Soldier of Change : From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement / Stephen Snyder-Hill ; foreword by George Takei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snyder-Hill, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay activists--United States--Biography.

Gay activists.

Gay men--United States--Biography.

Gay men.

Gay military personnel--United States.

Gay military personnel.

United States. Army--Officers--Biography.

United States.

Columbus (Ohio)--Biography.

Columbus (Ohio).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Summary:

When “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the official U.S. policy on gays serving in the military, was repealed in September 2011, soldier Stephen Snyder-Hill (then Captain Hill) was serving in Iraq. Having endured years of this policy, which passively encouraged a culture of fear and secrecy for gay soldiers, Snyder-Hill submitted a video to a Republican primary debate held two days after the repeal. In the video he asked for the Republicans’ thoughts regarding the repeal and their plans, if any, to extend spousal benefits to legally married gay and lesbian soldiers. His video was booed by the audience on national television.Soldier of Change captures not only the media frenzy that followed that moment, placing Snyder-Hill at the forefront of this modern civil rights movement, but also his twenty-year journey as a gay man in the army: from self-loathing to self-acceptance to the most important battle of his life—protecting the disenfranchised. Since that time, Snyder-Hill has traveled the country with his husband, giving interviews on major news networks and speaking at universities, community centers, and pride parades, a champion of LGBT equality.

Contents:

A leap of faith

Don't say gay

Boot camp and Bible study

Lost and found in Iraq

Pink triangles

Just be you

Back in the saddle, back in the closet

This looks like a gay dude's house

Jessica Josh

Cemetery ceremony and insensitive sensitivity

The debate

The fallout

The lawsuit

Prepping for the public eye

Did Rosa Parks have a roommate?

The right to hyphenate

Presidential momentum

One year of freedom

All aboard the C-Bus of love

Chariots and superheroes

Activism vs. politics

Trust the power of your voice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-706-1

OCLC:

886540352