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Very hopeful essay about the turbulent early times of the LGBT movement. Its definitely an acessible read and paced very well. However I feel it was written with a straight (particularly ones who are maybe indifferent to the idea) audience. Which is not bad if you are not educated but as for me i didn't come away with any new insights

mads5289's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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lefromage_'s review against another edition

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5.0

fascinating and engaging. i read the digitised version on the New York Times website, so it was full of grammatical and spacing errors, but still readable. i think every lgbt person should read this- and it’s haunting to me knowing i’m reading the same words as many other queer people both young and old.

thefantasticalworldofsara's review against another edition

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5.0

I'm not sure where to begin except I want to reread this again and again and again. This book is the type of book I immediately want to own so I can highlight passages and write in the margins because some of the lines are so heartbreaking and beautiful. Lines like this:

“Well, yes, I suppose. If I had been given the choice (but who is?), I would prefer to be straight. But then, would I rather not have been me? Oh, I think not, not this morning anyway.”

Some of the passages made me want to sob; how was it ever this bad? How is it still so bad for so many gay, lesbian, bi, and trans people? There is hope, I know it (and things have gotten better), but sometimes I wonder how much longer it'll be for everyone to be on equal footing.

At least there's passages like this to help me laugh in the meantime:

“And that includes the late Dr. Edmund Bergler, who claimed not only that he could ‘cure’ me but get rid of my writer’s block as well. He did neither. I am still homosexual and I have a writer’s block every morning when I sit down at the typewriter.”

All I can say is please read this book; it's not very long but it's important and well written and maybe you'll learn something.

ps. The views expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the views of Indigo Books & Music Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. #IndigoEmployee

aselvey's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

mizzzfortune's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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