- Karla Jay
Karla Jay (born
February 22 ,1947 ) is a professor of English and the director of theWomen's Studies program atPace University . A pioneer in the field oflesbian and gay studies , she is widely published.Jay was born Karla Jayne Berlin in
Brooklyn, New York , to a conservativeJewish family. She attended the Berkeley Institute, a private girls' school in Brooklyn now called theBerkeley Carroll School . Later she attendedBarnard College , where she majored in French, and graduated in 1968 after having taken part in the student demonstrations atColumbia University .While she shared many of the goals of the radical
left-wing of the late 1960s, Jay was uncomfortable with the male-supremacist behavior of many of the movement’s leaders. In 1969, she became a member ofRedstockings . At around the same time she began using the name Karla Jay to reflect herfeminist principles.When activists founded the
Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in the wake of theStonewall Riots of June 1969, Jay, openlylesbian , was an early member, and became an active participant, balancing attendance at meetings with working and attendinggraduate school atNew York University , majoring incomparative literature . She was one of the few women actively involved in the early gay rights movement on both coasts.citation |last=Rapp |first=Linda |title=Jay, Karla |periodical=glbtq.com |date=August 6 ,2007 |accessdate=2007-10-15 ]At Pace University's 10th Annual Dyson Distinguished Achievement Awards, that took place
April 6 ,2006 , Karla Jay was honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award.elected publications
Books
*"The Gay Report: Lesbians and Gay Men Speak Out about Sexual Experiences and Lifestyles" (Summit Books, 1979)
*"The disciples of the tenth muse :Natalie Clifford Barney andRenee Vivien " (Ph.D thesis, 1984)
*"The Amazon and the Page: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renée Vivien" (Indiana University Press, 1988)
*"Tales of theLavender Menance " (Basic Books, 1999)Edited anthologies
*Series editor of "The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature"
*"Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation", co-editor with Allen Young (Pyramid Books, 1972)
*"After You're Out. co-editor with Allen Young" (Jove, 1975)
*"Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions", co-editor with Joanne Glasgow. (NYU Press, 1990)
*"Lavender culture" (NYU Press, 1978, 1994)
*"Lesbian Erotics" (NYU Press, 1995)
*"Dyke Life: A Celebration of the Lesbian Experience" (Perseus, 1996)References
External links
* [http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=11113 Karla Jay's bio blurb at Pace University]
* [http://www.haworthpress.com/store/E-Text/View_EText.asp?a=3&fn=J155v04n04_07&i=4&s=J155&v=4 Karla Jay: An Interview with Lynda Hall (pdf)]
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