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Gay Is Good - The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny (Paperback)
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Gay Is Good - The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny (Paperback)
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Contrary to popular notions, today's LGBT movement did not begin
with the Stonewall riots in 1969. Long before Stonewall, there was
Franklin Kameny (1925-2011), one of the most significant figures in
the gay rights movement. Beginning in 1958, he encouraged gay
people to embrace homosexuality as moral and healthy, publicly
denounced the federal government for excluding homosexuals from
federal employment, openly fought the military's ban against gay
men and women, debated psychiatrists who depicted homosexuality as
a mental disorder, identified test cases to advance civil liberties
through the federal courts, acted as counsel to countless
homosexuals suffering state-sanctioned discrimination, and
organized marches for gay rights at the White House and other
public institutions. In Gay Is Good, Long collects Kameny's
historically rich letters, revealing some of the early stirrings of
today's politically powerful LGBT movement. These letters are
lively and colorful because they are in Kameny's inimitable voice-a
voice that was consistently loud, echoing through such places as
the Oval Office, the Pentagon, and the British Parliament, and
often shrill, piercing to the federal agency heads, military
generals, and media personalities who received his countless
letters. This volume collects approximately 150 letters from 1958
to 1975, a critical period in Kameny's life during which he evolved
from a victim of the law to a vocal opponent of the law, to the
voice of the law itself. Long situates these letters in context,
giving historical and biographical data about the subjects and
events involved. Gay Is Good pays tribute to an advocate whose
tireless efforts created a massive shift in social attitudes and
practices, leading the way toward equality for the LGBT community.
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