John D’Emilio is one of the leading historians of his generation
and a pioneering figure in the field of LGBTQ history. At times his
life has been seemingly at odds with his upbringing. How does a boy
from an Italian immigrant family in which everyone unfailingly went
to confession and Sunday Mass become a lapsed Catholic? How does a
family who worshipped Senator Joseph McCarthy and supported Richard
Nixon produce an antiwar activist and pacifist? How does a family
in which the word divorce was never spoken raise a son who comes to
explore the hidden gay sexual underworld of New York City? Memories
of a Gay Catholic Boyhood is D’Emilio’s coming-of-age story in
which he takes readers from his working-class Bronx neighborhood to
an elite Jesuit high school in Manhattan to Columbia University and
the political and social upheavals of the late 1960s. He shares his
personal experiences of growing up in a conservative, tight-knit,
multigenerational family, how he went from considering entering the
priesthood to losing his faith and coming to terms with his
same-sex desires. Throughout, D’Emilio outlines his complicated
relationship with his family while showing how his passion for
activism influenced his decision to use research, writing, and
teaching to build a strong LGBTQ movement. This is not just John
D’Emilio’s personal story; it opens a window into how the
conformist baby boom decade of the 1950s transformed into the
tumultuous years of radical social movements and widespread protest
during the 1960s. It is the story of what happens when different
cultures and values collide and the tensions and possibilities for
personal discovery and growth that emerge. Intimate and honest,
D’Emilio’s story will resonate with anyone who has had to chart
their own path in a world they did not expect to find.
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