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No Place Like Home - Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas (Hardcover)
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No Place Like Home - Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas (Hardcover)
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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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