Stonewall Strong : Gay Men's Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health, and a Strong Community.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- P A R T I. GROWING STRONG IN MY BROKEN PLACES -- Overview: Part I -- Chaoter 1, Why Not Me?: A Medical Diagnosis Upturns My Life and Launches a Journey of Self-Discovery -- Chapter 2. Survivor: The Roots of My Resilience -- Chapter 3. Normal: My Gay Liberation -- Chapter 4. Destiny Calling: How a Lonely Boy Became a Professional Outsider -- Chapter 5. The End of Innocence: How AIDS Became My "Beat" -- Chapter 6. Tribulations: Perpetual Grief Fuels My Budding Activism (and Self-Defeating Sexual Behavior) -- Chapter 7. The Cruelest Month: Watching the Man I Loved Die -- Chapter 8. Hard Ways to the Stars: Romantic and Professional Rejections to Overcome -- Chapter 9. Struggling Writer: Trying to Stay Balanced as Losses Mount and Risks Increase -- Chapter 10. Wounded Warrior: How AIDS and a Shame-Filled Man Taught Me to Value Myself -- P A R T I I: THE HEROIC LEGACY -- Overview: Part II -- Chapter 11. Subversives: How "Gaydar" Helped Gay Men Survive in the "Old Days" Before Stonewall -- Chapter 12. Gay Power!: Seizing Control of the Discussion About Gay Lives -- Chapter 13. Out and Proud: A Community and Movement Emerge -- Chapter 14. Love in Action: Showing the World What "Community" Looks Like in the AIDS Epidemic -- Chapter 15. Claiming Our Power: AIDS Organizing Proved Our Ability to Create Change That Benefits All -- Chapter 16. Love (and America) Won: Our Successful Push for Marriage Equality Moved America Closer to Fulfilling Its Promise -- P A R T I I I: A HOME IN THE WORLD -- Overview: Part III -- Chapter 17. How to Raise a Gay Son: Straight Parents Become Staunch Allies After Their Son Comes Out to Them at Fifteen -- Chapter 18. Husbands and Dads: Pioneering Massachusetts Couple Finds Resilience in Marriage and Fatherhood.

Chapter 19. Becoming Their Story's Hero: Helping At-Risk Gay Youth Find Strength in Their Resilience -- Chapter 20. Invincible City of Friends: From Drag Houses to Community Centers, LGBT Americans Take Our Communities Seriously -- Chapter 21. God Loves Us, Too: The Inside Truth About Religion and Homosexuality -- P A R T I V. AT HOME IN OURSELVES -- Overview: Part IV -- Chapter 22. Integration: The Power of Authenticity in Our Work Lives -- Chapter 23. Doubly Different, Twice as Strong: Gay Men of Color or Different Ability Show How to Find Resilience in All Their "Identities" -- Chapter 24. To Our Health!: Building Upon Our Resilience Is the Key to Good Health -- Chapter 25. Defining "Old" for Ourselves: The Open Secret Is That Most of Us Already Do -- Chapter 26. Stonewall Strong: Life Is Good When We Are the Heroes of Our Own Life's Story, Standing Firmly on Our Community's Proud History of Resilience -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Stonewall Strong uses research, history, and firsthand accounts to examine gay men's remarkable resilience as it's been established and built over the years after the Stonewall riots. John-Manuel Andriote shows how the gay rights movements has contributed to personal resilience and a platform that promotes community, understanding, and good health.

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