The gay revolution : the story of the struggle

The Resource The gay revolution : the story of the struggle
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The gay revolution : the story of the struggle
Title remainder
the story of the struggle
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Lillian Faderman
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Language
eng
Summary
The fight for gay and lesbian civil rights -- the years of injustice, the early battles, the defeats, and the victories beyond the dreams of the gay rights pioneers -- is an important civil rights issue of the present day. In this book, Lillian Faderman tells this unfinished story through the accounts of passionate struggles with sweep, depth, and feeling. The Gay Revolution begins in the 1950s, when gays and lesbians were criminals, psychiatrists saw them as mentally ill, churches saw them as sinners, and society victimized them with 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
Awards note
Stonewall Honor Book in Nonfiction, 2016
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
306.76/60973
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ76.8.U5
LC item number
F33 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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