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Out for Good: The Struggle to Build the Gay Rights Movement in America
By Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney (1999)

Recommending a book I just finished reading. It starts at Stonewall and traces the movement in the major East and West Coast cities...apparently not that much in the midwest or south happened...but I'll ignore for now that shortcoming. What I did really appreciate was that it got into the personalities of those making things happen, and some of their not so noble motivations.

Now, I perhaps have an advantage, I've been paying attention for almost 40 years, so when the authors brought up the name of an activist I mostly knew who they was talking about. But I didn't know their own back stories, how they got along with each other, how the gay organizations (NGLTF, GRNL, HRC, ACT-UP, GAA, GLF, etc, etc) fought for turf and funds and attention. They didn't call it white privilege but in the early years many of the things got done (especially in L.A.) were by white men and wealthy ones at that. They managed to cover in non-judgmental means how these people got things done, sometimes at the expense of each other.

Yes, the focus is heavily on Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York City, with just a few visits elsewhere (no Texas, little Chicago). The book is strongest covering the early years and acknowledging that the AIDS years are difficult to encompass, it did fine in the beginning but then lost steam by the time it stopped in 1988, with just a short epilogue jumping things up to Clinton's election.

Another easy criticism was that the book ignored the 20 or so years of pre-Stonewall history...I guess that is for other books, and there are many. It's a long book, 575 pages plus 150 pages of notes....it requires a slow reading, but I found the effort very worthwhile.


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Out For Good The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America Dudley Clendinen Adam Nagourney 9780684867434 Books Reviews

From pre-stonewall to the AIDS crisis and concerns about marriage equality - as a gay man, I have been aware of so many of the issues and organizations dealing with the issues - great read and reminder of how things progresses as well as reminding me of the many people involved.
I believe this book should be REQUIRED reading in school. There would be more realization that we ALL have the same desires for freedom, equality and love in this world. Also, how difficult the fight for this equality that you and I take for granted. Race, religion, ethnicity are equal, but we don't think that those who desire to love who they were born to love, (we are talking about TWO EQUAL ADULTS, not anything else) deserve to have that freedom and respect we take for granted? Homosexuality NEEDS to be seen in all media as NORMAL!!! Not a CHOICE, where some human beings a "just choosing" to be with the same sex. This IS as our CREATOR made them. The desire of their heart is pure as it is TWO EQUAL ADULTS!!! TO see it otherwise, causes, those who enjoy disgracing anyone vulnerable, to be abusive in so many ways, and those who are born to love their same sex, to feel defective or inadequate in some way, leading to suicide in many cases. The inequality HAS to end. It has been LONG ENOUGH for these souls. I have known and am related to some. They happen to be ALL exceptionally good and generous people. One of my relatives, has fought his entire life. It is time we embrace each other as all children of the same Creator, and let those who have been fighting so long, to rest, at last. If we believe this "Creator" is one of Love, then that is what they would desire too!

Please buy this book and, give it to someone this Holiday Season! Thank You!!!!
Clendinen and Nagourney have performed a detailed documentation of a period in gay history (1950s through the late 80's) with a typical emphasis during the five year period surrounding the 1969 Stonewall riot. The history serves as a rich illustration of the individuals (although lacking in academic detail as to why certain people were chosen to be highlighted and others were not). The book is based on a series of interviews made during 1993 and especially 1994, with many who are no longer living. As such, the period of time to document the interviews and then the prolonged period to get to print creates a book that while rich in period detail (1965-1975) rapidly peters out in its discussion of AIDS, election of Clinton, etc. which have greated far greater impacts on Gay rights, Gay Culture and the evolving acceptance (as slow as it is) of gay people in American society. A strong point is its balanced view and discussion of the gay movement prior to Stonewall and its attempt to demystify the importance given to this one particular event. Its discussion of the ongoing conflicts between the various social classes involved in the gay movement and showing that this was present from the very start is important for any younger gay person today trying to understand why certain onging tensions and conflicts exist in the gay community and why certain national gay rights groups exist (e.g., NGLTF, HRC, etc.).
Out for Good The Struggle to Build the Gay Rights Movement in America
By Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney (1999)

Recommending a book I just finished reading. It starts at Stonewall and traces the movement in the major East and West Coast cities...apparently not that much in the midwest or south happened...but I'll ignore for now that shortcoming. What I did really appreciate was that it got into the personalities of those making things happen, and some of their not so noble motivations.

Now, I perhaps have an advantage, I've been paying attention for almost 40 years, so when the authors brought up the name of an activist I mostly knew who they was talking about. But I didn't know their own back stories, how they got along with each other, how the gay organizations (NGLTF, GRNL, HRC, ACT-UP, GAA, GLF, etc, etc) fought for turf and funds and attention. They didn't call it white privilege but in the early years many of the things got done (especially in L.A.) were by white men and wealthy ones at that. They managed to cover in non-judgmental means how these people got things done, sometimes at the expense of each other.

Yes, the focus is heavily on Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York City, with just a few visits elsewhere (no Texas, little Chicago). The book is strongest covering the early years and acknowledging that the AIDS years are difficult to encompass, it did fine in the beginning but then lost steam by the time it stopped in 1988, with just a short epilogue jumping things up to Clinton's election.

Another easy criticism was that the book ignored the 20 or so years of pre-Stonewall history...I guess that is for other books, and there are many. It's a long book, 575 pages plus 150 pages of notes....it requires a slow reading, but I found the effort very worthwhile.