Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights

A vivid retelling of a decades-long struggle for gay rights in America's recent history, when being gay meant living a closeted life or existing on the fringes of society. Laws throughout the country criminalized homosexual behavior, the medical community viewed being gay as a sign of mental illness, and coming out could lead to being fired, shunned, and disowned. Until the Stonewall riots of 1969 occurred . . . and everything began to change. This narrative, illustrated with archival photographs, demonstrates how far the battle has come in the past four decades and yet how universal the struggles remain as young people of any era grow into their sexualities. With new content from the author!