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[[File:johndemilio.png|200px|thumb|left|John D'Emilio]]

==Country==

United States

==Birth - Death==

1948 -

==Occupation==

Academic

==Description==

Professor of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Founding member, Gay Academic Union.  Co-Chair, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (1989-91) and Founding Director of its Policy Institute (1995-1997).  Published works analyse the changes that took place in the US that lead to the gay political movement.  Notable books include 'Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970' (1983, Stonewall Book Award) and his biography of [[Bayard Rustin]] 'Lost prophet: Bayard Rustin and the quest for peace and justice in America' (2003).  Member, Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame (2005).  

==See Also==

* [[Academics Specializing in the History of the LGBTQ Community]]
* [[Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://hist.uic.edu/history/people/emeriti/john-d'emilio
* https://www.uic.edu/depts/wsweb/people/faculty/demilio/demilio.html
* http://isreview.org/issue/65/lgbt-liberation-build-broad-movement

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