Travels in a Gay Nation
eBook - PDF

Travels in a Gay Nation

Portraits of LGBTQ Americans

  1. 294 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Travels in a Gay Nation

Portraits of LGBTQ Americans

About this book

For two years, Philip Gambone traveled the length and breadth of the United States, talking candidly with LGBTQ people about their lives. In addition to interviews from David Sedaris, George Takei, Barney Frank, and Tammy Baldwin, Travels in a Gay Nation brings us lesser-known voices—a retired Naval officer, a transgender scholar and "drag king," a Princeton philosopher, two opera sopranos who happen to be lovers, an indie rock musician, the founder of a gay frat house, and a pair of Vermont garden designers.
    In this age when contemporary gay America is still coming under attack, Gambone captures the humanity of each individual. For some, their identity as a sexual minority is crucial to their life's work; for others, it has been less so, perhaps even irrelevant. But, whether splashy or quiet, center-stage or behind the scenes, Gambone's subjects have managed—despite facing ignorance, fear, hatred, intolerance, injustice, violence, ridicule, or just plain indifference—to construct passionate, inspiring lives.

 
Finalist, Foreword Magazine's Anthology of the Year

Outstanding Book in the High School Category, selected by the American Association of School Libraries

Best Book in Special Interest Category, selected by the Public Library Association

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Dorothy Allison
  5. Kwame Anthony Appiah
  6. Tammy Baldwin
  7. Christopher Barnhill
  8. Alison Bechdel
  9. Mandy Carter
  10. Jennifer Chrisler
  11. Beth Clayton and Patricia Racette
  12. Kate Clinton
  13. Judy Dlugacz
  14. Arthur Dong
  15. Mark Doty
  16. Zoe Dunning
  17. Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd
  18. Lillian Faderman
  19. Barney Frank
  20. Malik Gillani and Jamil Khoury
  21. Hillary Goodridge
  22. Judith (Jack) Halberstam
  23. Kim Crawford Harvie
  24. Scott Heim and Michael Lowenthal
  25. Jennifer Higdon
  26. Frank Kameny
  27. Randall Kenan
  28. Sharon Kleinbaum
  29. Andrew Lam
  30. Joan Larkin
  31. Stephin Merritt
  32. Greg Millett
  33. P. J. Raval
  34. Gene Robinson
  35. Richard Rodriguez
  36. David Sedaris
  37. Carl Siciliano
  38. Dean Spade
  39. George Takei
  40. Rachel Tiven
  41. Urvashi Vaid
  42. Modesto ā€œTicoā€ Valle
  43. Russell van Kraayenburg