{"product_id":"a-queer-history-of-the-united-states-for-young-people-isbn-9780807056127","title":"A Queer History of the United States for Young People","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 by \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQueer history didn’t start with Stonewall. This book explores how LGBTQ people have always been a part of our national identity, contributing to the country and culture for over 400 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is crucial for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth to know their history. But this history is not easy to find since it’s rarely taught in schools or commemorated in other ways. \u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e corrects this and demonstrates that LGBTQ people have long been vital to shaping our understanding of what America is today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future. The stories he shares include those of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Indigenous tribes who embraced same-sex relationships and a multiplicity of gender identities.\u003cbr\u003e* Emily Dickinson, brilliant nineteenth-century poet who wrote about her desire for women.\u003cbr\u003e* Gladys Bentley, Harlem blues singer who challenged restrictive cross-dressing laws in the 1920s.\u003cbr\u003e* Bayard Rustin, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s close friend, civil rights organizer, and an openly gay man.\u003cbr\u003e* Sylvia Rivera, cofounder of STAR, the first transgender activist group in the US in 1970.\u003cbr\u003e* Kiyoshi Kuromiya, civil rights and antiwar activist who fought for people living with AIDS.\u003cbr\u003e* Jamie Nabozny, activist who took his LGBTQ school bullying case to the Supreme Court.\u003cbr\u003e* Aidan DeStefano, teen who brought a federal court case for trans-inclusive bathroom policies.\u003cbr\u003e* And many more! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith over 60 illustrations and photos, a glossary, and a corresponding curriculum, \u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e will be vital for teachers who want to introduce a new perspective to America’s story.PROLOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eBefore We Start, or, What Is Normal?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION I\u003cbr\u003eAmerica—New Beginnings, New Identities: 1500–1860\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eNative Peoples: Different Genders, Different Sexualities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003cbr\u003eThomas Morton: Free Love Among the Puritans?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003cbr\u003eJemima Wilkinson: The Surprising Life of Publick Universal Friend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Sampson: Patriot, Soldier, Gender Rebel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003cbr\u003eNineteenth-Century Romantic Friendships: BFFs or Friends with Benefits?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003cbr\u003eThe Mystery of Emily Dickinson: Passionate Attachments and Independent Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003cbr\u003e Julia Ward Howe, Samuel Gridley Howe, and Charles Sumner: Complicated Relationships and Radical Social Change in Very Proper Nineteenth-Century Boston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION II\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Freedom Begins to Bloom—Change and the Civil War: 1860–1875\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT\u003cbr\u003eThe Amazing Life of Albert D. J. Cashier: Transgender War Hero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER NINE\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Cushman: American Idol, Lover of Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TEN\u003cbr\u003e Walt Whitman: Poet of the People\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ELEVEN\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Primus and Addie Brown: A Nineteenth-Century Love Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION III\u003cbr\u003eNew Americans—Boldly Challenging Society: 1875–1900\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWELVE\u003cbr\u003eThe Radical Victoria Woodhull: First Woman to Run for President\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THIRTEEN\u003cbr\u003eJane Addams: The Mother of Social Work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOURTEEN\u003cbr\u003eJulian Eltinge: The Most Famous Cross-Dresser in America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION IV\u003cbr\u003eA New Century of Freedom—Radical Visions, Revolutionary Actions: 1900–1960\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIFTEEN\u003cbr\u003eMarie Equi: Fighting for Women, Workers, Peace, and Justice for All\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIXTEEN\u003cbr\u003eGladys Bentley: Blues-Singing Bulldagger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVENTEEN\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II: The War That Started LGBTQ Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHTEEN\u003cbr\u003eHarry Hay: How His Society of Fools Started a Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER NINETEEN\u003cbr\u003ePhyllis Lyon and Del Martin: Climbing the Ladder of Freedom and Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION V\u003cbr\u003eRevolutionary Changes—The Seeds of Protest Begin to Bloom: 1960–1977\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY\u003cbr\u003ePauli Murray: “You must remember that truth is our only sword”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-ONE\u003cbr\u003eBayard Rustin: A Life of Activism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-TWO\u003cbr\u003eCarl Wittman: Radical Movements, Political Organizing, and Country Dance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-THREE\u003cbr\u003eRita Mae Brown: The Lavender Menace Writes Her Way to Freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR\u003cbr\u003eGloria Anzaldúa: A Life Between Borders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION VI\u003cbr\u003eBacklash—Years of Struggle and Resistance: 1977–1990\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE\u003cbr\u003eSylvester and Anita Bryant: Marching to Two Very Different Drummers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-SIX\u003cbr\u003eRobert Hillsborough and Harvey Milk: Struggle and Violence, Grief and Rage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN\u003cbr\u003eEssex Hemphill: The Power of Blackness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT\u003cbr\u003e Kiyoshi Kuromiya: Man of Many Movements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWENTY-NINE\u003cbr\u003eFelix Gonzalez-Torres: Art in the Face of Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION VII\u003cbr\u003eMoving Closer to Liberation—The Future Is in Sight: 1990–Present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THIRTY\u003cbr\u003eJamie Nabozny: Gay Teen Hero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THIRTY-ONE\u003cbr\u003e Jack Baker and Michael McConnell: It Started in a Barber Shop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THIRTY-TWO\u003cbr\u003eSylvia Rivera: A Life in the Streets and a Guiding STAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THIRTY-THREE\u003cbr\u003eComing Out or Staying In: New Queer Ways of Living in the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR\u003cbr\u003eYoung People Today: The Future of Queer History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003ePhoto Credits\u003cbr\u003eIndex“Readers will find a straightforward, documented, nonsensational celebration of the  contributions of LGBTQ people in the US . . . No previous knowledge is assumed: definitions are provided, context is established, and quaint contemporary mores are explained . . . Above all, there is continuous reassurance that the definition of ‘normal’ has always been in flux, that numerous LGBTQ people have been important figures in American history, and that young LGBTQ people of today will make crucial contributions to future queer history.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This adaptation for teens of the author’s 2012 Stonewall Award–winning \u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e is doubly valuable; it serves well as a general read and fills a clear curricular need. Each carefully selected profile bolsters the case for queer leadership and activism as a driving force of progress.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Alongside watershed moments like the 1969 Stonewall uprising and the HIV\/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, the text brings to light less well-known people, places, and events: the 1625 free love colony of Merrymount, transgender Civil War hero Albert D. J. Cashier, and the 1951 founding of the Mattachine Society, to name a few.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readers seeking role models from the past will find an edifying resource and invitation for further exploration into untold stories.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With its focus on individuals who dared to fight for their rights, \u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e will serve as a touchstone for LGBTQ readers seeking proof of the greatness that preceded them and confidence in the success that awaits in their future.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bronski’s \u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e is a necessary, comprehensive, and accessible primer for queer history. In a political climate that seeks to disappear LGBTQ people and our contributions to society, it’s more important than ever to cultivate a relationship with our queer past. Taking guidance from the LGBTQ forebears profiled in this book gives us permission to imagine otherwise and strive beyond the status quo.”\u003cbr\u003e—Alok Vaid-Menon, gender non-conforming artist and author of \u003ci\u003eFemme in Public\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s no easy task to craft a nuanced story of queer history for young readers, but Michael Bronski and Richie Chevat have pulled it off. Weaving together stories of diverse historical and contemporary figures, this book peoples the queer past and present, with hope for the future.”\u003cbr\u003e—Leila J. Rupp, author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding and Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This volume is both timely and timeless: a deep, scholarly dive into our history. It should sit at the table next to Zinn’s \u003ci\u003ePeople’s History\u003c\/i\u003e—required, essential reading for all people.”\u003cbr\u003e—Saundra Mitchell, editor of \u003ci\u003eAll Out and Out Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Things We Do in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Bronski\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media in the Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades, in both mainstream and queer publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Advocate, Boston Review, Lambda Book Report, Z,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichie Chevat\u003c\/b\u003e writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. His adaptations for young readers include \u003ci\u003eOur Choice\u003c\/i\u003e by Al Gore and \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore’s Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e by Michael Pollan. He lives in New Jersey.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300590014693,"sku":"NP9780807056127","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807056127.jpg?v=1767720742","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-queer-history-of-the-united-states-for-young-people-isbn-9780807056127","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}