The Gay Revolution

Lillian Faderman

How did gay men and women go from hiding and the threat of arrest to organized protest, court cases and legal change?

At a glance

You will see how a movement grows when small groups stop hiding and begin to march and organize
You will understand why even sympathetic leaders move cautiously on civil rights, and how activists push anyway
You will learn how old sodomy laws were used to justify discrimination, and how campaigners worked to overturn them