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Stonewall strong : gay men's heroic fight for resilience, good health, and a strong community / John-Manuel Andriote.

Summary:

"Longtime Washington, D.C. health journalist John-Manuel Andriote didn't expect to mark the twenty-fifth year of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in 2006 by coming out in the Washington Post about his own recent HIV diagnosis. For twenty years he had reported on the epidemic as an HIV-negative gay man, as AIDS killed many of his friends and roused gay Americans to action against a government that preferred to ignore their existence. Eight little words from his doctor, "I have bad news on the HIV test," turned Andriote's world upside down. Over time Andriote came to understand that his choice, each and every day, to take the powerful medication he needs to stay healthy, to stay alive, came from his own resilience. When and how had he become resilient? He searched his journals for answers in his own life story. The reporter then set out to learn more about resilience. Stonewall Strong is the result..."

Record details

ISBN: 9781442258235
ISBN: 1442258233
Physical Description: xii, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Growing strong in my broken places -- Why not me? : a medical diagnosis upturns my life and launches a journey of self-discovery -- Survivor : the roots of my resilience -- Normal : my gay liberation -- Destiny calling : how a lonely boy became a professional outsider -- The end of innocence : how AIDS became my "beat" -- Tribulations : perpetual grief fuels my budding activism (and self-defeating sexual behavior) -- The cruelest month : watching the man I loved die -- Hard ways to the stars : romantic and professional rejections to overcome -- Struggling writer : trying to stay balanced as losses mount and risks increase -- Wounded warrior : how AIDS and a shame-filled man taught me to value myself -- Part II. The heroic legacy -- Subversives : how "Gaydar" helped gay men survive in the :old days" before Stonewall -- Gay power! : seizing control of the discussion about gay lives -- Out and proud : a community and movement emerge -- Love in action : showing the world what "community" looks like in the AIDS epidemic -- Claiming our power : AIDS organizing proved our ability to create change that benefits all -- Love (and America) won : our successful push for marriage equality moved America closer to fulfilling its promise -- Part III. A home in the world -- How to raise a gay son...