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A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Spring Book From A Young Harvard- And Cambridge-trained Historian, The Secret History Of The Fight For Gay Rights That Began A Generation Before Stonewall. In 1957, Frank Kameny, A Rising Astronomer Working For The U.s. Defense Department In Hawaii, Received A Summons To Report Immediately To Washington, D.c. The Pentagon Had Reason To Believe He Was A Homosexual, And After A Series Of Humiliating Interviews, Kameny, Like Countless Gay Men And Women Before Him, Was Promptly Dismissed From His Government Job. Unlike Many Others, Though, Kameny Fought Back. Eric Cervini's The Deviant's War Is The Story Of What Followed. This Book Is An Assiduously Researched History Of An Early Champion Of Gay Liberation, One Who Fought For The Right To Follow His Passion And Serve His Country In The Wake Of Joseph Mccarthy's Lavender Scare. We Follow Kameny As He Explores The Underground Gay Scenes Of Boston And Washington, D.c., Where He Formulates His Arguments Against The U.s. Government's Classification Of Gay Men And Women As Sexual Perverts. At A Time When Staying In The Closet Remained The Default, He Exposed The Hypocrisies Of The American Establishment,

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Author

Eric Cervini

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374139797

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Gender Studies, Political Science, Government & Politics

Rating

4.8 / 5 (1,548 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14