When the band played on : the life of Randy Shilts, America's trailblazing gay journalist /
Randy Shilts was the preeminent LGBTQ+ reporter of his generation. He was the first openly gay reporter assigned to a gay beat at a mainstream paper and one of the nation's most influential chroniclers of gay history, politics and culture. Shilts wrote three seminal works on the community, The...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Chicago Review Press Incorporated,
[2025].
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| Summary: | Randy Shilts was the preeminent LGBTQ+ reporter of his generation. He was the first openly gay reporter assigned to a gay beat at a mainstream paper and one of the nation's most influential chroniclers of gay history, politics and culture. Shilts wrote three seminal works on the community, The Mayor of Castro Street, on the life, assassination and legacy of Harvey Milk, And the Band Played On, detailing the failure of politics as usual during the early AIDS epidemic and Conduct Unbecoming, a history of the US military's mistreatment of LGBTQ servicemembers. Yet the intimate life story of Randy Shilts has been left unwritten. When the Band Played On tells that story, recognizing his legacy as a trailblazing figure in gay activism, journalism and public policy. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780914090304 0914090305 |