LESBIAN AND GAY SHORT STORIES.

Authors; Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983; Homosexuality; American short stories; LGBTQ+ fiction; Literature

This article presents information related to lesbian and gay short story writers. The Stonewall riots of 1969 radically transformed the conditions under which lesbian and gay writers wrote. Precipitated by what began as a routine police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village frequented by Puerto Ricans and African Americans, many of whom were drag queens, the riots radicalized lesbians and gays by demonstrating the importance of openly resisting the homophobia of American society. Perhaps the most significant of these writers was Tennessee Williams, whose collections of short stories "One Arm," and "Hard Candy," were remarkably bold and unapologetic in their treatment of homosexuality.