Explore the early history of the gay rights movement In the words
of editor Vern L. Bullough: "Although there was no single leader in
the gay and lesbian community who achieved the fame and reputation
of Martin Luther King, there were a large number of activists who
put their careers and reputations on the line. It was a motley crew
of radicals and reformers, drawn together by the cause in spite of
personality and philosophical differences. Their stories are told
in the following pages."Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and
Lesbian Rights in Historical Context illuminates the lives of the
courageous individuals involved in the early struggle for gay and
lesbian civil rights in the United States. Authored by those who
knew them (often activists themselves), the concise biographies in
this volume examine the lives of pre-1969 barrier breakers like
Harry Hay, Henry Gerber, Alfred Kinsey, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon,
Jim Kepner, Jack Nichols, Christine Jorgensen, Jose Sarria, Barbara
Grier, Frank Kameny, and 40 more. To anyone with an interest in the
history of the gay/lesbian rights movements in the United States,
these names will be familiar, but did you know that in addition to
their groundbreaking activism: Prescott Townsend was a Boston
Brahman Dorr Legg was a Log Cabin Republican Harry Hay was at one
time a member of the Communist party Jim Kepner was a boy preacher
Troy Perry was removed from the ministry of his church for
homosexuality--and then founded the gay-friendly Metropolitan
Community Church Reed Erickson--a transsexual millionaire who gave
millions to the cause--kept a pet leopard called Henry Barbara
Gittings set up a kissing booth at the American Library Association
convention and urged attendees to kiss a gay or lesbian Before
Stonewall is a perfect ancillary text for any gay/lesbian studies
course, but more to the point, no one interested in these heroic
figures and the movements they ignited should be without this book,
which received an honorable mention in the 2004 Stonewall Book
Awards.
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