Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York: Vintage Books. . . Further reading Boyd, Nan Alamilla. Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965. University of California Press, 2003. Bullough, Vern L. Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context. Harrington Park Press, 2002. Carter, David. Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. St. Martin's Press, 2004. Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1990. Johnson, David. The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government . University of Chicago Press, 2004. Mattachine Society Today, Mattachine Society, 1965. Poling, John D. Mattachine Midwest: The History of a Chicago Gay Rights Organization, 1965 to 1986 (thesis, M.S., Illinois State University, 2002). Sears, James T. Behind the Mask of the Mattachine. Harrington Park Press, 2006. White, C. Todd. Pre-Gay L.A. University of Illinois Press, 2009. External links Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. Mattachine Society, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality Mattachine Society, Shreveport, Louisiana FBI file on the Mattachine Society Documents from the Mattachine Society's archives Mattachine-related correspondence of Franklin Kameny 1950 establishments in California 1950s in LGBT history Communism in the United States Defunct LGBT organizations in the United States Gay history History of LGBT civil rights in the United States LGBT culture in Los Angeles LGBT history in California LGBT political advocacy groups in California LGBT political advocacy groups in the United States Organizations established in 1950 Secret societies in the United States