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4.31 AVERAGE
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“We started with nothing, and look what we have wrought!”
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This is 816 pages or 29 h 17m. So to say it took some time to get through this one is a massive understatement.
Other reviewers have discussed the criticisms re lack of meaningful inclusion of trans people and also the strange lens she chose to portray the Stonewall Riots. This also failed to include coverage of BIPOC LGBTQIA+ folks at times and is very assimilationist-focused.
However, as an assimilationist LGB history, I found this to be very informative and thorough (again in that viewpoint). It covers a variety of topics and shows you the timelines of how understanding, culture, and laws evolved in order to grant LGBTQIA+ people more rights in the US/U.S. society.
If the author had presented a more limited scope in her efforts and coverage (mainly that it was LGB-focused and assimilationist focused,) I think that would have alleviated many people's criticisms (other than the lack of racial and diverse socioeconomic claims.)
I have yet to find an LGBTQIA+ history that I've loved, though I have read a few.
For an assimilationist LGB book, this one is well done. The writing is thorough. However, the lack of broader representation was noticeable. I did learn a ton, but that is a major failing of this one. I'm glad I read it, but I will keep searching for a better history.
Other reviewers have discussed the criticisms re lack of meaningful inclusion of trans people and also the strange lens she chose to portray the Stonewall Riots. This also failed to include coverage of BIPOC LGBTQIA+ folks at times and is very assimilationist-focused.
However, as an assimilationist LGB history, I found this to be very informative and thorough (again in that viewpoint). It covers a variety of topics and shows you the timelines of how understanding, culture, and laws evolved in order to grant LGBTQIA+ people more rights in the US/U.S. society.
If the author had presented a more limited scope in her efforts and coverage (mainly that it was LGB-focused and assimilationist focused,) I think that would have alleviated many people's criticisms (other than the lack of racial and diverse socioeconomic claims.)
I have yet to find an LGBTQIA+ history that I've loved, though I have read a few.
For an assimilationist LGB book, this one is well done. The writing is thorough. However, the lack of broader representation was noticeable. I did learn a ton, but that is a major failing of this one. I'm glad I read it, but I will keep searching for a better history.
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LESBIANSSSS!! american LGbt history from 1950s onward, even though this book is a brink, could still be longer. very well put together. lot on military tbh. colorado amendment 2?? 1990s scary
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Exhaustively researched book is frequently thrilling, with an effective macro view of the struggle for civil rights and inclusion in mainstream American society by queer folks in the last 60ish years. Striking even in five years since it’s been written to see, with Obergefell and Bostock, how quickly the law has moved towards equality.
The book certainly focuses on the divide between radical activists and suit and tie organizers, not always successfully, but making an interesting case for the dynamism of radicalism engaging pride and anger as resources to recruit folks, while buttoned up approaches may get the piecemeal reforms necessary to navigate a capitalist democracy.
Many worthy faces and profiles in courage in this book I was unfamiliar with.
Definitely not a portrait of trans history in any major way. L’s and G’s, mostly. And its analysis of the overwhelming whiteness of many LGBT orgs/organizers, push for broader racial and economic justice alongside queer rights (/understanding of those intersections) is given short shrift.
But. It’s a lucid book that ties together decades of history, celebrates activism and organizing, and most importantly (I think) grounds contemporary movement in a history and tradition extended into significantly before Stonewall while showing how influence of Civil Rights Movement and Black Power was integral in making push for queer rights possible. Recommend.
The book certainly focuses on the divide between radical activists and suit and tie organizers, not always successfully, but making an interesting case for the dynamism of radicalism engaging pride and anger as resources to recruit folks, while buttoned up approaches may get the piecemeal reforms necessary to navigate a capitalist democracy.
Many worthy faces and profiles in courage in this book I was unfamiliar with.
Definitely not a portrait of trans history in any major way. L’s and G’s, mostly. And its analysis of the overwhelming whiteness of many LGBT orgs/organizers, push for broader racial and economic justice alongside queer rights (/understanding of those intersections) is given short shrift.
But. It’s a lucid book that ties together decades of history, celebrates activism and organizing, and most importantly (I think) grounds contemporary movement in a history and tradition extended into significantly before Stonewall while showing how influence of Civil Rights Movement and Black Power was integral in making push for queer rights possible. Recommend.
emotional
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informative
slow-paced
a readable history, particularly valuable re: pre-stonewall