Bringing lesbian and gay rights into the mainstream : twenty years of progress / Steve Endean ; edited by Vicki L. Eaklor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Endean, Steve.

Contributor:

Eaklor, Vicki Lynn.

Series:

Sexual minorities in historical context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay liberation movement--United States.

Gay liberation movement.

United States.

Physical Description:

xx, 352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harrington Park Press, [2006]

Summary:

Steve Endean's autobiographical chronicle, completed shortly before his death in 1993, tells insider stories that are sometimes rousing, other times infuriating, recounting the fight for lesbian and gay rights from the trenches of the Minnesota state capital to the Washington Beltway. Readers get a clear view of the political activism of building grass-roots support systems, fund-raising efforts, lobbying to rally support for bills, and the election/reelection of sympathetic political representatives.

Contents:

My Minnesota roots

Pushing the pedals of power : from Minnesota to the gay rights national lobby

Money talks : gay and lesbian political clout and the founding of the Human Rights Campaign Fund

We've met the enemy

and the enemy is us : internal conflicts can be far more painful than fighting homophobes

Beginning again : building an effective capacity to generate grassroots mail to Congress

Speak out

If it ain't broken

: demonstrating a need for the gay and lesbian rights legislation

One-to-one lobbying

Do dog and pony shows make a difference? : how much do hearings really matter?

Thoughts on fund-raising

Of battles lost and opportunities missed

Bedfellows make strange politics : of hypocrisy and honesty, coming out and "outing"

The politics of self-indulgence? : a self-confessed "insider" assesses his experience with protest activities

Wrapping up a movement career : retiring on disability, acknowledgement, and

victory!

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334) and index.

ISBN:

156023525X

1560235268

OCLC:

60697026

Publisher Number:

9781560235255

9781560235262