Stonewall : breaking out in the fight for gay rights

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Label

Stonewall : breaking out in the fight for gay rights

Title remainder

breaking out in the fight for gay rights

Statement of responsibility

Ann Bausum

Creator

• trueBausum, Ann

Subject

• trueLGBTQIA rights
• trueHomosexuality -- United States -- History
• Lesbians -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueStonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969
• Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969 -- Juvenile literature
• trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
• trueGay and Lesbian Movement -- History
• Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Gay men -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

• "That's the Stonewall. The Stonewall Inn. Pay attention. History walks through that door. In 1969 being gay in the United States was a criminal offense. It meant living a closeted life or surviving on the fringes of society. People went to jail, lost jobs, and were disowned by their families for being gay. Most doctors considered homosexuality a mental illness. There were few safe havens. The Stonewall Inn, a Mafia-run, filthy, overpriced bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, was one of them. Police raids on gay bars happened regularly in this era. But one hot June night, when cops pounded on the door of the Stonewall, almost nothing went as planned. Tensions were high. The crowd refused to go away. Anger and frustration boiled over. The raid became a riot. The riot became a catalyst. The catalyst triggered an explosive demand for gay rights. Ann Bausum's riveting exploration of the Stonewall Riots and the national Gay Rights movement that followed is eye-opening, unflinching, and inspiring"--
• "A dramatic retelling of the Stonewall riots of 1969, introducing teen readers to the decades-long struggle for gay rights"--

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueInspiring

Award

School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book, 2015.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

306.766

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adolescent