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Bringing lesbian and gay rights into the mainstream : twenty years of progress /

A lively memoir of LGBT activist Steve Endean?one of the most influential political strategists ever to lobby Washington DC!Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights Into the Mainstream: Twenty Years of Progress is the spirited and provocative memoir that blows the lid off the complex machinations of state an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Endean, Steve
Otros Autores: Eaklor, Vicki Lynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Harrington Park Press, ©2006.
Colección:Sexual minorities in historical context.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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!