Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312671938 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Definitive History of the Spark to Gay Rights Rob Hardy In the old days (and some would insist they were the good old days) homosexuals were subject to dismissal just because of sexual preference. Sexual acts between members of the same sex were specifically illegal, and cops would bait homosexuals to see if they were inter. Robert in NY said A Definitive Account of the Stonewall Riots. The so-called Stonewall riots occurred over a period of a week, perhaps ignited in part by the June "A Definitive Account of the Stonewall Riots" according to Robert in NY. The so-called Stonewall riots occurred over a period of a week, perhaps ignited in part by the June 28 police raid having been the second in the same week. (The first was on a Tuesday night).Although I was present that night, and on many of the following nights, I was . 8 police raid having been the second in the same week. (The first was on a Tuesday night).Although I was present that night, and on many of the following nights, I was . Very Enlightening Amazon Customer As an out, married, 55 year old gay man, I only remember hearing about Stonewall. I am grateful for the efforts of the many that put their lives on the line during those hot, summer nights in 1969. My prayer is that one day this essential part of not merely LGBTQ histo
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Carter's beloved Greenwich Village and what he calls its "queer geography," which enabled gay culture to form, flourish and consolidate itself, emerges as an inimitable, finely detailed hero. But for Carter, the most audacious, energetic and enterprising of riot participants were the drag queens, homeless queer youths and other gender transgressors whose position on the farthest margins of society enabled their radical response to oppression. . From Publishers Weekly While the centerpiece here is undoubtedly his hour-by-hour relating of the explosive June 1969 riots, Carter, an editor of Allen Ginsberg's interviews (Spontaneous Mind, 20o1), also provides an extended prelude that highlights the places, activists and others who come to play key roles. He ends appropriately with the emergence of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activist Alliance, as well as the first gay pride parade, held in
Since then the event itself has become the stuff of legend, with relatively little hard information available on the riots themselves. Now, based on hundreds of interviews, an exhaustive search of public and previously sealed files, and over a decade of intensive research into the history and the topic, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution brings this singular event to vivid life in this, the definitive story of one of history's most singular events. The basis of the PBS American Experience documentary Stonewall Uprising.In 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, changed the longtime landscape of the homosexual in society literally overnight. A Randy Shilts / Publishing Triangle Award Finalist"RivetingNot only the definitive examination of the riots but an absorbing history of pre-Stonewall America, and how the oppression and pent-up rage of those years finally ignited on a hot New York night." - Boston Globe