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The deviant's war : the homosexual vs. the United States of America /

"A biography of gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny. From a young Harvard- and Cambridge-trained historian, the secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall. In 1957, Frank Kameny, a rising astronomer working for the U.S. Defense Department in Hawaii, received...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cervini, Eric, 1992- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Kameny, Frank, > 1925-2011.
Gays > United States > Biography.
Gay rights > United States > History.
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The astronomer
  • The letter
  • The panic
  • The union
  • The Mattachine
  • The Bureau
  • The crusader
  • The alliance
  • The congressman
  • The march
  • The bouquet
  • The picket
  • The student
  • The illustrator
  • The floor plan
  • The chaos
  • The riots
  • The liberation
  • The pride
  • The candidate
  • Epilogue: the White House.