When We Rise Lib/E: My Life in the Movement (Audiobook)

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Powerful and amazing history of a young person that found his way into one of the most transformative periods in LGBTQ history.

from dbsovereign

Wow - talk about a book that dredges up parts of the very life that I have lived! I lived this history very much parallel to Cleve's - got beat up in gym class, suffered the trauma of parental sanction, sought out the comforting fold that was San Francisco at about the same time. In the very brie...

from dypaloh

Contemplate a life rich in youth, health, friends, laughter, experiences. Now imagine any of the following happening to you: Candidiasis. Cryptococcosis. Pneumocystis carinii. Lymphoma. Toxoplasmosis. Cytomegalovirus. Cryptosporidiosis. Mycobacterium avium complex. Kaposi's sarcoma. Seriously. Im...

from stevrbee

I am slowly working my way through a backlog of books, and am regretting that I didn't pick this one up sooner. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about the movement for equal rights for LGBTQ people. As a gay man close in age to Cleve, and on...

from Kiddboyblue

It feels odd to say that as a gay man I have been living with privilege. I strongly believe that my generation of gay men and women take for granted, the battles that were fought and the people who fought them, that have given us this world we take for granted now. Cleve Jones is one of those peo...