
By John Dececco Phd,Vern L Bullough
- Prescott Townsend was once a Boston Brahman
- Dorr Legg was once a Log Cabin Republican
- Harry Hay was once at one time a member of the Communist social gathering
- Jim Kepner was once a boy preacher
- Troy Perry was once faraway from the ministry of his church for homosexuality--and then based the gay-friendly Metropolitan group Church
- Reed Erickson--a transsexual millionaire who gave hundreds of thousands to the cause--kept a puppy leopard known as Henry
- Barbara Gittings organize a kissing sales space on the American Library organization conference and steered attendees to kiss a homosexual or lesbian!
Before Stonewall is an ideal ancillary textual content for any gay/lesbian reports path, yet extra to the purpose, not anyone drawn to those heroic figures and the activities they ignited may be with no this ebook, which got an honorable point out within the 2004 Stonewall e-book Awards.
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