Top Ten: Amazon’s Highest Rated New(er) Releases
#1. Stonewall by David Carter
Summary:
This book served as the guide for the PBS American Experience Documentary called Stonewall Uprising. The book is based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews of the people who participated or witnessed this seminal event in LGBTQ history: the Stonewall Riots, which gave birth to the gay liberation movement.
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#2. Impresario of Castro Street by Marc Huestis
Summary:
An inside look at life in San Francisco in the 1970’s, the author’s relationship with Harvey Milk and a variety of starts of stage and film including John Waters, Debbie Reynolds and others. Huestis tells his personal story of what it was like to live as a young man coming out at flowering of the gay liberation movement and his experiences in the entertainment business which lead to his award-winning work in documentaries during the height of the AIDS crisis.
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#3. We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Riemer & Leighton Brown
Summary:
A photographic history of the Queer Liberation Movement. Protest, power and pride. 300 images from more than 20 archives and 70 photographers. Truly see queer history like never before.
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#4. Pansy by Andrea Gibson
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A gorgeous collection of poems that explores gender, sexuality, family, and the ability to heal. Fearless, truthful and an author one should also see live if you’re in the Boulder, CO area!
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#5. The Stonewall Reader Edited by the New York Public Library, Foreword by Edmund White
Summary:
An anthology prepared by the New York Public Library staff that honors the first person accounts written in a variety of genres by those who experienced the Stonewall uprising.
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#6. Tegan and Sara High School by Sara Quin and Tegan Quin
Summary:
Musicians Tegan and Sara write about their early life and beginnings including their high school experiences and nascent experiences with music and young love.
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#7. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
Summary:
A history of the LGBT movement starting from the 60’s until present day. Includes interviews from both ordinary people who experienced these historical changes to the leaders of the movement.
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#8. Memoir of a Race Traitor by Mab Segrest
Summary:
One woman’s journey as an anti-racist activist in North Carolina in the 1980’s, organizing as a lesbian against a virulent right-wing movement. Her developing awareness of racial inequality and violence despite growing up in a family that has very different views from her own.
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#9. A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir by Edie Windsor
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A memoir of the life of long-time activist Edie Windsor who was a critical activist in the marriage-equality movement. It tells her history and love of two women and her eventual involvement in the Supreme Court case that changed life for millions of people.
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#10. Queer X Design: 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Art of LGBTQ by Andy Campbell
Summary:
An illustrated history of the symbols and graphics of the LGBT liberation movement. It covers from pre-Stonewall to present day. The hidden history of a lot of graphics that helped unite a people.
