David Thorstad. Gay Liberation and Socialism.

CONTENTS

GAYS VS SWP / David Thorstad (Gay Liberator, Dec. 1974-Jan. 1975)

REPORT ON MEMBERSHIP POLICY GIVEN TO THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE OF THE SWP / JACK BARNES (Friday, November 13, 1970)

SECTION ON GAY LIBERATION FROM 1971 POLITICAL RESOLUTION

MOTION ADOPTED BY POLITICAL COMMITTEE (May 25, 1971)

ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS ON GAY LIBERATION / David Thorstad

MOTION ON GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT PROBE PASSED BY 1971 – CONVENTION OF THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY

MOTION APPROVED BY SWP NATIONAL C0MMITTEE PLENUM (May 14, 1972)

CONCERNING THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND THE PARTY’S ORIENTATION TO IT / Barry Sheppard

IS A PARTY THAT BANS TRANSVESTISM READY FOR GAY LIBERATION? / Sudie and Geb

GAY LIBERATION AND CLASS STRUGGLE / David Thorstad

A ONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION ON GAY LIBERATION / Nat Weinstein

A REVIEW AND A COMMENT / David Thorstad

BASIC QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED / John Lauritsen

A COMMENT ON COMRADE NAT WEINSTEIN’S CONTRIBUTION / Lee Smith

HISTORY, DOCUMENTS AND ANALYSIS OF THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND PROPOSED OUTLINES FOR PARTY GAY WORK / Michael Maggi

IN DEFENSE OF MARXISM AGAINST COMRADE WEINSTEIN / John Lauritsen

CONCERNING THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND BARRY SHEPPARD’S PROPOSED ORIENTATION TO IT / Roland Sheppard

CLARIFICATION / Lee Smith

REVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL OF GAY LIBERATION DEMANDS / Kendall Green

THE PARTY’S ORIENTATION TOWARD GAY LIBERATION / George Novack

CONCERNING THE DISCUSSION / Barry Sheppard

THE KEY QUESTIONS IN THIS DISCUSSION / David Thorstad

A STATEMENT TO THE PSYCHIATRIC PROFESSION BY GAY LIBERATION / David Thorstad

A BRIEF COMMENTARY ON AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THIS DISCUSSION / Steve Beren

A CIVIL LIBERTIES APPROACH TO GAY LIBERATION IS INSUFFICIENT / Harry Ring

OUR INTERVENTION / John Lauritsen

NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM ON THE GAY LIBERATION MOVMENT

FOR AN INTERVENTION INTO THE GAY LIBERATION STRUGGLE / David Thorstad – Kendall Green

AN OPENT LETTER TO THE PARTY ON THE RESOLUTION «FOR AN INTERVENTION INTO THE GAY LIBERATION STRUGGLE» / Steve Beren, Kendall Green, David Keepnews, John Lauritsen, Lee Smith, David Thorstad

THREE POINTS CONCERNING OUR COUNTERRESOLUTIOF «FOR AN INTERVENTION INTO THE GAY LIBERATION STRUGGLE» / David Thorstad – Kendall Green

STATEMENT ON GAY LIBERATION FROM 1973 POLITICAL RESOLUTION

WHERE THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM ON THE GAY MOVEMENT GOES WRONG / Steve Beren, Kendall Green, David Keepnews, John Lauritsen, Lee Smith, David Thorstad

LOOKING BACKWARD: THE SWP AND GAY LIBERATION, 1970-1973 / Lee Smith

WHAT THE DISCUSSION ON THE GAY STRUGGLE HAS REVEALED / Jon Hillson, Joe Johnson, Bill Perdue

STATEMENT ON GAY LIBERATION DISCUSSION / Harry Ring

MAJOR FLAWS IN THE THORSTAD-GREEN RESOLUTION, «FOR AN INTERVENTION INTO THE GAY LIBERATION STRUGGLE» / Barry Sheppard

WHY WE MUST TAKE THE CORRECT STANDS ON GAY LIBERATION / John Lauritsen

LETTER OF RESIGNATION FROM MEMBERSHIP IN THE SWP / David Thorstad

SWP «ANALYSIS» / David Thorstad (Gay Liberator, Spring 1976)

GLOSSARY OF A FEW TROTSKYIST TERMS