Living Behind the Façade (eBook)

Memoirs Of A Gay Man's Journey Through the 20th Century

James Jackson (Herausgeber)

George Somers (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
446 Seiten
James Jackson Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-7333094-3-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Living Behind the Faade is a revealing and captivating story about and by a gay man George E. Somers whose rich and talented life as an artist spanned most of the 20th Century. Born in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War to an American G.I. from Kansas and a beautiful Spanish girl living in Manila's Spanish military garrison, George realized early in life that he was ';different' from other boys his age and that being ';gay' was never ';a choice' but an orientation he inherited from birth. Long before the term ';Gay Rights' was coined and minted in the American vernacular, and before the Gay Liberation Movement brought millions of gays and lesbians out of the closet into a still homophobic society, George's life mirrored a shadowy era in which virtually all homosexuals were coerced into lives ';behind the faade' an ersatz heterosexual identity. Yet, in the shadows of the faade, George was part of the first gay rights organization in the United States Society for Individual Rights. George's frank narrative describes the gay world and culture he has always lived in, from its obscure closeted beginnings to its more liberated present, providing gay and straight readers alike with an important and transparent portrayal of life behind, and from without, the gay faade of American society. Living Behind the Faade is more than a myth breaker, it is a significant contribution to the diverse ethnography of American Culture and Humanities. George passed away at 101 in the San Francisco Bay Area. His book was edited and published posthumously by his nephew, Jaime Jackson .

Inhalt

COMMENTARY by Jaime Jackson

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THE FIRST YEARS   1914-1925

PAGE  17

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MOVING TO AMERICA   1926-1930

PAGE  39

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MOVING TO SAN DIEGO   1931-1932

PAGE  47

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STARTING COLLEGE   1933-1934

PAGE  61

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FATHER’S DEATH   1935-1936

PAGE  77

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MOVING TO SAN FRANCISCO   1937-1941

PAGE  83

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THE ARMY   1942-1943

PAGE  101

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GOING TO EUROPE   1944-1945

PAGE  111

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ON TO JAPAN   1945-1946

PAGE  143

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RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO   1946-1947

PAGE  159

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MOVING TO MARIN COUNTY   1948-1954

PAGE  167

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THE HOUSE IN LARKSPUR   1955-1965

PAGE  199

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THE BUSH STREET HOUSE   1966-1968

PAGE  221

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THE HOUSE IN OAKLAND   1969-PRESENT

PAGE  245

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SPAIN AND MOROCCO   1972

PAGE  253

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THE RIGHT ONE · THE TRAVEL BUG   1978

PAGE  267

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BALI AND OTHER INDONESIAN PORTS OF CALL   1988, 1996

PAGE  291

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RUSSIA   1992

PAGE  311

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THE ARMY DOESN’T FORGET   1994, 1997

PAGE  325

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RUSSIA, AGAIN?   1995

PAGE  331

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TO RUSSIA WITH RICK   1997

PAGE  359

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BORIS COMES TO AMERICA   1997

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TRIPPING THROUGH EASTERN EUROPE   1998

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PARTING THOUGHTS   2002, 2004

PAGE  431

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POSTSCRIPT by Jaime Jackson

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SOMERS FAMILY TREE

PAGE 440

GLOSSARY OF GAY TERMS

PAGE 441

IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS

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ABOUT JAIME JACKSON

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: AIDS • Bisexual • drag • Drag Queen • FAG • gay • Gay bars • Gay Liberation • Gay Rights Movement • gay rights revolution • HIV • homosexual • Homosexuality • LBGTQ • Lesbian • Queen • Queer • society for individual rights. • stonewall inn • stonewall riot • Transgender
• ISBN-10: 1-7333094-3-8 / 1733309438
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7333094-3-1 / 9781733309431