Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807003425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 212 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Washington, D.C., with his husband, Tom Grooms.From the Hardcover edition.. Rodger Streitmatter, a former newspaper reporter, is a member of the School of Communication faculty at American University
Among the high-profile couples whose lives and loves are illuminated in the following pages are Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams and Mary Rozet Smith, literary icon Gertrude Stein and Alice B. In Outlaw Marriages, cultural historian Rodger Streitmatter reveals how some of these unions didn’t merely improve the quality of life for the two people involved but also enriched the American culture. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any husband and wife. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many as fifty—years. For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Toklas, author James Baldwin and Lucien Happersberger, and artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.
S. W. Best said An Entertaining Read. All-in-all, an entertaining read on a topic rarely written about. The old adage "behind every good man there's a good woman" gets turned on its ear, and rightfully so, as we discover the symbiotic same-sex relationships that have dotted our national history. I had three issues with the writer, though. Outlaw Marriages finally out of the closet Robert J. Canning This is such a life-affirming book, proving that gay relationships are just as valid and loving as straight ones -- filled with interesting anecdotes and experiences. I highly recommend it.. managed to defy convention and live lives where same-sex love flourished. T. Burtch This is an eminently readable look at 15 same sex couples from the past 150 years who, in various measures, managed to defy convention and live lives where same-sex love flourished.
If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. "Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. And the fact-checking is flawless!"—Kate Clinton, humorist“The volume will have particular appeal to readers of gender studies, but these stories ultimately prove that true partnership is gender blind.”—Publishers Weekly“A thoroughly interesting look at gay and lesbian love, life and relationsh