Bibliograph

A queer history of the United States for young people, Michael Bronski ; adapted by Richie Chevat

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Label

A queer history of the United States for young people, Michael Bronski ; adapted by Richie Chevat

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Ages: 12+Grades: 7 to 8

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A queer history of the United States for young people

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089258677

Responsibility statement

Michael Bronski ; adapted by Richie Chevat

Summary

Narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more present the accomplishments of LGBTQ people through history. Includes the stories of Thomas Morton, who celebrated same-sex love in Boston's Puritan community in the 1620s; Albert D.J. Cashier, an Irish immigrant and Civil War hero, who was born in the body of a woman but lived as a man for over a half century; Gladys Bentley, an African American blues singer who challenged cross-dressing laws in 1920s Harlem; Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr.'s close friend, civil rights organizer, and an openly gay man; Sylvia Rivera, who along with Marsha P. Johnson, founded the first transgender political group in the United States in 1970; Harvey Milk, a community organizer and the first openly gay politician to win an election in California; Jamie Nabozny, a teen who brought national attention to the issue of LGBTQ bullying by bringing his case to the Supreme Court in the 1990s

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Before we start, or, What is normal? -- Native peoples : different genders, different sexualities -- Thomas Morton : free love among the Puritans? -- Jemima Wilkinson : the surprising life of Publick Universal Friend -- Deborah Sampson : patriot, soldier, gender rebel -- Nineteenth-century romantic friendships : BFFs or friends with benefits? -- The mystery of Emily Dickinson : passionate attachments and independent women -- Julia Ward Howe, Samuel Gridley Howe, and Charles Sumner : complicated relationships and radical social change in very proper nineteenth-century Boston -- The amazing life of Albert D.J. Cashier : transgender war hero -- Charlotte Cushman : American idol, lover of women -- Walt Whitman : poet of the people -- Rebecca Primus and Addie Brown : a nineteenth-century love story -- The radical Victoria Woodhull : first woman to run for president -- Jane Addams : the mother of social work -- Julian Eltinge : the most famous cross-dresser in America -- Marie Equi : fighting for women, workers, peace, and justice for all -- Gladys Bentley : blues-singing bulldagger -- World War II : the war that started LGBTQ politics -- Harry Hay : how his society of fools started a revolution -- Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin : climbing the ladder of freedom and justice -- Pauli Murray : "You must remember that truth is our only sword" -- Bayard Rustin : a life of activism -- Carl Wittman : radical movements, political organizing, and country dance -- Rita Mae Brown : the lavender menace writes her way to freedom -- Gloria Anzaldua : a life between borders -- Sylvester and Anita Bryant : marching to two very different drummers -- Robert Hillsborough and Harvey Milk : struggle and violence, grief and rage -- Essex Hemphill : the power of blackness -- Kiyoshi Kuromiya : man of many movements -- Felix Gonzalez-Torres : art in the face of death -- Moving closer to liberation : the future is in sight : 1990-present -- Jamie Nabozny : gay teen hero -- Jack Baker and Michael McConnell : it started in a barber shop -- Sylvia Rivera : a life in the streets and a guiding star -- Coming out or staying in : new queer ways of living in the world today -- Young people today : the future of queer history

Target audience

juvenile

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