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Witness to Revolution : The Advocate Reports on Gay and Lesbian Politics, 1967 - 1999
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Witness to Revolution : The Advocate
Reports on
Gay and Lesbian Politics, 1967 - 1999
Alyson Books $16.95
Witness
to Revolution showcases the best political reporting over the life
of The Advocate. Stories of police harassment and bar raids, the
Stonewall riots, the birth of the Metropolitan Community Church, the election
of Elaine Noble, the first battles over media portrayals of gays, the
election and subsequent assassination of Harvey Milk, the AIDS crisis
and its galvanizing of the movement, the battle over gays in the military,
and all the way to the tragic murder of Matthew Shepard– these stories
all bring to breathing, bleeding, shouting, cheering life the best and
worst moments in the history of a movement.
Set against the backdrop of the tremendous cultural changes sweeping America at the time, Witness to Revolution shows just how far this movement has come, and eerily, how little has changed. It showcases some of the earliest writing by people such as Randy Shilts, Eric Rofes, John Rechy, Doug Sadownick, and John Weir. It provides insights into the minds of gay and lesbian allies through interviews with Jesse Jackson, Barry Goldwater, Barney Frank, Judy Shepard, and Steve Gunderson.
The book’s editor, Chris Bull, has been a senior political writer for The Advocate since 1989.