Matlovich, the good soldier / by Mike Hippler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hippler, Mike, author.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matlovich, Leonard.

United States. Air Force--Gays--Biography.

United States.

United States. Air Force--Biography.

United States. Air Force.

Gay military personnel--United States--Biography.

Gay military personnel.

Armed Forces--Gays.

Gay people.

Genre:

Biography.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

176 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Alyson Publications, 1989.

Summary:

Leonard Matlovich embodied the American ideal of heroism. His military career showed exemplary bravery and love of country ; he volunteered for three tours of duty in Vietnam and earned numerous citations and medals, including the Purple Heart. Leonard Matlovich was also gay. His battle to remain in the Air Force made him the first openly gay man to appear on the cover of Time magazine, smashing popular stereotypes about what it meant to be gay. --Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : the apartment at the corner

A military upbringing

The Vietnam era

The awakening

The battle begins

The battle continues

Settling in

The move west

Back to business

A time of struggle

Fighting for his life

Epilog : subsequent court cases.

Notes:

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

Other Format:

Online version: Hippler, Mike. Matlovich, the good soldier.

ISBN:

1555831389

9781555831387

155583129X

9781555831295

OCLC:

21377191