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The Stonewall Generation

Lgbtq Elders on Sex, Activism & Aging
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The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging by Jane Fleishman presents candid interviews with LGBTQ elders who came of age around the Stonewall Riots of 1969. This collection highlights their struggles, strengths, and activism within the political movements of the 1960s and beyond. Featuring diverse voices from people of colour, transgender individuals, bisexuals, drag queens, and sex workers, it provides a sex-positive and unapologetic depiction of LGBTQ culture and history.
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“It deserves prominent placement on LGBTQ history bookshelves. . . . An indelible collection of wise voices resonating with experience, pride, resilience, and revolution.” -Kirkus starred review

Foreword by Kate Bornstein and Barbara Carrellas

In The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging, sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, strengths, activism, and sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today. Each of these inspiring figures has spent a lifetime fighting for the right to live, love, and be free, facing challenges arising from their sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, disabilities, kinkiness, non-monogamy, and other identities. These are the stories of those whose lives were changed forever by Stonewall and who in turn became agents of change themselves.

A sex-positive and unapologetic depiction of LGBTQ culture and identity, The Stonewall Generation includes the voices of those frequently marginalized in mainstream tellings of LGBTQ history, lifting up the voices of people of colour, transgender people, bisexual people, drag queens, and sex workers. We need to hear these voices, particularly at a time when our country is in the middle of a crisis that puts hard-won civil and human rights at risk, values we've fought for again and again in our nation's history.

For anyone committed to intersectional activism and social justice, The Stonewall Generation provides a much-needed resource for empowerment, education, and renewal.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781558968530

Publisher: Skinner House Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Skinner House Books

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Kate Bornstein
  • Foreword by Barbara Carrellas

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 264

About the Author

Jane Fleishman, PhD, MS, MEd, is a certified sexuality educator, researcher, and writer with more than forty years of experience. In her recent TEDx talk, "Is it OK for Grandma to have sex?" she articulates her mission to promote the sexual well-being of older adults. She has co-chaired national conferences for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and the Sexuality and Aging Consortium; launched a popular column on sex and aging for Live Well magazine; co-hosted the Our Better Half podcast with Dr. Ashley Mader and Dr. Rosara Torrisi; and hosted a monthly radio show, Sex Matters. She also contributed to Our Whole Lives: Older Adults, the final piece in the pioneering lifespan sexuality education curricula. She received the William R. Stayton Award for Leadership in the field of human sexuality in 2016. Jane Fleishman is currently an instructor and consults at many senior living residences throughout the United States.

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