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A review by maggil
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity by Robert Beachy
5.0
The two months it took me to finish this excellent book had nothing to do with its quality and everything to do with life getting in the way.
Beachy's book taught me so much about a pivotal time in LGBT history. Much of what I've previously read focuses on New York's Stonewall riots as the birth of the modern gay rights movement but, clearly that's not the case. This book conveys more than a half century of history (1880's-1930's) that predates 1969 and opened my eyes to the struggles of so many men who fought for the legal representation in the same ways that I have. I look forward to reading more about this time, especially, Marti Lybeck's book which focuses on women in the same period as Gay Berlin.
Beachy's book taught me so much about a pivotal time in LGBT history. Much of what I've previously read focuses on New York's Stonewall riots as the birth of the modern gay rights movement but, clearly that's not the case. This book conveys more than a half century of history (1880's-1930's) that predates 1969 and opened my eyes to the struggles of so many men who fought for the legal representation in the same ways that I have. I look forward to reading more about this time, especially, Marti Lybeck's book which focuses on women in the same period as Gay Berlin.