Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics (Politics and Culture in Modern America)


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In postwar America the path to political power for gays and lesbians led through city hall. By the late 1980s politicians and elected officials who had originally sought political advantage from raiding gay bars and carting their patrons off to jail were pursuing gays and lesbians aggressively as a voting bloc―not least by campaigning in those same bars. Gays had acquired power and influence. They had clout. Tracing the gay movements trajectory since the 1950s from the closet to the corridors of
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Details

ISBN 13
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9780812224061
Publication Date
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22-08-2017
Pages
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320
Weight
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435 grams
Dimensions
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152x229x18.2 mm