9781422283776

CONTENTS

Foreword by Kevin Jennings, Founder, GLSEN .......................................8

1 The History of Identity Politics .............................................................. 11 Close-up: The Gay Holocaust ...................................................................... 13 Homosexuality as a Disorder ....................................................................... 13 The Stonewall Riots ...................................................................................... 15 Close-up: The First LGBT Rights Organizations .......................................... 16 Close-up: The Civil Rights Movement’s Gay Hero ....................................... 19 The LGBT Rights Movement—and Its Backlash ..........................................20 The Impact of the AIDS Crisis ...................................................................... 21 The Gay Response to AIDS: Organize .........................................................23 Antigay Hate Crimes .....................................................................................23 2 Marriage Equality .................................................................................... 27 Close-up: LGBT Parenting ...........................................................................29 Two Steps Forward ......................................................................................30 ...One Step Back .......................................................................................... 31 A Civil Rights Issue .......................................................................................32 Close-up: Marriage Equality’s Repercussions .............................................33 At Long Last, Victory ....................................................................................34 Enduring Past Death ....................................................................................35 3 LGBT People in the Military ..................................................................39 Giving a Face to Gay Servicemen ................................................................40 Serving in Silence ......................................................................................... 41 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ..................................................................................42