To move forward in this fast-paced world, it’s vital to look back at how history has shaped the status of society today. Lillian Faderman, author of The Gay Revolution: The Story of The Struggle, discusses her book at the City Club, exposing the setbacks of the LGBT community, from homosexuality’s classification as a mental disorder until 1973 to the AIDS epidemic. The 2016 Anisfield-Wolf-winning book features interviews from more than 150 movers and shakers, such as Kay Tobin Lahusen, who marched in 1965 with gay rights activist Frank Kameny, to Kylar Broadus, the first transgender person to testify in front of a U.S. Senate committee. The Gay Revolution takes the reader through each hurdle and victory, including the legalization of same-sex marriage, but it also looks forward at the progress that has yet to be made. “It’s been a very long struggle for civil rights and recognition of the LGBT community as first-class American citizens,” says Faderman. “And the battle certainly isn’t over.”
Sept. 16, City Club, cityclub.org
