Victory : the triumphant gay revolution

Hirshman, Linda R. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780061965500
ISBN: 0061965502
Physical Description: print
xvii, 443 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-423) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: How an army of good gays won the west -- Gays and the cities : community first, politics later -- Red in bed : it takes a communist to recognize gay oppression -- It was the sixties that did it : gays get radical, radicals get gay -- Stonewall uprising : gays finally get some respect -- The good gays fight the four horsemen : crazy, sinful, criminal, and subversive -- Dying for the movement : the terrible political payoff of AIDS -- ACT UP : five years that shook the world -- Failed marriages and losing battles : the premature campaign for marriage and military service -- Founding fathers : winning modern rights before fighting ancient battles -- Massing the troops for the last battle : the new-media gay revolution -- With liberal friends : who needs enemies? -- Victory : the civil rights march of our generation -- On the shoulders of giants -- Chronology.