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    The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
    The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
    The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
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    The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle

    Written by Lillian Faderman

    Narrated by Donna Postel

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    The fight for gay, lesbian, and trans civil rights-the years of outrageous injustice, the early battles, the heartbreaking defeats, and the victories beyond the dreams of the gay rights pioneers-is 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 that 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 13, 2015
    ISBN9781494587185
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    Lillian Faderman

    Lillian Faderman is an internationally-known scholar of lesbian history and literature, as well as ethnic history and literature. Her many honours include six Lambda Literary Awards, two American Library Association Awards, and several lifetime achievement awards for scholarship. She is the author of Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death, The Gay Revolution, Surpassing the Love of Men, and Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers.

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    • 5/5
      Incredibly informative with more facts than I've ever known. Moving! This should be required reading for anyone convicted of a hate crime against anyone from the LGBT community. My Husband recently died and the experience, although horrible would have been even more devastating if I had no rights to be with him when he died. I thank all those who suffered and fought so that I could love my Husband to the end. Love to and for all.

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