John D’Emilio “Pride and Prejudice: LGBTQ+ History and the Battles Ahead”

A pioneer in the field of gay and lesbian studies, D’Emilio will discuss the history of LGBTQ+ activism and growing concerns about political challenges to the progress that has been made. He will begin in the 1950s, when LGBTQ people were targets of severe attacks; move through the Stonewall Uprising and the rise of militant activism in the 1970s; and describe the transformative impact of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s.

John D’Emilio is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books, including Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: the Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States and Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America.