Gay History Invisible to Mainstream America? - David Carter July 13, 2009

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/23/The_Gay_Rights_Movement_Since_Stonewall

Stonewall historian David Carter criticizes the lack of historical coverage of the gay civil rights movement. "Our history, our movement, is not seen as American history," says Carter.

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This panel offers a rare look at the defining moments of the gay rights movement as seen through the eyes of journalists, historians, and media advocates. Panelists discuss these pivotal events; the role the media played in generating visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people; and what the media accounts got right and wrong. - The New School

David Carter is the author of Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution, the basis for a forthcoming film for the PBS series American Experience. Before writing Stonewall, David was hired by Allen Ginsburg to edit his interviews which were published under the title Spontaneous Mind.