Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060933917 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Eric Marcus is the author of several books and coauthor of Breaking the Surface, the number one New York Times bestselling autobiography of Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis.
"An ambitious project well realized…smooth-reading text that will surely become a cornerstone of gay American studies." (Booklist)"Making History is a testament to the courage of individuals who have effected a positive change in our society." (Publishers Weekly)"…Rich and often moving…at times shocking, but often enlightening and inspiring: oral history at its most potent and rewarding." (Kirkus Reveiws)
Together, these many stories bear witness to a time of astonishing change as gay and lesbian people have struggled against prejudice and fought for equal rights under the law.. From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. Evelyn Hooker and Morty Manford to former Vice President Al Gore, Ellen DeGeneres, and Abigail Van Buren. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage.Eric Marcus takes us back in time to the earliest days of that struggle in a newly revised and thoroughly updated edition of Making History, originally published in 1992.Using the heart-felt stories of more than 60 people, he carr
J. Fried said An important, readable, modern history of LGBT people. What makes this history so important to me is that it is based on interviews of those who were directly involved with the events that have shaped our current understanding of ourselves and our political position within the US. Reading this book was bot. "Information I could not find elsewhere" according to smace. This was just was I was looking for -- real INFORMATION instead of opinion, so I learned a lot from this. I definitely need to read it again. It was a little hard to follow because it seemed like the print version would have been much easier to follow.. "Fantastic, although I lived through the whole period" according to Steve Harrington. Fantastic, although I lived through the whole period, being born in 19Fantastic, although I lived through the whole period Steve Harrington Fantastic, although I lived through the whole period, being born in 1946, I was only vaguely aware of most of this drama. As an out and married to my husband gay man, I endured 27 yrs of hetero/marriage first because it was the thing to do. We have com. 6, I was only vaguely aware of most of this drama. As an out and married to my husband gay man, I endured 27 yrs of hetero/marriage first because it was the thing to do. We have com