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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the City University of New York.  Authored the book 'The Homosexual in America: A Subjective Approach' (1951) under the name Donald Webster Cory, which detailed the plight of the homosexual in America and became a best-seller.  Other books include 'Twenty-One Variations on a Theme' (1953).  established the "Cory Book Service," a subscription service that selected a gay-themed book each month, usually literary works of high quality.  Member of the Mattachine Society, later becoming a critic of the gay liberation movement.   
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Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the City University of New York.  Authored the book 'The Homosexual in America: A Subjective Approach' (1951) under the name Donald Webster Cory, which detailed the plight of the homosexual in America and became a best-seller.  Other books include 'Twenty-One Variations on a Theme' (1953).  established the "Cory Book Service," a subscription service that selected a gay-themed book each month, usually literary works of high quality.  Member of the Mattachine Society, later becoming a critic of the gay liberation movement.  His work greatly influenced the emerging Beat Generation of his time and later LGBTQ activist movements.   
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 16:47, 12 January 2020

Edward Sagarin

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1913 -

Occupation

Academic

Description

Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the City University of New York. Authored the book 'The Homosexual in America: A Subjective Approach' (1951) under the name Donald Webster Cory, which detailed the plight of the homosexual in America and became a best-seller. Other books include 'Twenty-One Variations on a Theme' (1953). established the "Cory Book Service," a subscription service that selected a gay-themed book each month, usually literary works of high quality. Member of the Mattachine Society, later becoming a critic of the gay liberation movement. His work greatly influenced the emerging Beat Generation of his time and later LGBTQ activist movements.

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