The Stonewall Generation : LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging / Jane Fleishman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleishman, Jane, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older sexual minorities.

Sexual minority community--United States--History.

Sexual minority community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Skinner House Books, [2020]

Summary:

"It deserves prominent placement on LGBTQ history bookshelves. . . . An indelible collection of wise voices resonating with experience, pride, resilience, and revolution." -- Kirkus starred review Foreword by Kate Bornstein and Barbara Carrellas In The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging , sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, strengths, activism, and sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today. Each of these inspiring figures has spent a lifetime fighting for the right to live, love, and be free, facing challenges arising from their sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, disabilities, kinkiness, non-monogamy, and other identities. These are the stories of those whose lives were changed forever by Stonewall and who in turn became agents of change themselves. A sex-positive and unapologetic depiction of LGBTQ culture and identity, The Stonewall Generation includes the voices of those frequently marginalized in mainstream tellings of LGBTQ history, lifting up the voices of people of color, transgender people, bisexual people, drag queens, and sex workers. We need to hear these voices, particularly at a time when our country is in the middle of a crisis that puts hard-won civil and human rights at risk, values we've fought for again and again in our nation's history. For anyone committed to intersectional activism and social justice, The Stonewall Generation provides a much-needed resource for empowerment, education, and renewal.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

A Note on Language

Foreword

Introduction

About the Interviewees

ONE Sex Workers' Struggles

TWO Fighting Back

THREE The Power of One

FOUR A Life in Leather

FIVE Sex at a Later Age

SIX Love, Loss, and Laughter

SEVEN Finding Strength

EIGHT Postscript: Working with Elders in the Community

NINE Continuing Their Legacies

Resources

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-55896-854-7