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A review by okays1331
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
4.75
This book is long but it is packed with information and the stories of people that fought for progress in the US gay rights struggles starting in the 1940s and 50s up through 2014.
I was not expecting to be hit so hard emotionally in a book like this. I ended up crying a couple times but also took tremendous hope and fight from the stories of success and the sea change of the American mindset.
This book focuses mainly on the political fights and less on cultural elements though there are still plenty of colorful people. The noon won’t tell you much about the leaders of Stonewall or the ballroom scene or anything like that. What you get is the activists (both suits and streets) and their fights with local, state and national government organizations to make change.
I was not expecting to be hit so hard emotionally in a book like this. I ended up crying a couple times but also took tremendous hope and fight from the stories of success and the sea change of the American mindset.
This book focuses mainly on the political fights and less on cultural elements though there are still plenty of colorful people. The noon won’t tell you much about the leaders of Stonewall or the ballroom scene or anything like that. What you get is the activists (both suits and streets) and their fights with local, state and national government organizations to make change.