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Paul Cain has artfully portrayed several dozen women and men who have enhanced queer life in America. These are our — Jim Sears, author of Lonely Hunters: An Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life (1948-1968)<\/p>\n\n

Paul D. Cain<\/a> has written an engaging book that tells the story of one of the most important social movements — Rodger Streitmatter, author of UNSPEAKABLE: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America With ideological evenhandedness<\/p>\n\n

Product Description Leading the Parade traces the evolution of the gay and lesbian liberation through the personal profiles and stories of nearly 40 individuals whose daring efforts changed gay and straight America and their attitudes toward homosexuality during the twentieth century.<\/p>\n\n

Genre:<\/strong> Autobiography\/Biography<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Subjects:<\/strong> Gays - Interviews. - United States<\/a>; Lesbian Biographies<\/a>; Lesbians - Interviews. - United States<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Cain has artfully portrayed several dozen women and men who have enhanced queer life in America. These are our — Jim Sears, author of Lonely Hunters: An Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life (1948-1968) Paul D. Cain has written an engaging book that tells the story of one of the most important … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4320],"tags":[8294,8296,8295],"pub_year":[],"class_list":["post-70094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autobiography-biography","tag-gays-interviews-united-states","tag-lesbian-biographies","tag-lesbians-interviews-united-states"],"yoast_head":"\nLeading The Parade by Paul D. 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