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John D'Emilio

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Born: September 20 1948

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John D'Emilio is a professor of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has taught previously at George Washington University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1982, where his advisor was Kenneth T. Jackson. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow from 1995 to 1997, he served as the Founding Director of the Policy Institute at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

D'Emilio was awarded the Stonewall Book Award in 1984 for his most widely cited book, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities, which is considered the definitive history of the U.S. homophile movement from 1940 to 1970. His book Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in America won the Stonewall Book Award for non-fiction in 2004. He was the 2005 recipient of the Brudner Prize at Yale University.

John D'Emilio

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: September 20 1948

Website: Go to Website

John D'Emilio is a professor of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has taught previously at George Washington University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1982, where his advisor was Kenneth T. Jackson. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow from 1995 to 1997, he served as the Founding Director of the Policy Institute at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

D'Emilio was awarded the Stonewall Book Award in 1984 for his most widely cited book, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities, which is considered the definitive history of the U.S. homophile movement from 1940 to 1970. His book Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in America won the Stonewall Book Award for non-fiction in 2004. He was the 2005 recipient of the Brudner Prize at Yale University.

Books from John D'Emilio

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America

Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality

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Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University

The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture

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My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History

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Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights

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Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall

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In a New Century: Essays on Queer History, Politics, and Community Life

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The Future of Gay Rights in America

The Civil Rights Struggle: Leaders in Profile

Studyguide for Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America

Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin

Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties

Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America