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Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit Linda Hirshman details the stunning story of how a resourceful and dedicated minority transformed the notion of American marriage equality and forged a campaign for cultural change that will serve as a model for all future political movements. In the vein of Taylor Branch's classic Parting of the Waters, Hirshman's groundbreaking Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution is the powerful story of a massive shift in American culture. Hirshman offers an insider's view of the crucial struggle that is leading to change, incorporating her unique experiences and insights and drawing upon new interviews--with movement titans such as Frank Kameny and Phyllis Lyon, with next-generation activists such as Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry, and with allies including the likes of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand--to create a comprehensive, inspiring history of change in our time.… (mehr)
ijustgetbored: This book encompasses more than just the 20th century but is also more inclusive in terms of the LGBT community. It's less legalistic and more of a good history, but you can still see how far the gay community has come. It's a superior book to Hirshman's.… (mehr)
Good overview history of gay history, specifically for the 20th century. Our country has already gone through some big changes since this book was published, but it helped give me an overview of Stonewall and the AIDS crisis. I would view this book as a general starting point, not an in-depth dive. ( )
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As I turned to leave his San Francisco apartment after our interview, Arthur Evans (1943-2011), longtime gay activist, philosopher, and bongo-drumming Faerie, opened his arms and pulled me into a big hug. Still holding me, he explained the sudden onslaught of affection for a heterosexual woman he'd just met a few hours before. "You can do this, Linda," he said. "Tell them our story."
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[Introduction] At the height of the real estate boom in the 2000s, Roberg M. "Robby" Browne, 2007 Corcoran Real Estate National Sales Person of the Year, put on his woman's bathing suit and silver heels and walked out onto the Club Exit stage.
When twenty-year old "Jeb Alexander" chose his seat in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, on a hot August night in 1920, he knew it was "the best bench in the park."
[Epilogue] "Do you really think you ought to call it "Victory?" Socarides asked.
[On the Shoulders of Giants] There was a time when working on gay history was a sure path off the tenure track.
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[Introduction] The gay Victory is not just a story, although that would be enough. It's an epic.
Later that same night, Lieutenant Dan Choi Lifted his saber over DADT-victim former drill sergeant Jeanette Coleman, and her bride-to-be, Kawane Harris, as they shared a kiss at their prenuptial celebration in his new apartment in New York,. On Sunday, he was their bridesmaid.
Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit Linda Hirshman details the stunning story of how a resourceful and dedicated minority transformed the notion of American marriage equality and forged a campaign for cultural change that will serve as a model for all future political movements. In the vein of Taylor Branch's classic Parting of the Waters, Hirshman's groundbreaking Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution is the powerful story of a massive shift in American culture. Hirshman offers an insider's view of the crucial struggle that is leading to change, incorporating her unique experiences and insights and drawing upon new interviews--with movement titans such as Frank Kameny and Phyllis Lyon, with next-generation activists such as Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry, and with allies including the likes of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand--to create a comprehensive, inspiring history of change in our time.
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