Thorstad D
NAMBLA, New York, NY 10018, USA.
J Homosex. 1995;29(4):319-49. doi: 10.1300/J082v29n04_03.
Following the Stonewall Riots in New York City in June 1969, the left had to reassess negative appraisals of homosexuality that prevailed among virtually all leftist currents. Pressure for change came from within and from without. By the mid-1970s, three approaches had emerged: (1) radical support for sexual liberation and acceptance of same-sex love as being on a par with heterosexuality; (2) liberal support for the civil rights of homosexuals but without challenging heterosupremacy; and (3) continued adherence to the (Stalinist) view that homosexuality is a form of "bourgeois decadence" alien to the working class. This essay assesses the ways in which the left adapted to the new challenges that confronted it, with particular focus on attitudes toward the nature of homosexuality and its relation to the broader goals of the left.
1969年6月纽约市发生石墙骚乱后，左派不得不重新审视几乎所有左派思潮中盛行的对同性恋的负面评价。变革的压力来自内部和外部。到20世纪70年代中期，出现了三种方法：（1）激进支持性解放，并接受同性之爱与异性之爱平等；（2）自由派支持同性恋者的民权，但不挑战异性恋至上；（3）继续坚持（斯大林主义的）观点，即同性恋是工人阶级所陌生的“资产阶级颓废”形式。本文评估了左派适应其所面临的新挑战的方式，特别关注对同性恋本质的态度及其与左派更广泛目标的关系。
