No Place Like Home : Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas /

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Far from the coastal centers of culture and politics, Kansas stands at the very center of American stereotypes about red states. In the American imagination, it is a place LGBT people leave. No Place Like Home is about why they stay. The book tells the epic story of how a few disorganized and politi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Janovy, C. J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Activists (LGBTQ).
Queer political activists.
Gay political activists.
Sexual minorities > Political activity.
Politics and government.
Gays > Political activity.
Gay rights.
Minorites sexuelles > Activite politique > Kansas.
Homosexuels > Activite politique > Kansas.
Homosexuels > Droits > Kansas.
Sexual minorities > Political activity > Kansas.
Gays > Political activity > Kansas.
Gay rights > Kansas.
Kansas.
Kansas > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
Kansas > Politics and government > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : a strange feeling in Middle America
  • Part one. The defeat : the marriage amendment years. Trouble in Topeka
  • Heartbreak in Trego County
  • College towns and rivalries
  • Part two. The dustoff : battered activists organize. An awakening in Wichita
  • Pioneers in western Kansas
  • Part three. The comeback : three cities, three losses, and a year of wins. They'll take Manhattan
  • Springtime in Salina
  • The once and future Hutchinson
  • All points bulletins
  • Part four. The transformation : as gender identities evolve, so does Kansas. Kansas City royalty
  • Trans Kansas
  • Epilogue : forever Kansan.

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