The New York Times Twentieth Century in Review: The Gay Rights Movement

This unique reference book compiles over 500 news stories, editorials, essays, and reviews taken from The New York Times that chronicle the legal, political, social, cultural, and personal evolution of gay rights throughout the 20th century.

Among the century's many civil rights developments, the gay rights movement is unique in its origins, its goals, and its impact. For years gays and lesbians were not even recognized as a distinct group, so that when they finally became galvanized followi...