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The Gay Revolution
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle | Lillian Faderman
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The most comprehensive history to date of Americas gay-rights movement. The Economist A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 The sweeping story of the modern struggle for gay, lesbian, and trans rightsfrom the 1950s to the presentbased on amazing interviews with politicians, military figures, legal activists, and members of the entire LGBT community who face these challenges every day. The fight for gay, lesbian, and trans civil rightsthe years of outrageous injustice, the early battles, the heart-breaking defeats, and the victories beyond the dreams of the gay rights pioneersis the most important civil rights issue of the present day. Based on rigorous research and more than 150 interviews, The Gay Revolution tells this unfinished story not through dry facts but through dramatic accounts of passionate struggles, with all the sweep, depth, and intricacies only an award-winning activist, scholar, and novelist like Lillian Faderman can evoke. The Gay Revolution begins in the 1950s, when law classified gays and lesbians as criminals, the psychiatric profession saw them as mentally ill, the churches saw them as sinners, and society victimized them with irrational hatred. Against this dark backdrop, a few brave people began to fight back, paving the way for the revolutionary changes of the 1960s and beyond. Faderman discusses the protests in the 1960s; the counter reaction of the 1970s and early eighties; the decimated but united community during the AIDS epidemic; and the current hurdles for the right to marriage equality. In the words of the eyewitnesses who were there through the most critical events, The Gay Revolution paints a nuanced portrait of the LGBT civil rights movement. A defining account, this is the most complete and authoritative book of its kind.
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violabrain
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This history should be essential reading for everyone, but especially those of us who are queer. 🌈🌈

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saguarosally
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Can‘t believe I‘m missing #tfob this year. A few more months and I might make the Tampa Bay Festival of Reading!

RebL I remembered you said you wouldn‘t make it, so when my friend with a similar IG name posted from the author dinner, I thought, “Yes! I‘ll finally meet a Litten IRL!” Oops. 6y
saguarosally @RebL Hey, if you ever stop by Tampa Bay, let me know! 6y
RebL You know I will. 6y
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saguarosally
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#goodreads
I got over 100 books, despite the intense career move at the end of the year. I‘m shooting for about half this many next year.

Andrew65 Well done! 👏👏👏 6y
saguarosally @Andrew65 👍Mind you, only six books in the last three months. 😂 6y
saguarosally @CoffeeBooksRepeat ☕️☕️☕️ 6y
Bookzombie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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GlitcHout
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Every member of the lgbtq community should read this. Especially the younger generation that has no clue of the struggles we had. The fair that kept many homosexuals in the closet, the threats to our life and livelihood, those Heroes that stood up and said come out come out wherever you are Inlet standing United. Let us celebrate the freedoms we have, but let's not forget those that fart to give us those freedom.

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Alicia
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Sorry Litsy, I haven't been on much! Got some news about a job, and now I'm on mini-vacation in Denver. So I haven't been on or posting my #riotgrams. But here is one for yesterday! #lgbtpride

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saguarosally
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It may just be the most recent good nonfiction read, but it's #MOREORLESS worth a (very long) read. @Liberty #lgbtbooks #weneeddiversebooks

Alicia This one looks so long and daunting but it feels like such important history I should read it. 7y
saguarosally @Alicia It is long and daunting and excellent. Go for it! 👍 7y
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saguarosally
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On second thought what's wrong with a 29 hour long audiobook? 😨

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saguarosally
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Finally found a #library copy of this book. I was having issues with the 29 hour long #audiobook version. #litsyloveslibraries #readlgbt

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BookishFeminist
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Another #BookandMusic pairing for #AugustPhotoChallenge!

I'm pairing THE GAY REVOLUTION w/the music of ERIC HIMAN. The Gay Revolution is a new history book about the struggles & achievements of gay, lesbian, & trans rights in the US. Eric Himan is an up-and-coming gay singer/songwriter & activist who does acoustic guitar & powerful solo rock music that often focuses on gay themes. ?

? "PROTEST SONG" | http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7KSfZ-5VoY

bookishkai Oooooh, thanks for the music rec. I have the book in my TBR pile, but I'm always looking for new music. 8y
BookishFeminist @bookishkris You're welcome! I hope you enjoy- he's such a fantastic person. He's really talented and needs major record deals ASAP! Thinking I might do #booksandmusic recs more often because I've had so much fun thinking of them. 😊 8y
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DocBrown
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Important but uneven chronicle of the many political, legislative and judicial battles for gay rights. Combines a recounting of familiar landmark cases with vignettes of the movement's unsung or forgotten heroes and some of the behind the scenes debates over strategy and goals.

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dylanisreading
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Started reading (listening to?) this audiobook today. I'm grateful for those who came before and fought for the civil rights of LGBTQ+ people, my civil rights. The fight isn't over, of course, as has been made undeniably clear by recent events. But we should be proud. 🌈

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brendanmleonard
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"The dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with the living, and we are not going away. We won't die secret deaths anymore. The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come...The Great Work Begins." --Tony Kushner, Angels in America.

BooksTeasAndBookishThings So fitting with what happened in Orlando. I wish I could share this. 8y
brendanmleonard @Books,Tea,AndBookishThings I think the app update has a share arrow but I have no idea how it's supposed to work. 8y
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