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Source: A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present. Michael Bronski's A Queer History of the United States is truly among the first of its kind. Engaging and thought-provoking, it's more than a sweeping survey--the book radically challenges how we understand queer American history. Both comprehensive and accessible, A Queer History of the United States restores the visibility of people relegated to the margins of history to make the provocative claim that LGBT history is American history.

Kenneth Anger (born February 3, 1927)	Joan Baez (born January 9, 1941)	James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987)	Tallulah Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968)	Ann Bannon (born September 15, 1932)	Aubrey Beardsley (August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898)	Lisa Ben (born November 7, 1921)	Allan Bérubé (December 3, 1946 – December 11, 2007)
Pat Bond (February 27, 1925 — December 24, 1990)	David Bowie (born January 8, 1947)	Alan Bray (October 13, 1948 - November 25, 2001)	Michael Bronski (born May 12, 1949)	Richard Meeker aka Forman Brown (January 8, 1901 - January 10, 1996)	Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944)	John Horne Burns (October 7, 1916 – August 11, 1953)	William S. Burroughs (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997)
Paul Cadmus (December 17, 1904 – December 12, 1999)	Edward Carpenter (August 29, 1844 - June 28, 1929)	Blanche Wiesen Cook (born April 20, 1941)	Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946)	Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876)	John D'Emilio (born September 21, 1948)	Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992)	Julian Eltinge (May 14, 1881 – March 7, 1941)
Edith Eyen aka Lisa Ben (born November 7, 1921)	Frances Faye (November 4, 1912 – November 8, 1991)	Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997)	Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965)	Harry Hay (April 7, 1912 – October 24, 2002)	Lorena Hickok (March 7, 1893 – May 1, 1968)	Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995)	Magnus Hirschfeld (May 14, 1868 – May 14, 1935)
William M. Hoffman (born April 12, 1939)	Harriet Hosmer (October 9, 1830 - February 21, 1908)	Christopher Isherwood (August 26, 1904 - January 4, 1986)	Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010)	Karl-Maria Kertbeny (February 28, 1824 - January 23, 1882)	W. Dorr Legg (December 15, 1904 - July 26, 1994)	J.C. Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951)	Beatrice Lillie (May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989)
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992)	Amy Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925)	Phyllis Lyon (born November 10, 1924)	Del Martin (May 5, 1921 - August 27, 2008)	Richard Meeker aka Forman Brown (January 8, 1901 - January 10, 1996)	Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978)	Kate Millett (born September 14, 1934)	Sal Mineo (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976)
George Nader (October 19, 1921 - February 4, 2002)	Harold Norse (July 6, 1916 - June 8, 2009)	Richard Bruce Nugent (July 2, 1906 - May 27, 1987)	Peter Orlovsky (July 8, 1933 - May 30, 2010)	Robert Patrick (born September 27, 1937)	Edward Prime-Stevenson (July 23, 1858 - July 23, 1942)	Mary Renault (September 4, 1905 – December 13, 1983)	Sylvia Rae Rivera (July 2, 1951 - February 19, 2002)
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)	Sarah Schulman (born July 28, 1958)	Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946)	Charles Warren Stoddard (August 7, 1843, – April 23, 1909)	John Addington Symonds (October 5, 1840 - April 19, 1893)	Tom Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991)	Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs (August 28, 1825 - July 14, 1895)	Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (September 16, 1856 – February 16, 1931)
John Wieners (January 6, 1934 – March 1, 2002)	Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900)	Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) real name Thomas Lanier Williams	Carl Wittman (February 23, 1943 - January 22, 1986)	Marguerite Yourcenar (June 8, 1903 – December 17, 1987)