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The Gay Agenda

A Modern Queer History & Handbook

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The Gay Agenda

By: Ashley Molesso, Chessie Needham
Narrated by: Ron Butler
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A joyful celebration of the LGBTQ+ community’s development, history, and culture

Compiled and designed by queer power couple Ashley Molesso and Chessie Needham, founders of the popular Brooklyn stationery company Ash + Chess, The Gay Agenda is an inviting and entertaining guide that pays tribute to the LGBTQ+ community. Filled with engaging descriptions, interesting facts, and helpful features - such as historical queer icons and events and LGBTQ+ acronym definitions - this fabulous compendium illuminates the transformation of the community, highlighting its struggles, achievements, landmarks, and contributions. It also salutes iconic members of the LGBTQ+ community - the celebrities, politicians, entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens who have made a notable impact on gay life and society itself.

The Gay Agenda is a nostalgic look back for older generations, an archive for younger people, and a helpful introduction for those interested in learning more about the community and its contributions. From James Baldwin and Emma Goldman to Marsha P. Johnson and Jodie Foster; the Pink Triangle and the Rainbow Flag to Stonewall and the AIDS crisis; Matthew Shepard and Pulse Nightclub to sodomy laws and Obergefell; drag and transitioning to The L Word and the Kinsey Scale, Freddie Mercury and Ellen Degeneres to Laverne Cox and David Bowie, this magnificent digest is a keepsake honoring all LGBTQ+, and the ongoing fight to gain - and maintain - equality for all.

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©2020 Ashley Molesso, Chessie Needham (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Biographies & Memoirs LGBTQ+ Studies Queer
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love learning more about queer history love that there is a PDF that goes with the book

not just a book but a history lesson

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the narrator putting on a slightly queer affectation every once in a while was hilarious and made listening super enjoyable.
nice, condense history of the LGBTQ+ community, easy listen

the narrator

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Understandably, this is not an in depth history, it still feels like it's missing, A LOT. Also, I've heard much of this history before. I especially didn't like that the authors describe bisexuality in the binary. We are not. I'm bisexual and I like people of my own and other genders, not just men and women. It's a bit insulting.

A Bit Simplistic

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