A Queer Thing Happened To America
And What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
Michael L. Brown
Forty years ago, most Americans said they didn’t know anyone who was homosexual and claimed to know little or nothing about homosexuality. Today, there’s hardly a sitcom without a prominent gay character, movies like Milk and Brokeback Mountain have won Oscars, and even People Magazine celebrated the marriage of Ellen Degeneres and Portia DeRossi.Forty years ago, the word ‘queer’ was considered to be an extremely insulting, ugly slur. Today, we have books like Queering Elementary Education and The Queer Bible Commentary, while Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was a cable TV sensation and even school children are learning the meaning of ‘Gender Queer.’Forty years ago, people were fired from their jobs for being gay. Today, college professors have been fired for taking issue with same-sex practice, counselors have been dismissed for refusing to affirm gay and lesbian relationships, and even pastors have been arrested for saying that homosexual behavior was sinful.A Queer Thing Happened to America chronicles the amazing transformation of America over the last forty years, literally, from Stonewall Inn to the Whitehouse, and addresses the question head-on: Is there really a gay agenda, or is it a fiction of the religious right? Written in a lively and compelling style, but backed with massive research and extensive interaction with the GLBT community, this forthright and yet compassionate book looks at the extraordinary impact gay activism has had on American socierDty ‘from nursery school to college, from the pulpit to Hollywood, and from science to semantics ‘also analyzing the foundational arguments of the gay civil rights movement and exposing the extreme intolerance of those calling for tolerance.This could easily be the most controversial book of the deca
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Details
| ISBN | 9780615406091 |
| Genre | History |
| Copyright Date | 2011 |
| Publication Date | 15-Mar-11 |
| Publisher | EqualTime Books |
| Format | Hardcover |
| No. of Pages | 691 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Paper Type | Electronic Format Available |
| Subject | Homosexuality; Homosexuality – United States – History – 21st Century; Religion / General; Social Science / Gay Studies |
| BookID | 10357 |
