1970s as gay men faced public health challenges stemming from both their political marginalization and disease. Activists using tools and tactics from across their era's political landscape built a nationwide gay medical system, changing ideas about sexuality and health
Analysis American History
American Studies
Caregiving
Gay Studies
Gender Studies
Health
Lesbian Studies
Medicine
Queer Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 6, 2018)
Subject Gay people -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Sexual minorities -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Gay liberation movement
Gays -- Medical care
Gay men.
Health care for LGBTQ people.
LGBTQ health education.
LGBTQ+ people
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812294996
0812294998
0812250133
9780812250138