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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.