A review by britbrit
Racism and the Making of Gay Rights: A Sexologist, His Student, and the Empire of Queer Love by Laurie Marhoefer

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Thank you Net Galley and U o T Press for 
providing an ARC to provide an honest 
review. 

This book really opens your eyes on how 
gay rights are not just about being gay. 
When one fights against injustice for one 
thing, there are infinite connections to 
other injustices that can't and shouldn't 
be ignored. In Laurie Marhoefer's book, 
she examines the life of a German man at 
the front of the gay rights movement from 
the late 1800s to the early 1900s calling 
out the fact that while he was fighting 
for the rights of gay people, he meant 
white gay men. She connects his works to 
the lack of advocacy for gay men of colour 
and lesbians of any race. 

Honestly, this book was incredible and 
I highly recommend it if you're looking 
for a book on early gay rights and how 
it's always been and should always be 
connected to anti-racism and 
anti-colonialism.