The Right Side of History : 100 Years of Lgbtqi Activism

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"An epic account of how queer activists changed America, even before Stonewall."--Cover.
Part I: Before Stonewall. The divine discontent of Isadora Duncan / Adrian Brooks -- Henry Gerber's bridge to the world / Hayden L. Mora -- The 1934 longshoreman's strike / Adrian Brooks -- The cradle will rock / Eric A. Gordon -- Bayard Rustin : offensive lineman for freedom / Patricia Nell Warren -- The Kinsey reports / Anahi Russo Garrido -- Criminals and subversives : the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis / Victoria A. Brownworth -- The Beats : Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac / Neeli Cherkovski -- Frank Kameny : advocate for freedom / John D'Emilio -- Josephine Baker's dream without fire or war : an interview with Jean-Claude Baker / Adrian Brooks -- April 4, 1968 / Adrian Brooks -- Ground zero / Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.
Part II: After Stonewall. The revolutionary joy of Gary Alinder / Paul Gabriel -- Lesbian nation : Jill Johnston and the revolution of women / Victoria A. Brownworth -- The angels of light : Paris sites under the bourgeois sea / Adrian Brooks -- Anita Bryant's anti-gay crusade / Jeanne Córdova -- "The mayor of Castro Street" / Adrian Brooks -- Interview with Charlotte Bunch : human rights and gender equality / Anahi Russo Garrido -- The enemy is me : becoming a man inside a feminist world / Max Wolf Valerio -- My battle with the University of California / Merle Woo -- The quilt / Julie Rhoad -- The red Camero / Matt Ebert -- Between the sexes / Tiger Howard Devore -- A hero in search of a myth : the Navajo journey of Jack C. Jackson, Jr. -- Interview with Judy Shepard : remembering Matthew Shepard / Adrian Brooks -- Interview : Barney Frank / Brenda Knight and Adrian Brooks -- Black, gray, and Muslim / Sultan Shakir -- A conversation with Evan Wolfson : freedom to marry leader / Angela Dallara -- Diana Nyad / Rita Mae Brown -- Afterword : Our lives, our worlds : newspapers, bookstores, and gay liberation / Victoria A. Brownworth.

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