Wisns middle school featur 'This Book is Gay' library, stirrg onle outrage | WLUK

Contents:

• SECRET CY: BEHD THE UNTOLD GAY HISTORY OF DC POLICS
• FLORIDA COUNTY REVERS BAN ON GAY PENGU CHILDREN’S BOOK
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

SECRET CY: BEHD THE UNTOLD GAY HISTORY OF DC POLICS

This is te of Amerin polics, where the 20th century saw numero gay and lbian dividuals participatg at the hight levels of power, yet almost wholly effaced om the tellg of our natn’s history.

FLORIDA COUNTY REVERS BAN ON GAY PENGU CHILDREN’S BOOK

In the new book Secret Cy, historian Jam Kirchick attempts to scribe to the historil rerd the homosexual men and women who have served and ntributed to their untry Washgton DC, throughout the 20th century.

“I want to tertwe the two threads – the mastream thread of history that we all read about, and this gay history that’s been siled and sequtered, ” he said. ”Kirchick first beme trigued by the ia of a gay history of Amerin power polics 2007, when he moved to DC and realized that was suffed wh a vivid gay cultural life and history.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

In fact, cens data shows that DC has the hight proportn of gay people anywhere the US.

As he began workg on the massive project, Kirchick started to believe that, as a gay man, he was uniquely equipped to wre Secret Cy.

“It need a gay person to do this, ” he said.