1. The Stonewall Riots -- 2. Before and after Stonewall -- 3. Marches and pride parades -- 4. Family and community acceptance -- 5. ACT UP and the AIDS crisis -- 6. Making a family -- 7. Human rights -- 8. Who gets to be LGBTQ? -- 9. The future of social movements.
Summary
This book looks at social change movements in the country's LGBTQ history, including the Stonewall riots that started the modern gay rights movement and die-ins that pressured the US government to take note of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. A glossary, a further readings list, websites, source notes, and an index are also provided.
Audience
1070L Lexile
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.