Karla Jay

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Karla Jay (* 2. February 1947 in Brooklyn , New York City as Karla Jayne Berlin ) is an American high school teacher of English and director of the university study program for women and gender studies at Pace University ( New York ) and author and editor various books in a homosexual context.

When gay people formed the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in response to the Stonewall Riots in June 1969, Jay was one of the earliest members and became an LGBT activist.

In 1996 she received the Lambda Literary Award for Dyke Life .

bibliography

  • The Gay Report: Lesbians and Gay Men Speak Out about Sexual Experiences and Lifestyles (Summit Books, 1979)
  • The disciples of the tenth muse: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renée Vivien (dissertation, 1984)
  • The Amazon and the Page: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renée Vivien (Indiana University Press, 1988)
  • Tales of the Lavender Menace (Basic Books, 1999)
Anthologies (as editor)
  • The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature , Editor
  • Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation , Co-Editor with Allen Young (Pyramid Books, 1972)
  • After You're Out , co-editor with Allen Young (Jove, 1975)
  • Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions , co-editor with Joanne Glasgow (NYU Press, 1990)
  • Lavender culture , (NYU Press, 1978, 1994)
  • Lesbian Erotics , (NYU Press, 1995)
  • Dyke Life: A Celebration of the Lesbian Experience (Perseus, 1996)

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personal data
SURNAME Jay, Karla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berlin, Karla Jayne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American English scholar and LGBT activist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City