Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights

john d/emilio urvashi vaid william b. turner

The two dozen essays assembled in Creating Change examine some of the most bitterly contested and controversial public events and public policy battles in American history. These writings, each by a leading activist or scholar, recount how a specific constituency—gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons, and their allies—achieved tremendous progress despite seemingly insurmountable barriers. With each of the chapters written by an activist or scholar integral to the specific area of discussion, this is a work of scholarship and a work of passion about the way the American political and cultural landscape became what it is today. It is the story of how social change is made.

Genres queerlgbtnonfictionpoliticshistory

544 pages, Paperback

First published October 1,2000

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