After You're Out: Personal Experiences of Gay Men and Lesbian Women" Collection of essays and stories by on being gay in 1970s

1975. [LGBTQ] Jay, Karla and Allen Young, eds. After You're Out: Personal Experiences of Gay Men and Lesbian Women. New York: Link Books, 1975. First edition. 296 pages. Illustrated soft cover. 8 1/2 x 5 /12". Written at a time when homosexuality was heavily stigmatized, both legally and socially, After You're Out is a powerful collection of personal testimonies concerning living as an openly gay individual in 1970s America. Compiled and contributed to by legendary journalist Allen Young and pioneering LGBTQ studies scholar Karla Jay, the collection deals themes such as exile, the law, familial issues, survival, and building community between queer individuals. In very good condition. After You're Out in an introspective look on what it meant and in many ways still means to be queer in the United States from an insider's perspective.