1989 IN SEARCH OF GAY AMERICA, Neil Miller

Description: Neil Miller traveled through small towns, rural areas, midsize cities, suburbs, and large urban centers in search of what it means-and is like—to be gay in America in the late 1980s. But more than the territory, this extraordinary book explores the enormous changes that are taking place in the lives of lesbians and gay men. The America Miller takes us to is the America of an openly gay mayor of a Missouri town (population 420), a lesbian coal miner in West Virginia, two gay dairy farmers in Minnesota, an AIDS activist in North Dakota, and a gay American Indian in Rapid City, South Dakota. This is a book of reportage, and as such it endeavors to relate equally the stories of gay men and women and to use the experience of each group to illuminate the other. Miller journeys far beyond the gay ghettos of large cities to ascertain whether the acceptance and self-acceptance the anonymity of an urban environment provides are reflected at the grass roots. IN SEARCH OF GAY AMERICA treats its complex subjeet thematically, weaving together such diverse topics as minority communities the black community in Memphis and the Latin lesbian community in San Antonio), religion (the story of a black gay church in Washington, D.C., and the ecclesiastical trial of a lesbian Methodist minister in a small New Hampshire town), and law and polities (a lesbian state representative in Minnesota; Barney Frank, the openly gay congressman from Massachusetts; and a gay cop with AIDS in San Francisco). Along the way Miller presents a fresh perspective on urban gay life, discussing the lesbian sexual revolution as well as gay marriages and lesbians having babies. In a time when most of the discussion of gay life in America revolves around AIDS, this compassionate and provocative book concentrates on men and women in the process of living their lives.

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