{"product_id":"here-are-my-people-lgbt-college-student-organizing-in-california-9780820366760","title":"Here Are My People: LGBT College Student Organizing in California","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, a new generation of LGBT students in California began to organize publicly on college and university campuses, inspired by contemporaneous social movements and informed by California's rich history of LGBT community formation and political engagement. \u003ci\u003eHere Are My People \u003c\/i\u003edocuments how a trailblazing group of queer student activists in California made their mark on the history of the modern LGBTQ movement and paved the way for generations of organizers who followed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRooted in extensive archival research and original oral histories, \u003ci\u003eHere Are My People \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how this organizing unfolded, comparing different regions, types of campuses, and diverse student populations. Through campus-based organizations and within women's studies programs, and despite various forms of reactionary resistance, student organizers promoted LGBT-themed educational programming and changes to curriculum, provided peer support like counseling and hotlines, and sponsored events showcasing queer creative practices including poetry, theater, and film. Collaborating across various campuses, they formed regional and statewide alliances. And, importantly, LGBT student organizers engaged California's vibrant gay liberation and lesbian feminist political communities, forging new and important relationships in the movement which enhanced both on and off-campus LGBT organizing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID A. REICHARD is Professor of History and Legal Studies at California State University - Monterey Bay. He has written extensively on oral history and student activism in California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644383138066,"sku":"9780820366760","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc5f45ad-9d56-4541-8eae-4f69ddacee27.jpg?v=1733108503","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/here-are-my-people-lgbt-college-student-organizing-in-california-9780820366760","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}