![]() As the organizations grew, they assimilated ideas from such political catalysts as the burgeoning civil rights movement. In these groups, homosexuals could offer each other support and seek the respect they desired from mainstream heterosexual society. ![]() The author begins in the 1950s, when “the government, the law, the church, the psychiatric profession all colluded to tell homosexuals they were guilty just by being who they were.” Yet a brave few individuals-e.g., Harry Hay, Phyllis Lyon, and Del Martin-took action by creating organizations intended to offer safe alternatives to gay and lesbian bars. In this superbly researched book, acclaimed LGBT scholar Faderman (My Mother’s Wars, 2013, etc.) examines the roots of the sociopolitical movement that, for the last 60 years, has worked to achieve justice for LGBT people. The history of the struggle for gay rights in the United States. ![]()
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