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Identifier	Thesis 2182
Author	Gifford, Emily Elizabeth, 1970-
Title	To be a pilgrim: Canon Clinton Jones's role in the gay rights movement
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2011;
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	In the early 1960s, Canon Clinton R. Jones, Jr. of the Episcopal Church, assigned to Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, became concerned about the plight of homosexuals and transgendered people. Alarmed by stories of the discrimination, violence, and social and spiritual alienation suffered by sexual minorities, Jones founded Project “H,” a subcommittee of the Greater Hartford Council of Church’s Social Welfare Committee to address these problems. Jones also sought to educate himself on the subject of homosexuality, and collected an immense library of books, pamphlets, and periodicals related to the subject. While providing practical help to members of sexual minorities, Jones also formulated his own theological response to homosexuality. Heavily influenced by concerns for social justice, his theological stance was a forerunner of the twenty-first century approach of the Episcopal Church of the United States. During the 1960s, Jones’s experiences helping sexual minorities in Hartford mirrored much of what was happening in the “homophile movement” throughout the United States. Before the advent of the term “gay rights,” which itself was part of the growth and increased visibility of homosexuality as a national community, homophile organizations worked to try to improve the lot of homosexuals while still maintaining relatively discreet. By studying Jones’s work, and his correspondence with members of the homophile movement, we can follow the progress of gay rights during the 1960s until the explosive Stonewall Inn Riots in June of 1969, and beyond into the 1970s, a decade of highly visible and hotly contested battles for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and Gifford -- 4 transgendered people. In the 1980s, the battle continued, but with a new sense of urgency as the AIDS epidemic spread throughout the community. Clinton Jones witnessed much of this through his work in the Hartford area. After his retirement in 1986, he donated his library and Project “H” papers to the Gender Equity Collection at Elihu Burritt Library of Central Connecticut State University. His papers, including the minutes from Project “H” meetings, reports from the George W. Henry Foundation (a social welfare group in New York city), correspondence with members of the homophile movement, and manuscripts of Jones’s books and articles, reveal much about the struggle for gay rights from the 1960s through the 1980s in Hartford and beyond.
Subject	Jones, Clinton R Gay liberation movement
Department	Department of History
Advisor	Prescott, Heather Munro
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	804653096
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