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Described by gay scholar Jonathan Katz as "willfully cacophonous, a chorus of voices untamed," The Right Side of History sets itself apart by starting with the turn-of-the-century bohemianism of Isadora Duncan and the 1924 establishment of the nation's first gay group, the Society for Human Rights; it also includes gay activism of labor unions in the 1920s and 1930s; the 1950s civil rights movement; the 1960s anti-war protests; the sexual liberation movements of the 1970s; and more contemporary issues such as marriage equality.
The book shows how LGBT folk have always been in the forefront of progressive social evolution in the United States. It references heroes like Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bayard Rustin, Harvey Milk, and Edie Windsor. Equally, the book honors names that aren't in history books, from participants in the Names Project, a national phenomenon memorializing 94,000 AIDS victims, to underground agitprop artists.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781627781312 |
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| Publisher: | Start Publishing Llc |
| Publication date: | 06/09/2015 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 408 |
| Sales rank: | 899,544 |
| File size: | 2 MB |
About the Author
Adrian Brooks is an American writer and activist who's been the vanguard of progressive political, spiritual, and social movements since the 1960s. An international traveler, poet, performer, playwright, painter, and designer, he is also a novelist and nonfiction writer. Born in Philadelphia, Brooks was raised Quaker. After graduating Episcopal Academy in 1966 as an early hippie and anti-war protester, he attended the international Friends World Institute -- a radical Quaker school intent on its students becoming nonviolent "agents of social change." In 1968 he volunteered for Martin Luther King in Washington, D.C. Following Dr. King's assassination, Brooks did field work in Mexico and East Africa before attending Woodstock in 1969, then went to India with the Friends World Institute. In the early 70s, he was active in New York's then radical SOHO Movement, then moved West where he became a prominent as one of the first gay liberation poets and as the scriptwriter and star performer of the legendary San Francisco "Angels of Light," an offshoot of the Cockettes. Brooks remains devoted to good works and activism to this day. He supports orphans and assists education in rural India and contributes to the Huffington Post as well as Lambda Literary. He lives in San Francisco.Jonathan N. Katz is an independent scholar and historian of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and heterosexual American history. He is also a visual artist. His historical work has focused on same-sex attraction and changes in the social construction of sexuality and intimate relationships over time. His works stress that the categories with which we name, describe, define, and understand human sexuality are historically and culturally specific, along with the social organization of sexual activity, desire, relationships, and sexual identities. In his work, language is studied as one important tool that human beings use to construct different, historically specific sexualities and sex/gender systems. He lives in New York.
Table of Contents
Foreword Jonathan Katz xiii
Introduction Adrian Brooks xv
Part I Before Stonewall
Chapter 1 The Divine Discontent of Isadora Duncan Adrian Brooks 3
Chapter 2 Henry Gerber's Bridge to the World Hayden L. Mora 10
Chapter 3 The 1934 Longshoremen's Strike Adrian Brooks 16
Chapter 4 The Cradle Will Rock Eric A. Gordon 23
Chapter 5 Bayard Rustin: Offensive Lineman for Freedom Patricia Nell Warren 30
Chapter 6 The Kinsey Reports Anahi Russo Garrido 37
Chapter 7 Criminals and Subversives; The Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis Victoria A. Brownworth 45
Chapter 8 The Beats: Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac Neeti Cherkovski 55
Chapter 9 Frank Kameny: Advocate for Freedom John D'Emilio 62
Chapter 10 Josephine Baker's Dream without Fire or War: An Interview with Jean-Claude Baker Adrian Brocks 68
Chapter 11 April 4, 1968 Adrian Brooks 79
Chapter 12 Ground Zero Miss Major Griffin-Gracy 87
Part II After Stonewall
Chapter 13 The Revolutionary Joy of Gary Alinder Paul Gabriel 97
Chapter 14 Lesbian Nation: Jill Johnston and the Revolution of Women Victoria A. Brownworth 105
Chapter 15 The Angels of Light: Paris Sites Under the Bourgeois Sea Adrian Brooks 113
Chapter 16 Anita Bryant's Anti-Gay Crusade Jeanne Córdova 121
Chapter 17 "The Mayor of Castro Street" Adrian Brooks 127
Chapter 18 Interview with Charlotte Bunch: Human Rights and Gender Equality Anahi Russo Garrido 134
Chapter 19 The Enemy Is Me: Becoming a Man inside a Feminist World Max Wolf Vaierio 143
Chapter 20 My Battle with the University of California Merle Woo 150
Chapter 21 The Quilt Julie Rhoad 156
Chapter 22 The Red Camaro Matt Ebert 165
Chapter 23 Between the Sexes Tiger Howard Devore 171
Chapter 24 A Hero in Search of a Myth: The Navajo Journey of Jack C. Jackson, Jr. Max Wolf Valeria 179
Chapter 25 Interview with Judy Shepard: Remembering Matthew Shepard Adrian Brooks 185
Chapter 26 Interview: Barney Frank Brenda Knight Adrian Brooks 195
Chapter 27 Black, Gay, and Muslim Sultan Shakir 204
Chapter 28 Bullying James Gilliam 210
Chapter 29 A Conversation with Evan Wolfson: Freedom to Marry Leader Angela Dallara 217
Chapter 30 Diana Nyad Rita Mae Brown 224
Afterword: Our Lives, Our Words: Newspapers, Bookstores, and Gay Liberation Victoria A. Brownworth 229
Acknowledgements 232
About the Contributors 235
About the Author 243