The definitive history of how the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s sparked an American revolution that transformed a nation.
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The Gay Leap Forward:
Here is a sweeping, comprehensive account of the Gay Leap Forward. In his groundbreaking retrospective, historian David Eisenbach serves up vignettes across four decades of LGBT activism. Packed with new research, and revelations, about the people who changed history, Gay Power is one book that each member of the LGBT community ought to be compelled to read.
Another male-dominated, whitewashed history of LGBT activism:
Generally, I don't like to submit bad reviews, but unfortunately, this book deserves it. For one thing, Eisenbach presents a history of late 60's/early 70's LGBT activism that is overwhelmingly male-dominated. For example, of the 25 people he interviewed only one was female (Karla Jay). Besides completely trivializing lesbian feminism, he barely mentions anything about the contributions of transgendered activists and queers of color. Can you imagine a history of this period of struggle that doesn't even... more info
The Definitive Work:
Eisenbach presents herein an incredibly comprehensive and well researched study about the gay rights movement in America. His easy narrative style combined with his meticulously detailed research make for an exceedingly enjoyable, rewarding read. After having done a research paper myself on the gay rights movement in America, it has become abundantly clear that this work is one of a kind, as no other author has so fully and successfully tackled the tale of this movement and its heroes. Highly reccomended... more info
A Groundbreaking Study:
David Eisenbach has written a groundbreaking study of America's gay rights movement during the 1960s. Well-written, and backed by impressive primary source research, Gay Power is also an entertaining story. Anyone with an interest in gay rights and good books, will enjoy this text.
