Given today’s news, it would be easy to get the impression that the campaign
for LGBT equality is a recent development, but it is only the final act in a
struggle that started more than a century ago. This timely resource helps put
recent events into context for kids ages nine and up. After a brief history
up to 1900, each chapter discusses an era in the struggle for LGBT civil rights
from the 1920s to today. The history is told through personal stories and firsthand
accounts of the movement’s key events like the 1950s “Lavender Scare,” the Stonewall
Inn uprising, and the AIDS crisis. Readers will learn about civil rights mavericks,
like Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, founder of the first gay rights organization; Phyllis
Lyon and Del Martin, who turned the Daughters of Bilitis from a lesbian social
club into a powerhouse for LGBT freedom; and Harvey Milk, the first out candidate
to win a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Also chronicled are
the historic contributions of famous LGBT individuals, and 21 activities enliven
the history. Kids can write a free verse poem like Walt Whitman, learn the Madison
line dance, design an AIDS quilt panel, and write a song parody to learn about
the spirited ways in which the LGBT community has pushed for positive social
change.
Verlag: Chicago Review Press Seiten: 192 S. Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Ausführung: Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
