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A Queer History of the United States

by Michael Bronski

Stonewall Book · 2012 · Winner
Beacon PressHistoryNonfictionISBN 9780807044650

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Stonewall Book Award2012Winner

About This Book

Michael Bronski's comprehensive survey of queer history in America from pre-colonial times to the present argues that LGBTQ people have been integral to every major social and political movement. Winner of the Stonewall Book Award for Nonfiction.

About the Author

Michael Bronski (born May 12, 1949) is an American academic, writer, and activist best known for his 2011 book A Queer History of the United States, which won the Lambda Literary Award and Stonewall Book Award. He has authored numerous works on LGBTQ history, culture, and politics, earning the Publishing Triangle's Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017, and serves as Professor of the Practice in Media and Activism at Harvard University.

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