Download or read book Lesbian and Gay Memphis written by Daneel Buring and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses social and cultural issues both peculiarly Southern and generally American, as it surveys Memphis, Tennessee, between World War II and 1990, when lesbians and gay men developed group identity and community institutions first as a defense in the closeted 1950s, then as part of the liberationist 1970s, and, in the 1980s, as a response to the spread of AIDS and the demands of other marginalized groups for recognition, inclusion, and power.