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The definitive account of the gay rights movement, Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney's Out for Good is comprehensive, authoritative, and excellently written.

This is the definitive account of the last great struggle for equal rights in the twentieth century. From the birth of the modern gay rights movement in 1969, at the Stonewall riots in New York, through 1988, when the gay rights movement was eclipsed by the more urgent demands of AIDS activists, this is the remarkable and—until now—untold story of how a largely invisible population of men and women banded together to create their place in America’s culture and government. Told through the voices of gay activists and their opponents, filled with dozens of colorful characters, Out for Good traces the emergence of gay rights movements in cities across the country and their transformation into a national force that changed the face of America forever.

Out for Good is the unforgettable chronicle of an important—and nearly lost—chapter in American history.

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Shane Harrison The Atlanta Journal-Constitution What Clendinen and Nagourney have created is an invaluable document, impressively researched, remarkably well written, and groundbreaking in scope.

Doris Kearns Goodwin Out for Good is the monumental story, told with exquisite writing, vivid detail, and a grand narrative sweep, of one of the most important movements of the twentieth century.

Doug Ireland The Philadelphia Inquirer Clendinen and Nagourney have performed a valuable service for all of those who weren't around during most of the thirty years of painful but joyous struggle.

Jonathan Rauch Los Angeles Times Book Review The story...is told with political acumen, reportorial vividness, and narrative flair. [Out for Good] is a remarkable accomplishment.

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Dudley Clendinen (1944–2012) wrote for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. He was the editor of a book of essays, The Prevailing South; author of A Place Called Canterbury; and author of the text of a book of photographs, Homeless in America.

Adam Nagourney has been a reporter for The New York Times since 1996. He served as the newspaper’s chief political correspondent from 2002 to 2010, and is currently the chief of its Los Angeles Bureau. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; Illustrated edition (June 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 720 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0684867435
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0684867434
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.36 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.7 x 9 inches

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Garrett

Excellent work!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 30, 2023

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A splendid account of the early days of the modern gay rights movement. Superb research and writing.

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JD Doyle

A Very Interesting Recounting of Our Gay History

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Out for Good: The Struggle to Build the Gay Rights Movement in America
By Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney (1999)

Recommending a book I just finished reading. It starts at Stonewall and traces the movement in the major East and West Coast cities...apparently not that much in the midwest or south happened...but I'll ignore for now that shortcoming. What I did really appreciate was that it got into the personalities of those making things happen, and some of their not so noble motivations.

Now, I perhaps have an advantage, I've been paying attention for almost 40 years, so when the authors brought up the name of an activist I mostly knew who they was talking about. But I didn't know their own back stories, how they got along with each other, how the gay organizations (NGLTF, GRNL, HRC, ACT-UP, GAA, GLF, etc, etc) fought for turf and funds and attention. They didn't call it white privilege but in the early years many of the things got done (especially in L.A.) were by white men and wealthy ones at that. They managed to cover in non-judgmental means how these people got things done, sometimes at the expense of each other.

Yes, the focus is heavily on Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York City, with just a few visits elsewhere (no Texas, little Chicago). The book is strongest covering the early years and acknowledging that the AIDS years are difficult to encompass, it did fine in the beginning but then lost steam by the time it stopped in 1988, with just a short epilogue jumping things up to Clinton's election.

Another easy criticism was that the book ignored the 20 or so years of pre-Stonewall history...I guess that is for other books, and there are many. It's a long book, 575 pages plus 150 pages of notes....it requires a slow reading, but I found the effort very worthwhile.

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Scheharazade

FANTASTIC!!!

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I believe this book should be REQUIRED reading in school. There would be more realization that we ALL have the same desires for freedom, equality and love in this world. Also, how difficult the fight for this equality that you and I take for granted. Race, religion, ethnicity are equal, but we don't think that those who desire to love who they were born to love, (we are talking about TWO EQUAL ADULTS, not anything else) deserve to have that freedom and respect we take for granted? Homosexuality NEEDS to be seen in all media as NORMAL!!! Not a CHOICE, where some human beings a "just choosing" to be with the same sex. This IS as our CREATOR made them. The desire of their heart is pure as it is TWO EQUAL ADULTS!!! TO see it otherwise, causes, those who enjoy disgracing anyone vulnerable, to be abusive in so many ways, and those who are born to love their same sex, to feel defective or inadequate in some way, leading to suicide in many cases. The inequality HAS to end. It has been LONG ENOUGH for these souls. I have known and am related to some. They happen to be ALL exceptionally good and generous people. One of my relatives, has fought his entire life. It is time we embrace each other as all children of the same Creator, and let those who have been fighting so long, to rest, at last. If we believe this "Creator" is one of Love, then that is what they would desire too!

Please buy this book and, give it to someone this Holiday Season! Thank You!!!!

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Clark

Rich detail but limited to a narrow time period

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 8, 1999

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Clendinen and Nagourney have performed a detailed documentation of a period in gay history (1950s through the late 80's) with a typical emphasis during the five year period surrounding the 1969 Stonewall riot. The history serves as a rich illustration of the individuals (although lacking in academic detail as to why certain people were chosen to be highlighted and others were not). The book is based on a series of interviews made during 1993 and especially 1994, with many who are no longer living. As such, the period of time to document the interviews and then the prolonged period to get to print creates a book that while rich in period detail (1965-1975) rapidly peters out in its discussion of AIDS, election of Clinton, etc. which have greated far greater impacts on Gay rights, Gay Culture and the evolving acceptance (as slow as it is) of gay people in American society. A strong point is its balanced view and discussion of the gay movement prior to Stonewall and its attempt to demystify the importance given to this one particular event. Its discussion of the ongoing conflicts between the various social classes involved in the gay movement and showing that this was present from the very start is important for any younger gay person today trying to understand why certain onging tensions and conflicts exist in the gay community and why certain national gay rights groups exist (e.g., NGLTF, HRC, etc.).

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L. Ford Ballard, Jr.

Excellent History of times and issues I lived through

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2013

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From pre-stonewall to the AIDS crisis and concerns about marriage equality - as a gay man, I have been aware of so many of the issues and organizations dealing with the issues - great read and reminder of how things progresses as well as reminding me of the many people involved.

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Magyar

Like reading the New York Times Sunday magazine

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2007

As both authors are press people, it is not surprising that the most consistent criticism of this book is the lack of context and background. It is often said that news writers sacrifice the larger picture for the sake of detail. That also applies to news writers doing history.

That said, this is a damn good book, primarily because of the details. For those thinking the account is too New York centric (after all the two authors come from the New York Times), all I can say is that the contributions from places other than New York and San Francisco (such as Minnesota and Miami) are acknowledged.

However for me the biggest elephant in the room for this book is the almost total neglect of the news and popular media's role in the shaping of the gay movement. I always thought newspaper people like to talk about their business. But it seems that the authors prefer the "fly on the wall" position. And I think that is a bit dishonest.

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