In 1969 beg gay the Uned Stat was a crimal offense. It meant livg a closeted life or survivg on the g of society. There were few safe havens. New York's Stonewall Inn was one of them. Then, one hot June night 1969, a route police raid of the club igned a history-makg revolutn. Ann Bsum's rivetg exploratn of the Stonewall Rts and the natnal gay rights movement that followed is eye-openg, unflchg, and spirg.
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STONEWALL: BREAKG OUT THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
The first history of gay rights for teen rears, wrten by award-wng nonfictn thor Ann Bsum. That’s the Stonewall. The Stonewall Inn.... * stonewall breaking out in the fight for gay rights by ann bausum *
And as a factual acunt, leav out a lot of important dividuals (cludg trans folks and people of lor) and generally embrac an upbeat, "Gay Inc" tone which I found kd of sultg to the tend teen dience.
Nonfictn queer-youth read--2015 103 reviews5 followersJuly 11, 2015Overall, this book was enjoyable, well-wrten, and a good troductn to anyone who wants to learn more about the begngs of the gay rights movement. (Includg me, who picked up this book bee I was thkg "I'm gay and I want to be more of a lear the LGBTQ muny, but all I know about Stonewall is what I read on the wikipedia page.
")But I felt like this book overwhelmgly foced on gay men who (I assume) were cisgenr, and I wish more attentn had been given to lbians and trans people and their volvement Stonewall and the movement overall. I mean, they were ocsnally mentned, but if you look at the x, you n see how out of balance was, and would've been nice if the thor uld have ma a ltle more effort to even new-york619 reviews720 followersJune 4, 2022"The spir that emerged outsi a Mafia-n bar 1969 beme the pulse of the gay muny and spired not jt an annual para but ways to exprs gay pri dividual liv. Regnised as a key galvanisg moment the stggle for gay liberatn, the Stonewall rts iated a h stage the polil movement for gay rights the US.
STONEWALL : BREAKG OUT THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
At the time of the rts there was an existg movement for gay rights and Stonewall served to galvanise this movement and strengthen . The rts led to a h wave of gay activism at muny levels and laid new seeds of activism that nurtured and spired many people, and which also led to a strong activism the Aids movement and beyond to the prent day. The tablishment of gay pri march is also a lastg legacy om Stonewall.