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Before, During, and After Stonewall: 100 Years of Heroes and History

The Right Side of History tells the 100-year history of queer activism in a series of revealing close-ups, first-person accounts, and intimate snapshots of LGBT pioneers and radicals. This diverse cast stretches from the Edwardian period to today, including first-person accounts of the key protest that is at the heart of the 2015 movie Stonewall.

The book shows how LGBT folk have always been in the forefront of progressive social evolution in the United States. It references heroes like Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bayard Rustin, Harvey Milk, and Edie Windsor. Equally, the book honors names that aren't in history books, from participants in the Names Project, a national phenomenon memorializing 94,000 AIDS victims, to underground artists and writers.

Adrian Brooks is a regular contributor to Lambda Literary and HuffPost, as a writer, performer, and activist who has been involved in political, spiritual, and social movements for over forty years. After attending the Episcopal Academy and the Friends of the World Institute in the 1960s, Brooks went on to volunteer for Dr. Martin Luther King, attend Woodstock, become active in New York’s SOHO movement, and perform with San Francisco’s “Angels of Light.” Brooks has continued his diverse legacy of good works by supporting orphans in rural India. He currently resides in San Francisco.