The sweeping story of the modern struggle for gay, lesbian, and trans rights from the 1950s to the present{u2014}based 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 rights{u2014}the years of outrageous injustice, the early battles, the heart-breaking defeats, and the victories beyond the dreams of the...

"A biography of gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny"--

"This colorful digest is a keepsake honoring LGBT+ people and the ongoing fight to gain--and maintain--equality for all. Inside the GAY AGENDA, you'll find trivia, tributes, history, and advice about: coming out, Marsha P. Johnson, pride flags, the Queer Liberation March, the AIDS crisis, safe sex, police raids, Radclyffe Hall, dating, queer terminology, religion (being gay), gender identity, James Baldwin, and the Stonewall Riots." -- cover page...

"A lively, intimate memoir from an icon of the gay rights movement, describing gay life in 1950s and 60s New York City and her longtime activism which opened the door for marriage equality. Edie Windsor became internationally famous when she sued the US government, seeking federal recognition for her marriage to Thea Spyer, her partner of more than four decades. The Supreme Court ruled in Edie's favor, a landmark victory that set the stage for full...

Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in 1969. The 1970s represented a moment of triumph{u2014}both political and sexual{u2014}before the AIDS crisis in the subsequent decade, which, in the view of many, exposed the problems inherent in the so-called "gay...

After Stonewall traces the gay rights movement in America from the 1969 raid on the Stonwall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, through the 1990s. Before Stonewall presents the story of the gay and lesbian experience in the United States since the 1920s. Covers many of the milestones in the fight for gay acceptance and equal rights, culminating in the 1969 riots that followed the police raid of a gay bar in New York's Greenwich...

"A bold and original argument that upends the myth of the Fifties as a decade of conformity to celebrate the solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements, from historian James R. Gaines"-- "The Fifties is a dazzling and provocative work of history that transforms our understanding of a seemingly staid decade and honors the pioneers of gay rights, feminism, civil...