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02759aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 10FC204471B711EB8A4F4B2E3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210218010021 008 191006s2020 waua b 001 0beng d 020 $a 9781934170809 020 $a 1934170801 035 $a (OCoLC)1121602532 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d OCL $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a HQ75.8.K54 $b C44 2020 082 04 $a 306.766092 $2 23 100 1 $a Cherry, Mary Ann, $e author. 245 10 $a Morris Kight : $b humanist, liberationist, fantabulist : a story of gay rights & gay wrongs / $c Mary Ann Cherry. 264 1 $a Port Townsend, WA : $b Process Media, $c [2020] 300 $a xvi, 405 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "His activist work began in the 1930s as a teenager. As the only male living in his mother's Texas brothel, he secretly helped women working there get vital healthcare. During the 1950s, he was part of an underground network of gay 'safe houses' that provided bail, health care, and legal advice at a time when the United States had laws criminalizing same-sex relationships. He turned his unique charisma and organizing skills to the 1960s anti-war movement and then working the rest of his life in the now public fight for "Gay Liberation." He fostered vital relationships with fellow activists, politicians, socialites, and gangsters. His style of organizing and activism showed the power of the "influencer" decades before social media brought millions together with a meme. He founded groups that lead seminal protests that resulted in: The American Psychiatric Association removing homosexuality as a disease from its diagnostic manual, protecting civil rights for gay citizens in California, and reducing police violence against the gay community. And for every good thing Kight did, he took credit for more. He was a man who, with his many flaws, managed to alienate as many people as he brought together. His story brings to life his work as remembered by those who loved and loathed him" --Amazon.com. 504 $a Includes bibliographical resources (pages 389-399) and index. 600 10 $a Kight, Morris, $d 1919-2003. 650 0 $a Gay activists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gay men $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gay rights $z United States. 650 7 $a Gay activists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00939048 650 7 $a Gay men. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00939117 650 7 $a Gay rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00939213 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721015807.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=10FC204471B711EB8A4F4B2E3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search