The book forging gay identities organizing sexuality in san francisco 1950 1994 elizabeth a armstrong is published by university of chicago press. Forging gay identities organizing sexuality in san francisco 1950 1994 by elizabeth a armstrong chicago university of chicago press 2002 pp xix 272 2250 paper debra minkoff university of washington sociological research on the gay and lesbian movement is relatively rare theoretically innovative studies of social movements are equally excep tional elizabeth armstrongs . Unlike many social movements the gay and lesbian struggle for visibility and rights has succeeded in combining a unified group identity with the celebration of individual differences forging gay identities explores how this happened tracing the evolution of gay life and organizations in san francisco from the 1950s to the mid 1990s. Download citation forging gay identities organizing sexuality in san francisco 1950 1994 review journal of the history of sexuality 124 2003 637 641 in forging gay identities elizabeth . Forging gay identities organizing sexuality in san francisco 1950 1994 elizabeth a armstrong unlike many social movements the gay and lesbian struggle for visibility and rights has succeeded in combining a unified group identity with the celeb