Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America

Highly recommend this book as there is so much info packed inside and was fascinating to read.

More people, especially from the LGBTQ community need to understand what happened during these riots and how they paved the way for many of the freedoms we enjoy today.

THis a piece of history that is beautifully told and riveting to read. Written by a great historian, it will provide future readers with the documentation of what happened during this Historic Event.

Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBT Rights Uprising that Changed America is an expertly crafted and informative piece of non-fiction with a very misleading title. Far from the definitive account of Stonewall, this book instead charts the lives of six LGBT activists from childhood in the early 40's through the late 70's, culminating in their various involvement with the Stonewall Riots and the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March.Though not what I originally intended to read, in many ways Stonewall was a more useful and encompassing history of early gay rights organizations/life and the factors that led to such a revolutionary switch at Stonewall. The chosen figures nicely encompass a variety of conflicting LGBT experiences and opinions.Often humorous and insightful without compromising the facts, Stonewall is the perfect read for someone looking for that very wide lens view and personal narrative recounting of this time period. I would not, however, recommend this book to someone who was looking specifically for information on Stonewall and the CSLDM as that only comprises about half of the material.

Being born in 1946, this book helped me understand myself and how I reacted to internal feelings in a screwed up world. The world in some ways is still screwed up but much better than pre-stonewall and actually because of it. Great book, Thanks

The future is Queer... so everyone should read this historic account of what PRIDE is all about!

awesome

I enjoyed learning about Stonewall. Martin Duberman begins with a biographical look at some of the participants. This gives us agood idea of the background of the times and the people involved. He paints a strong picture of the difficulties gays and lesbians had to face and the culture clashes leading up to the riot. His research into the details is incredible. However, I found it difficult to keep the people straight, and after reading a dozen or so of the biographical sections I lost some of the characters. Nevertheless, the book manages to show the hell that gays and lesbians went through and the ongoing desire to create a national organization. As the civil rights movement got stronger and stronger and the fight for freedom and justice began to be realized, so did the desire of gays and lesbians to be free from harrassment and violence, to be free from the stigma of the medical community's view of them as sick people, and to have the same rights as other people. When the police decided to raid the Stonewall bar on the night of Judy Garland's death, the patrons felt it was time to stop running and time to stand and fight.

Das Buch liefert einen Umfangreichen Blick über die Geschehnisse 1969 und dies aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven.

Un libro muy importante para la historia de stonewall y lgbt pride. Muy bien.

This book describes how the early attempts and frustrations of the gay rights movement developed from six very different perspectives, and how it interacted with the civil rights movement, the women's movement, gay conservatives, the working and middle classes, and street queens.By basing the book on these particular eye-witnesses, Duberman is able to create a 3D view of history, making it easy for readers to imagine what is was like and what they might have been doing had they been there. The story of Stonewall should be read and enjoyed by all as an important piece of 20th century history.