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A brief chronology of LGBT labor history, 1965-2013 -- Prologue: Love and work and queer survival -- From construction to couture: coming out in unionized workplaces -- Outsiders as insiders: sexual diversity and union leadership -- From common enemies to common causes: the labor movement and the gay movement in action and coalition -- The heart of the matter: union politics, queer issues, and the life of the local -- Organizing the gay unorganized: talking union, talking queer -- Epilogue: When Connie married Phyllis.;"Out in the Union tells the continuous story of queer American workers from the mid-1960s through 2013. Miriam Frank shrewdly chronicles the evolution of labor politics with queer activism and identity formation, showing how unions began affirming the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers in the 1970s and 1980s. She documents coming out on the job and in the union as well as issues of discrimination and harassment, and the creation of alliances between unions and LGBT communities. Featuring in-depth interviews with LGBT and labor activists, Frank provides an inclusive history of the convergence of labor and LGBT interests. She carefully details ho

Who reads Out in the Union : A Labor History of Queer America?

Author

Frank, Miriam;

Publisher

Temple University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439911419

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Economics

Rating

3.8 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14