Speaking for Our Lives Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights/1892-2000

This landmark volume collects more than a hundred years of the most important public rhetoric on gay and lesbian subjects. In the days when homosexuality was mentioned only in whispers, a few brave souls stood up to speak for the rights of sexual minorities. In Speaking for Our Lives: Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights (1892-2000), their stirring words have finally been gathered together, along with the political manifestos, broadsheets, and performance pieces of the gay and lesbian liberation movement. The book includes the words of a broad variety of individuals and groups, including Victorian humanist and crusader Robert Ingersoll; key groups such as the Mattachine Society, Homosexual Law Reform Society, Gay Activists Alliance, and International Gay Association; activists and educators Robin Morgan, Joseph Bean, and Dr. Franklin Kameny; artists and journalists of the movement, such as John Eric Larsen, Joan Nestle, Barbara Grier, and Jim Kepner; elected officials, including Bella Abzug, Ed Koch, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Gerry Studds, Tammy Baldwin, and Bill Clinton.Ridinger, Robert B. is the author of 'Speaking for Our Lives Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights/1892-2000', published 2004 under ISBN 9781560231752 and ISBN 1560231750.