A review by rigormorphis
Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two by Allan Bérubé

4.0

I really, really enjoyed this. The author didn't touch at all on trans people (though I admit I didn't expect him to), and it took him until 85% of the way through the book to admit that some people are bisexual, but overall I found this book fascinating, accessible, and deeply informative. (For full disclosure, I skipped about half of the chapter on the reformation of the military penal system, and skimmed a bit of the final chapter on post-war attitudes towards gay people in part because it was deeply depressing and in part because it just wasn't what I picked up this book for. Overall, though, I highly recommend it.)