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Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
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Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights

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From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage. Eric Marcus takes us back in time to the earliest days of that struggle in a newly revised and thoroughly updated edition of Making History, originally published in 1992. Using the heart-felt stories of more than 60 people, he carries us through the compelling five-decade battle that has changed the fabric of American society.

The rich tapestry that emerges from Making Gay History includes the inspiring voices of teenagers and grandparents, journalists and housewives, from the little known Dr. Evelyn Hooker and Morty Manford to former Vice President Al Gore, Ellen DeGeneres, and Abigail Van Buren. Together, these many stories bear witness to a time of astonishing change as gay and lesbian people have struggled against prejudice and fought for equal rights under the law.

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Pride Month…

Weaves dozens of personal interviews with people who have lived through landmark civil rights cases with important background information on these events. A moving tapestry of stories about how far we’ve come.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateMar 17, 2009
ISBN9780061844201
Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
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Eric Marcus

Eric Marcus is the author of several books and coauthor of Breaking the Surface, the number one New York Times bestselling autobiography of Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis.

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