Michael Bronski
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Celebrate Pride Month
LGBTQ Book List (WPLD)
Pride Nonfiction/Parenting
Rainbow Reads for Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
LGBTQ Book List (WPLD)
Pride Nonfiction/Parenting
Rainbow Reads for Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
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"Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future.The stories he shares include those of: Thomas Morton, who celebrated same-sex love in Boston's Puritan community in the 1620s; Albert D.J. Cashier, an Irish immigrant and Civil War hero, who was born in the...
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"Breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives. "You Can Tell Just by Looking" unpacks enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Some of these myths, such as "all religions condemn homosexuality, " have been used to justify discrimination and oppression of LGBT people. Other myths, such as "LGBT...
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Showcasing the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience, this diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, celebrating the victories and untold triumphs of LGBTQ+ people throughout history as well as commemorating moments of tragedy and persecution.
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Before Stonewall presents the story of the gay and lesbian experience in the United States since the 1920s. Covers many of the milestones in the fight for gay acceptance and equal rights, culminating in the 1969 riots that followed the police raid of a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village.
After Stonewall traces the gay rights movement in America from the 1969 raid on the Stonwall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, through the...
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"Hate haunts the human imagination. As a society, the United States has created a "hate frame" through which we view the world. It provides a concept, a language, and a set of cultural images and narratives that help us attribute motivation for violence, slot different segments of the population into tidy categories of "us" and "them," and justify enmity. Violence against marginalized and vulnerable communities - people of color, queers, women, people...
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"El libro de Historia LGTBIQ+ celebra las victorias y los triunfos incalculables de las personas LGTBIQ+ a lo largo del tiempo, como los disturbios de Stonewall y las primeras cirugías de afirmación de género, además de conmemorar momentos de tragedia y persecución, desde la "Policía Nocturna" del Renacimiento italiano hasta el siglo XX y su política de "No preguntes, no digas". El libro también incluye los principales pilares culturales:...
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A panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience around the world.
"In [this book], Frédéric Martel visits more than fifty countries and documents a revolution underway around the world: the globalization of LGBT rights. From Saudi Arabia to South Africa, from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv, from Singapore to the United States, activists, culture warriors, and ordinary people are part of a movement. Martel interviews the proprietor of a...