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I t looks like same-sex marriage is here to stay. It’s even beginning to look downright patriotic. This past Fourth of July,…
Michael Bronski
Michael Bronski is Professor of the Practice in Media and Activism in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. He has been involved with LGBT politics since 1969 as an activist, organizer, writer, publisher, editor, and independent scholar. He is the author of multiple books including: A Queer History of the United States for Young People; Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics; and You Can Tell Just by Looking and 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People. He was awarded the Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award for best LGBT book of 2010 by the American Library Association, as well as the Lambda Literary Award for the Best Non-Fiction Book of 2012. He currently edits the Queer Action / Queer Ideas series for Beacon Press.
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At a weekly news briefing on June 28, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Harvey Milk School, which operated for…
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