When We Rise: My Life in the Movement

When We Rise is a powerful memoir that tells the life story of longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Cleve Jones in a profoundly moving account from sexually liberated 1970s San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis, and up to his involvement with the marriage equality battle.

Born in 1954, Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out there like himself.

He found community in San Francisco's vibrant gay district, the Castro, where he dove into politics and found his calling in "the movement." When Milk was killed by an assassin's bullet in 1978, Jones took up his mentor's progressive mantle--only to see the arrival of AIDS transform his life once again.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in LGBTQ history, activism, and the fight against AIDS.

It is a heartbreaking and inspiring account of one man's journey through some of the most significant events in American history.