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The Gay Revolution

the Story of the Struggle
jacqui_a
Mar 16, 2018jacqui_a rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Historian Lillian Faderman has built a stunning narrative of the gay rights movement in the USA. She describes the lives and actions of key organisers in the movement, bringing events together in context. From McCarthyism in the 1950s, through the Stonewall riots and the AIDS crisis, to marriage equality in the 21st century, Faderman describes the history of the modern American LGBT community in vivid detail. Her work is fantastically well-researched and well-referenced, covering the protests, campaigns, riots and legal battles that paved the way for LGBT rights in the United States and around the world.