{"product_id":"9781451694123","title":"The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The most comprehensive history to date of America’s gay-rights movement.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sweeping story of the modern struggle for gay, lesbian, and trans rights—from the 1950s to the present—based on amazing interviews with politicians, military figures, legal activists, and members of the entire LGBT community who face these challenges every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fight for gay, lesbian, and trans civil rights—the years of outrageous injustice, the early battles, the heart-breaking defeats, and the victories beyond the dreams of the gay rights pioneers—is the most important civil rights issue of the present day. Based on rigorous research and more than 150 interviews, \u003ci\u003eThe Gay Revolution \u003c\/i\u003etells this unfinished story not through dry facts but through dramatic accounts of passionate struggles, with all the sweep, depth, and intricacies only an award-winning activist, scholar, and novelist like Lillian Faderman can evoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gay Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e begins in the 1950s, when law classified gays and lesbians as criminals, the psychiatric profession saw them as mentally ill, the churches saw them as sinners, and society victimized them with irrational hatred. Against this dark backdrop, a few brave people began to fight back, paving the way for the revolutionary changes of the 1960s and beyond. Faderman discusses the protests in the 1960s; the counter reaction of the 1970s and early eighties; the decimated but united community during the AIDS epidemic; and the current hurdles for the right to marriage equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the words of the eyewitnesses who were there through the most critical events, \u003ci\u003eThe Gay Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e paints a nuanced portrait of the LGBT civil rights movement. A defining account, this is the most complete and authoritative book of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043624468720,"sku":"9781451694123","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451694123_p0.jpg?v=1763838200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451694123","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}