Queer Clout LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American as it was understood in

as it was understood in the 20th century

With a focus on the functional and social aspects of these works

The beloved singer-songwriter Cass Wheeler has abandoned retirement for one last chapter in her musical career

the life-threatening illness of a friend’s child

THE END OF TIME is a lyrical meditation on subjects ranging from what parents inadvertently teach us in their deaths

Queer Clout LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American as it was understood inIn postwar America, the path to political power for gays and lesbians led through city hall. By the late 1980s, politicians and elected officials, who had originally sought political advantage from raiding gay bars and carting their patrons off to jail, were pursuing gays and lesbians aggressively as a voting blocnot least by campaigning in those same bars. Gays had acquired power and influence. They had clout. Tracing the gay movement's trajectory