an and gay rights movement provided lesbians with inadequate space to articulate a feminist critique of gender inequality and the traditional family, lesbian feminism put such politics at the center but made it hard to analyze the place of sexuality itself within sexual politics"(49). He then moves on to discuss the AIDS epidemic and how "many lesbians became involved... Thereby tightening, at least temporarily, the political and personal connections between lesbians and gay men"(53). Epstein ends his article discussing the 1990's and the strengthing of the homosexual movement through the desire for marriage and to be treated as equals in the work place.Although strikingly different in the content of their writings Faderman and Epstein both strive to reach a central goal of teaching the reader of the creation and the struggles of the homosexual movement as it has made its way through United States history. Faderman focuses on the lesbian movement, and Epstein gives an overview of not only the lesbian/gay movement, but also the movement of the "queer society"(62). Faderman allows the reader to get a close personal connection with the individual women involved; such as Carey Thomas who worked with her "romantic partner" Mary Garrett to promote the movements of women(Faderman 30), and Dr. Sarah Josephine Baker, who had to where men's clothing to work so as not to cause a disturbance(21). Epstein on the other hand focuses on the actions of large organizations and does not allow a personal deep connection to be formed, yet this method is also effective as he is able to state more facts in order to teach the reader.The movement of homosexuality in the late 19th century and the early 20th century was dramatically different then the one that occurred after the 1950s. This in one way explains the differences in the presentation of both of the writings, as they both had different subject matter to discuss. They were writing to tell the st...
