Download or read book Growing Up Before Stonewall written by Peter Nardi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the stories of 11 American gay men who tried to make sense of their identities in the years before the modern gay movement began. In their own words, these men recollect fascinating accounts of what it was like negotiate their desires within a social and psychological context in which homosexuality was marginalized. The editors carefully situate the lifestories in US culture before Stonewall and skillfully raises the issues and problems in presenting such stories.