Queer Clout

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Queer Clout

Author	: Timothy Stewart-Winter
File Size	: 43,7 Mb
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 16 February 2016
ISBN	: 9780812247916
Pages	: 320 pages

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Queer Clout by Timothy Stewart-Winter Book PDF Summary

Queer Clout weaves together activism and electoral politics to trace the gay movement's path since the 1950s in Chicago. Stewart-Winter stresses gay people's and African Americans' shared focus on police harassment, highlighting how black political leaders enabled white gays and lesbians to join an emerging liberal coalition in city hall.

Queer Clout by Timothy Stewart-Winter

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