Bibliograph

The gay revolution, the story of the struggle, Lillian Faderman

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The gay revolution, the story of the struggle, Lillian Faderman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-767) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The gay revolution

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Lillian Faderman

Sub title

the story of the struggle

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 victimised 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

Target audience

adult

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