"This book fills a self-evident gap in the social and political literature on sexual identity movements." -Robert W. Bailey, Rutgers University "The last twenty-five years have seen a creative and original theorizing from sociologists and political scientists about social movements and collective political behavior. In the pages of this book these two intellectual worlds finally meet, and our understanding of ... Read morepolitics and social change is the wiser because of it. It deserves wide readership." -John D'Emilio, author of Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities "This important collection explores the origins and development of lesbian and gay movements across a range of countries, from north to south, including Canada, the U.S., select European countries, select Latin American countries, Japan, Australia, and southern Africa." -Canadian Journal of Sociology Online "...a necessary reminder that many of our queer white male compatriots have a long way to go before they really 'get' what feminists and people of color have been saying about power and difference. For this is a book about power and sameness among queers, and differences get sacrificed to the author's pursuit of what is specifically and universally queer (or, rather, specifically and universally lesbian and gay)." -Contemporary Women's Issues Database Show Less