| Description |
viii, 297 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Gender group: gdr Women lcdgt |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ Journalists lcdgt |
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Sexual orientation group: sxo Lesbians lcdgt |
| Note |
Kansas Notable, 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : a strange feeling in Middle America -- Part one. The defeat : the marriage amendment years. Trouble in Topeka -- Heartbreak in Trego County -- College towns and rivalries -- Part two. The dustoff : battered activists organize. An awakening in Wichita -- Pioneers in western Kansas -- Part three. The comeback : three cities, three losses, and a year of wins. They'll take Manhattan -- Springtime in Salina -- The once and future Hutchinson -- All points bulletins -- Part four. The transformation : as gender identities evolve, so does Kansas. Kansas City royalty -- Trans Kansas -- Epilogue : forever Kansan. |
| Summary |
Far from the coastal centers of culture and politics, Kansas stands at the very center of American stereotypes about red states. In the American imagination, it is a place LGBT people leave. No Place Like Home is about why they stay. The book tells the epic story of how a few disorganized and politically naive Kansans, realizing they were unfairly under attack, rolled up their sleeves, went looking for fights, and ended up making friends in one of the country's most hostile states. The LGBT civil rights movement's history in California and in big cities such as New York and Washington, DC, has been well documented. But what is it like for LGBT activists in a place like Kansas, where they face much stiffer headwinds? How do they win hearts and minds in the shadow of the Westboro Baptist Church ("Christian" motto: "God Hates Fags")? Traveling the state in search of answers-- from city to suburb to farm-- journalist C. J. Janovy encounters LGBT activists who have fought, in ways big and small, for the acceptance and respect of their neighbors, their communities, and their government. Her book tells the story of these twenty-first-century citizen activists-- the issues that unite them, the actions they take, and the personal and larger consequences of their efforts, however successful they might be. With its close-up view of the lives and work behind LGBT activism in Kansas, No Place Like Home fills a prairie-sized gap in the narrative of civil rights in America. The book also looks forward, as an inspiring guide for progressives concerned about the future of any vilified minority in an increasingly polarized nation. |
| Source |
WtrMrk 06.2019 PARS |
| Subject |
Gay rights -- Kansas.
260562
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Gays -- Political activity -- Kansas.
260563
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Sexual minorities -- Political activity -- Kansas.
260564
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Kansas -- Politics and government -- 21st century. 260565
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Gay rights. (OCoLC)fst00939213 260566
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Gays -- Political activity.
(OCoLC)fst00939292 260567
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741 185220
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Sexual minorities -- Political activity.
(OCoLC)fst01923086 260568
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Kansas. (OCoLC)fst01204323 36090
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 187675
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| ISBN |
9780700628346 paperback |
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0700628347 paperback |
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9780700625284 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0700625283 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780700625291 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40027901422 |
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AU@ 000061196508 |
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UKMGB 018977524 |
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