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2019 non-fiction book by Mason Funk
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed The World
First edition
Author Mason Funk Language English Publisher
HarperCollins Publication date
May 2019
ISBN
978-0-06-257170-0 Paperback
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed The World is a 2019 book by Mason Funk. It contains interviews and biographies of members of the
LGBT community and advocates compiled by
The OUTWORDS Archive . It was published by
HarperCollins . There is a mix of well-known and unsung heroes of the
LGBT movement .
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Interviews
Troy Perry , founder of the
Metropolitan Community Church which affirms the
lesbian ,
gay ,
bisexual , and
transgender communities
Fenton Johnson , writer and professor of English and LGBT Studies
Evan Wolfson , attorney and
gay rights advocate
Diana Nyad , author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer
Dean Hamer , geneticist, author, and filmmaker
Margarethe Cammermeyer ,
colonel in the
Washington
National Guard and became a
gay rights
activist
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy ,
trans woman activist and community leader for
transgender rights , with a particular focus on women of color
Donna Sachet ,
drag actor, singer, community activist, fundraiser, spokesmodel, and writer
John S. James , pioneering US
LGBT rights activist and the editor of
AIDS Treatment News
Shannon Minter ,
civil rights attorney and the legal director of the
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Karla Jay , professor and pioneer in the field of
lesbian and gay studies
Gigi Raven Wilbur , bisexual rights activist and writer
K.C. Potter , Academic dean at
Vanderbilt University instrumental in creating a safe place for gay students
Ada Bello , a founder of the Philadelphia chapter of the
Daughters of Bilitis
Kylar William Broadus , founder the Trans People of Color Coalition in Missouri
Jewel Thais-Williams , founder of
Jewel's Catch One , a black disco opened in 1973
Alexei Romanoff, organizer of 1966 protests at the
Black Cat Bar against
police raids
Phyllis Randolph Frye , creator of the International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment in 1991
Eric Julber , lawyer who won
One, Inc. v. Olesen
Jim Toy , LGBT activist who initiated the creation of the Lesbian-Gay Male Programs office at the University of Michigan
Mary Morten , activist and co-creator of The Nia Project: Images of African American Lesbians
Kay Lahusen , first openly gay American gay photojournalist
Jamison Green ,
transgender rights activist and author of Becoming A Visible Man
Diana Rivers , pioneer of
women-only spaces and an organizer of women's conferences and festivals
Blackberri , singer-songwriter, composer, and HIV activist whose work includes "Beautiful Black Man," which was featured in
Looking for Langston
James Credle , founder of the National Association of Black and White Men Together and the Newark LGBTQ Center
References