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An Invading Army of Rockettes: How US Military Policy on Homosexuality and the Voyeurism of the Vietnam War Era Shaped the Gay Rights Movement, 1956-1969

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    An Invading Army of Rockettes: How US Military Policy on Homosexuality and the Voyeurism of the Vietnam War Era Shaped the Gay Rights Movement, 1956-1969
  • Author: Schuling, Marq
  • Subjects: Gay rights ; History ; Homosexuality ; LGBTQ ; Military ; United States ; Vietnam War
  • Description: This paper seeks to trace the complex attitudes towards homosexuality in the 1960s through the lens of the Vietnam War. I postulate that adopting the cause of protesting the ban on homosexuals in the military, coupled with the expansion of voyeuristic and sensationalized depictions of homosexuals, served to unify the gay community and strengthen homosexual identity. The voyeurism of Vietnam as the “Living Room War” brought the homosexual man out from the shadows, and though homosexuality continued to be considered a marker of mental illness and instability, the desire to see the taboo world of the gay man changed the baseline and ultimately began to normalize homosexuality overall. Part of: Student Research and Creative Works -- University of Puget Sound -- History Theses
  • Publisher: Sound Ideas
  • Creation Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Source: Open Shared Collection
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