The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle

"The most comprehensive history to date of America's gay-rights movement." - The Economist The sweeping story of the modern struggle for gay, lesbian, and trans rights - from the 1950s to the present - based on amazing interviews with politicians, military figures, legal activists, and members of the entire LGBT community who face these challenges every day.The fight for gay, lesbian, and trans civil rights - the years of outrageous injustice, the early battles, the heart-breaking defeats, and the victories beyond the dreams of the gay rights pioneers - is the most important civil rights issue of the present day. Based on rigorous research and more than 150 interviews, The Gay Revolution tells this unfinished story not through dry facts but through dramatic accounts of passionate struggles, with all the sweep, depth, and intricacies only an award-winning activist, scholar, and novelist like Lillian Faderman can evoke.