Awardees (by year)
Our 1999 Awards
Lillian Faderman, Ph.D
Author of the first widely read books on lesbian history and culture.
Lillian Faderman, Ph.D
Lillian Faderman, Ph.D, is author of the first widely read books on lesbian history and culture, particularly Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the 16th Century to the Present (1981). Her most recent book, Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death was published in 2018. Professor Emerita of English, California State University, Fresno. Her numerous other works include Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th Century America (1992) and Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir (2003). In addition to teaching and lecturing, she has been active with the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
https://www.lillianfaderman.net/ [f]
Jonathan Ned Katz
Author of numerous books on gay relationships.
Jonathan Ned Katz
Jonathan Ned Katz is the author of Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. (1976); Gay/Lesbian Almanac (1983); The Invention of Heterosexuality (1995); Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality (2001), and other books, articles, and reviews. His book The Invention of Heterosexuality, a history of the heterosexual norm, was cited in “Lawrence v Texas,” the 2003 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision decriminalizing same-sex behaviors and overturning the 1986 anti-gay decision of “Bowers v Hardwick.” https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/katzresume/introduction [f]
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