{"product_id":"the-deviants-war-the-homosexual-vs-the-united-states-of-america","title":"The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America","description":"\u003cp\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER.  New York Times Book Review Editors Choice. Winner of the 2021 Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction. One of The Washington Posts Top 50 Nonfiction Books of 2020.  From a young Harvard- and Cambridge-trained historian  the secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall. In 1957  Frank Kameny  a rising astronomer working for the U.S. Defense Department in Hawaii  received a summons to report immediately to Washington  D.C. The Pentagon had reason to believe he was a homosexual  and after a series of humiliating interviews  Kameny  like countless gay men and women before him  was promptly dismissed from his government job. Unlike many others  though  Kameny fought back.  Based on firsthand accounts  recently declassified FBI records  and forty thousand personal documents  Eric Cervinis The Deviants War unfolds over the course of the 1960s  as the Mattachine Society of Washington  the group Kameny founded  became the first organization to protest the systematic persecution of gay federal employees. It traces the forgotten ties that bound gay rights to the Black Freedom Movement  the New Left  lesbian activism  and trans resistance. Above all  it is a story of America (and Washington) at a cultural and sexual crossroads; of shocking  byzantine public battles with Congress; of FBI informants; murder; betrayal; sex; love; and ultimately victory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985236619317,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374139792","price":30.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374139797.jpg?v=1770853442","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-deviants-war-the-homosexual-vs-the-united-states-of-america","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}