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Shame...is a first rate form of social control. Shame is what keeps us in line, what prevents us from discovering not so much who we are, but what we might become.

— Michael Bronski

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Anything that liberates is not without risk.

Interpretations are best made with the long view in mind.

A Queer History of the United States (2011)

History is an ongoing process through which we understand and define ourselves and our lives.

A Queer History of the United States (2011)

Today we routinely use LGBT, a fairly recent, and accepted, amalgamation of identities, each of which has a specific history that often had little to do with the others.

A Queer History of the United States (2011)

Full citizenship was, and to a large degree still is, predicated on keeping 'unacceptable' behavior private. This complicated relationship between the public and private is at the heart of LGBT history and life today.

A Queer History of the United States (2011)

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