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Stonewall strong : gay men's heroic fight for resilience, good health, and a strong community /
Stonewall Strong uses research, history, and firsthand accounts to examine gay men's remarkable resilience as it's been established and built over the years after the Stonewall riots. John-Manuel Andriote shows how the gay rights movements has contributed to personal resilience and a platf...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; P A R T I. GROWING STRONG IN MY BROKEN PLACES; Overview: Part I; Chapter 1, Why Not Me?: A Medical Diagnosis Upturns My Life and Launches a Journey of Self-Discovery; Chapter 2. Survivor: The Roots of My Resilience; Chapter 3. Normal: My Gay Liberation; Chapter 4. Destiny Calling: How a Lonely Boy Became a Professional Outsider; Chapter 5. The End of Innocence: How AIDS Became My "Beat"; Chapter 6. Tribulations: Perpetual Grief Fuels My Budding Activism (and Self-Defeating Sexual Behavior); Chapter 7. The Cruelest Month: Watching the Man I Loved Die.
- Chapter 8. Hard Ways to the Stars: Romantic and Professional Rejections to Overcome chapter 9. Struggling Writer: Trying to Stay Balanced as Losses Mount and Risks Increase; Chapter 10. Wounded Warrior: How AIDS and a Shame-Filled Man Taught Me to Value Myself; P A R T I I: THE HEROIC LEGACY; Overview: Part II; Chapter 11. Subversives: How "Gaydar" Helped Gay Men Survive in the "Old Days" Before Stonewall; Chapter 12. Gay Power!: Seizing Control of the Discussion About Gay Lives; Chapter 13. Out and Proud: A Community and Movement Emerge.
- Chapter 14. Love in Action: Showing the World What "Community" Looks Like in the AIDS Epidemic chapter 15. Claiming Our Power: AIDS Organizing Proved Our Ability to Create Change That Benefits All; Chapter 16. Love (and America) Won: Our Successful Push for Marriage Equality Moved America Closer to Fulfilling Its Promise; P A R T I I I: A HOME IN THE WORLD; Overview: Part III; Chapter 17. How to Raise a Gay Son: Straight Parents Become Staunch Allies After Their Son Comes Out to Them at Fifteen.
- Chapter 18. Husbands and Dads: Pioneering Massachusetts Couple Finds Resilience in Marriage and Fatherhood chapter 19. Becoming Their Story's Hero: Helping At-Risk Gay Youth Find Strength in Their Resilience; Chapter 20. Invincible City of Friends: From Drag Houses to Community Centers, LGBT Americans Take Our Communities Seriously; Chapter 21. God Loves Us, Too: The Inside Truth About Religion and Homosexuality; P A R T I V. AT HOME IN OURSELVES; Overview: Part IV; Chapter 22. Integration: The Power of Authenticity in Our Work Lives.
- Chapter 23. Doubly Different, Twice as Strong: Gay Men of Color or Different Ability Show How to Find Resilience in All Their "Identities"Chapter 24. To Our Health!: Building Upon Our Resilience Is the Key to Good Health; Chapter 25. Defining "Old" for Ourselves: The Open Secret Is That Most of Us Already Do; Chapter 26. Stonewall Strong: Life Is Good When We Are the Heroes of Our Own Life's Story, Standing Firmly on Our Community's Proud History of Resilience; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.