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No Place Like Home - Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas (Paperback)
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No Place Like Home - Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas (Paperback)
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Finalist: Lambda Literary Award for LBGTQ Nonfiction. Far from the
coastal centers of culture and politics, Kansas stands at the very
center of American stereotypes about red states. In the American
imagination, it is a place LGBT people leave. No Place Like Home is
about why they stay. The book tells the epic story of how a few
disorganized and politically naive Kansans, realizing they were
unfairly under attack, rolled up their sleeves, went looking for
fights, and ended up making friends in one of the country's most
hostile states. The LGBT civil rights movement's history in
California and in big cities such as New York and Washington, DC,
has been well documented. But what is it like for LGBT activists in
a place like Kansas, where they face much stiffer headwinds? How do
they win hearts and minds in the shadow of the Westboro Baptist
Church ( Christian" motto: "God Hates Fags")? Traveling the state
in search of answers-from city to suburb to farm-journalist C. J.
Janovy encounters LGBT activists who have fought, in ways big and
small, for the acceptance and respect of their neighbors, their
communities, and their government. Her book tells the story of
these twenty-first-century citizen activists-the issues that unite
them, the actions they take, and the personal and larger
consequences of their efforts, however successful they might be.
With its close-up view of the lives and work behind LGBT activism
in Kansas, No Place Like Home fills a prairie-sized gap in the
narrative of civil rights in America. The book also looks forward,
as an inspiring guide for progressives concerned about the future
of any vilified minority in an increasingly polarized nation.
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