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The two dozen essays assembled inCreating Changeexamine some of the most bitterly contested and controversial public events and public policy battles in American history. These writings, each by a leading activist or scholar, recount how a specific constituencygay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons, and their alliesachieved tremendous progress despite seemingly insurmountable barriers. With each of the chapters written by an activist or scholar integral to the specific area of discussion, this is a work of scholarship and a work of passion about the way the American political and cultural landscape became what it is today. It is the story of how social change is made.Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights (Stonewall Inn Editions), First Edition was published 2002 under ISBN 9780312287122 and ISBN 0312287127.
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