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Fri Jul 24

Smash the Church, Smash the State Reading at Books Inc. Castro


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Books Inc. in the Castro
2275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94114 map
cross street: 16th St.
district: Castro/Upper Market

Fri Jul 24 (7:30PM)

Description
Author, Tommi Avicolli Mecca and Contributors, will be visiting us to read from their latest anthology, "Smash the Church, Smash the State: The Early Years of Gay Liberation."

This anthology by former members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) captures the history and spirit of the revolutionary time just after Stonewall, when thousands came out of the closet to claim their sexuality, and when queer resistance coalesced into a turbulent, joyous liberation movement--one whose lasting influence would ultimately inform and profoundly shape the LGBT community of today.

Personal essays explore the philosophy and culture of the stridently anti-assimilationist GLF: the actions, demonstrations, and marches; views on marriage, religion, and gender; the drugs, orgies, and communes; and GLF's relationship to the hippies, the Black Panthers, the straight Left, the women's movement, civil rights, and the antiwar struggle.