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Book SynopsisLeading 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.
Trade ReviewWith ideological evenhandedness Paul Cain has artfully portrayed several dozen women and men who have enhanced queer life in America. These are our rainbow relatives and Leading the Parade is our family album. An important primer of queer history, this book goes a long way in setting the record 'straight.' -- Jim Sears, Author of Lonely Hunters: An Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life (1948-1968)
...ask your local library to carry Leading the Parade. As a research tool, it is invaluable. * Gay Today *
The most interesting and informative book ever written on the evolution of the Gay and Lesbian movement in America...For those who have not read it yet, get it, read it, and learn about the people past and present that have shaped all of our lives. I promise that you will have a better understanding of why things are the way that they are. -- C.J. Neumann, Senior Editor * Qbliss.Net *
Paul D. Cain has written an engaging book that tells the story of one of the most important social movements of the twentieth century as seen through the very human prism of the biographies of some of the women and men who helped make it happen. Particularly distinctive is the author's commitment to telling that story not from the vantage point of the detached observer, but through the personal odyssey that sent him crisscrossing the country to chat with a wide range of individuals who have, indeed, 'led the parade' toward gay and lesbian liberation and visibility. -- Rodger Streitmatter, American University
Drawing upon personal interviews, gay activist and journalist Cain presents the stories of 39 leaders who influenced the gay and lesbian movement in the United States between 1945 and 1995. The volume begins with a biography of Dorr Legg, executive director of ONE Magazine, a gay periodical founded in the 1950s. Some of the other pioneers profiled include writer Kate Millett, Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, and singer-songwriter Holly Near. This is a paperback reprint of the 2002 original. * Reference and Research Book News, August 2007 *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms Part 5 PART I. Starting from Scratch Chapter 6 1. Dorr Legg Chapter 7 2. Lisa Ben Chapter 8 3. Jim Kepner Chapter 9 4. Hal Call Chapter 10 5. Jose Sarria Chapter 11 6. Del Martin/Phyllis Lyon Chapter 12 7. Barbara Gittings/Kay Tobin Lahusen Part 13 PART II. Building on a Firm Foundation Chapter 14 8. Randy Wicker Chapter 15 9. Frank Kameny Chapter 16 10. Jack Nichols Chapter 17 11. Dick Leitsch Chapter 18 12. Troy Perry Chapter 19 13. Ginny Berson Chapter 20 14. Robin Tyler Part 21 PART III. The Written Word Chapter 22 15. Barbara Grier Chapter 23 16. Ann Bannon Chapter 24 17. Kate Millett Chapter 25 18. Martin Duberman Chapter 26 19. Rita Mae Brown Chapter 27 20. Malcolm Boyd/Mark Thompson Chapter 28 21. Joan Nestle Chapter 29 22. John D'Emilio Chapter 30 23. Sasha Alyson Chapter 31 24. JoAnn Loulan Part 32 PART IV. Political Creatures Chapter 33 25. Jean O'Leary Chapter 34 26. Charlotte Bunch Chapter 35 27. Ginny Apuzzo Chapter 36 28. Allan Spear Chapter 37 29. Cleve Jones Chapter 38 30. Harry Britt Chapter 39 31. David Clarenbach Chapter 40 32. Barney Frank Part 41 PART V. Creating a New World Chapter 42 33. Jack Campbell Chapter 43 34. David Kopay Chapter 44 35. Holly Near Chapter 45 36. Miriam Ben-Shalom Chapter 46 37. Virginia Uribe Chapter 47 38. Brent Nicholson Earle Chapter 48 39. Urvashi Vaid Part 49 Selected Bibliography Part 50 Index Part 51 About the Author
