A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded by Bronski, Michael
A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded by Bronski, Michael

A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded

A revised and expanded edition of the first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
$35.94 USD
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Author: Michael Bronski
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded by Bronski, Michael

A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded

$35.94
A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded by Bronski, Michael

A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded

$35.94
Author: Michael Bronski
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A revised and expanded edition of the first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present

In this new edition of A Queer History of the United States, Michael Bronski's classic book now covers 500 years, bringing queer history into the 21st century and further illuminates how profoundly the LGBTQ+ life and people have shaped America.

Drawing upon primary documents, literature, and popular culture, Bronski weaves a comprehensive tapestry of LGBTQ+ history, providing startling examples of unknown or ignored aspects of our collective past.

From the ineffectiveness of sodomy laws in the colonies, to how rock music and youth culture unintentionally engendered the devastating backlash against gay rights in the late 1970s; from individuals such as Robert Treat Paine and Ezekiel Dodge, Harvard classmates in 1774 who formed a deep, loving relationship and wrote passionate love letters to one another to Lucy Hicks Andersen, a married African American socialite and celebrity chef in Oxnard, California, whose story appeared in Time magazine in 1945 after her transgender identity became known, Bronski covers an eclectic breadth of facts and stories.

This revised edition includes details on the evolution of the transgender liberation movement, the upsurge of vibrant queer movements of color, the groundbreaking emergence of new sexual and gender identities, and concludes by analyzing the current conservative backlash against LGBTQ rights, racial and social justice policies, and the drive to eradicate historical diversity.

Not simply about "gay history" it is about all American history, Bronski's dynamic and revealing narrative radically reframes how we understand our past and, more important, our present.

Author: Michael Bronski
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 05/26/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.07h x 5.84w x 1.27d
ISBN: 9780807023488

About the Author
Michael Bronski is professor of practice in media and activism in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program at Harvard University. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for decades, in both mainstream and queer publications, and is the author of several other books and editor of several anthologies.
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