The Stonewall generation : LGBT elders on sex, activism, and aging / [edited by] Jane Fleishman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Skinner House Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: xliv, 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781558968530
- 1558968539
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 306.7608 S881 | Available | 33111010401061 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"It deserves prominent placement on LGBTQ history bookshelves. . . . An indelible collection of wise voices resonating with experience, pride, resilience, and revolution." -- Kirkus starred review
Foreword by Kate Bornstein and Barbara Carrellas
In The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging , sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, strengths, activism, and sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today. Each of these inspiring figures has spent a lifetime fighting for the right to live, love, and be free, facing challenges arising from their sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, disabilities, kinkiness, non-monogamy, and other identities. These are the stories of those whose lives were changed forever by Stonewall and who in turn became agents of change themselves.
A sex-positive and unapologetic depiction of LGBTQ culture and identity, The Stonewall Generation includes the voices of those frequently marginalized in mainstream tellings of LGBTQ history, lifting up the voices of people of color, transgender people, bisexual people, drag queens, and sex workers. We need to hear these voices, particularly at a time when our country is in the middle of a crisis that puts hard-won civil and human rights at risk, values we've fought for again and again in our nation's history.
For anyone committed to intersectional activism and social justice, The Stonewall Generation provides a much-needed resource for empowerment, education, and renewal.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sex workers' struggles / Miss Major Griffin-Gracy -- Fighting back at the stonewall tavern / David Velasco Bermudez and Bob Isador -- The power of one / Mandy Carter -- Life in leather / Hardy Haberman -- Sex at a later age / Edie Daly and Jackie Mirkin -- Love, loss, and laughter / Lani Ka'ahumanu -- Advocating for our elders / Imani Woody-Macko -- Working with elders in the community / Joey Wasserman -- Continuing their legacies.
"Sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of nine fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of Stonewall. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, their strengths, their activism, and their sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today"-- Provided by publisher.