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Jonathan Ned Katz

ジョナサン・ネッド・カッツ

Jonasan Neddo Kattsu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938 (New York City, New York)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
New York City

Career

Occupations
Author, Historian, LGBTQ Historian, Visual Artist
Active Years
1973-2024
Affiliations
OutHistory, Yale University (adjunct), Eugene Lang College, New York University
Memberships
Gay Academic Union (founding member), National Writers Union

Education

High School of Music & Art
Art
Period: ~1956
Year of Graduation: 1956
Country: United States
Graduated with a major in art
Antioch College
Country: United States
Attended
City College of New York
Country: United States
Attended
The New School
Country: United States
Attended
Hunter College
Country: United States
Attended

Awards

Brudner Prize
2003
Category: レズビアンおよびゲイ研究
Organization: Yale University
Result: 受賞
Community Service Award
1996
Organization: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Result: 受賞
Whitehead Award
1995
Category: 生涯業績
Organization: Publishing Triangle
Result: 受賞
Magnus Hirschfeld Medal
1997
Category: 性研究への貢献
Organization: German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research
Result: 受賞
Gay Book Award
1975
Work: Homosexuality: Lesbians and Gay Men in Society, History, and Literature
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A.

1976 LGBT History

Pioneering documentary history of lesbians and gay men in the U.S.A.

Homosexual historySocial construction

The Invention of Heterosexuality

1995 History of Sexuality

Analysis of the historical invention of heterosexuality as a concept.

Invention of heterosexualitySocial norms

Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality

2001 Historical

Documentary of sex between men before the concept of homosexuality.

Pre-homosexual eraMale-male sex

The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams

2021 Biography

Biography of the daring life of Eve Adams.

LGBT historyBiography

Bibliography

  • Black Woman: A Fictionalized Biography of Lucy Terry Prince
  • Resistance at Christiana: The Fugitive Slave Rebellion, Christiana, Pennsylvania, 1851
  • Coming Out! A Documentary Play About Gay Life and Lesbian Life Liberation
  • Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A.
  • Gay/Lesbian Almanac: A New Documentary
  • The Invention of Heterosexuality
  • Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality
  • The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Social constructionist analysisUse of primary documentsCritical perspective
Recurring Motifs
Historical construction of sex and genderSocial invention of homo/heterosexualityLGBTQ history

Legacy

Pioneer in LGBTQ history research, founder and director of OutHistory.org. Known for emphasizing the social and historical construction of sexual categories, recipient of numerous awards, cited in U.S. Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas.

Archives

  • New York Public Library

In Popular Culture

  • Works cited in U.S. Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas

Trivia

  • As a teenager, featured in Life magazine for his attempt to film Tom Sawyer.
  • Began publicly emerging as a visual artist since 2004.