A Queer History of the United States explained

A Queer History of the United States should not be confused with LGBT history in the United States.

Author:	Michael Bronski
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Subject:	LGBT history in the United States
Published:	May 10, 2011 (Beacon Press)
Media Type:	Print
Pages:	287
Awards:	Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award^[1]
Isbn:	978-0-8070-4439-1
Oclc:	662402765
Dewey:	306.76/60973
Congress:	HQ76.3.U5 B696 2011

A Queer History of the United States is a concise history of LGBTQ people in US society.^[2] It describes ways in which queer people have influenced the evolution of the United States, and how the culture of the United States has affected them.^{[3] [4]}

A Queer History of the United States was published by Beacon Press in 2011. It was recognized with a Stonewall Book Award in 2012.^{[1] [4]} The author, Michael Bronski, is a professor of Women's & Gender Studies at Dartmouth College, and professor of Practice in Media and Activism in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.^[5]

Chapters

1. The Persecuting Society
2. Sexually Ambiguous Revolutions
3. Imagining a Queer America
4. A Democracy of Death and Art
5. A Dangerous Purity
6. Life on the Stage, Life in the City
7. Production and Marketing of Gender
8. Sex in the Trenches
9. Visible Communities, Invisible Lives
10. Revolt, Backlash, Resistance

See also

• (1976)
• Transgender History (2008)
• Real Queer America (2019)
• LGBT history in the United States
• History of the United States
• 2011 in literature

Further reading

• Web site: 'A Queer History of the United States' by Michael Bronski and 'Queer America: A People's LGBT History of the United States' by Vicki L. Eaklor. Wexelbaum. Rachel. June 20, 2011. Lambda Literary Foundation. 2016-06-22.
• Web site: Michael Bronski's A Queer History of the United States — review . Ireland . Doug . Doug Ireland . October 13, 2011 . Doug Ireland . 2016-06-22.
• A Queer History of the United States, by Michael Bronski . Reed . Jennifer . February 2012 . . 45 . 2 . The Society for History Education . 297–98 . 0018-2745 . 2016-06-22.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stonewall Book Awards List § 2012 . ALA.org . September 9, 2009 . . 2017-03-22.
2. Web site: How Gays Helped Make and Remake America . Hari . Johann . May 23, 2011 . . 2016-06-22.
3. Web site: Reassessing 500 years of American history: A scholarly look at the LGBT experience . Liebetrau . Eric . May 17, 2011 . . 2016-06-22.
4. Web site: Professor Michael Bronski Wins Prestigious Stonewall Book Award . Barber . Bonnie . February 23, 2012 . Dartmouth Now . . 2016-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160529015748/http://now.dartmouth.edu/2012/02/professor-michael-bronski-wins-prestigious-stonewall-book-award/ . May 29, 2016 . dead .
5. Web site: Michael Bronski . . Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality . . 2016-06-22.