Contents

Touched by a Fairy

Introduction:

How an Army of Good Gays Won the West

1

Gays and the Cities: Community First, Politics Later

2

Red in Bed: It Takes a Communist to Recognize Gay Oppression

3

It Was the Sixties That Did It: Gays Get Radical, Radicals Get Gay

4

Stonewall Uprising: Gays Finally Get Some Respect

5

The Good Gays Fight the Four Horsemen: Crazy, Sinful, Criminal, and Subversive

6

Dying for the Movement: The Terrible Political Payoff of AIDS

7

ACT UP: Five Years That Shook the World

8

Failed Marriages and Losing Battles: The Premature Campaign for Marriage and Military Service

9

Founding Fathers: Winning Modern Rights Before Fighting Ancient Battles

10

Massing the Troops for the Last Battle: The New-Media Gay Revolution

11

With Liberal Friends: Who Needs Enemies?

12

Victory: The Civil Rights March of Our Generation

Epilogue

On the Shoulders of Giants

Acknowledgments

Chronology

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Also by Linda Hirshman

Credits

Copyright

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