A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski - ISBN: 9780807023488
Hardcover
Queer lives forged America’s past, challenging history’s narrative.

A Queer History of the United States

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  • Hardcover

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2026

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Summary

Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction

The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present.

In the 1620s, Thomas Morton broke from Plymouth Colony and founded Merrymount, which celebrated same-sex desire, atheism, and interracial marriage. Transgender evangelist Jemima Wilkinson, in the early 1800s, changed her name to “Publick Universal Friend,” refused to use pronouns, fought for gender equality, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780807023488
ISBN-10:0807023485
Author:Michael Bronski
Publisher:Beacon Press
Imprint:Beacon Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:30 June 2026
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
Series:ReVisioning History
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A savvy political, legal, literary (and even fashion) history, Bronski’s narrative is as intellectually rigorous as it is entertaining.”
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Bronski demonstrates with wit, insight, and impeccable scholarship that queer lives are, and always have been, woven into the very fabric of this country. Readable, radical, and smart—a must-read.”
—Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home

“Always insightful, and provocative.”
—John D’Emilio, author of Lost Prophet

“In the age of Twitter and reductive history, we need a complex, fully realized, radical reassessment of history—and A Queer History of the United States is exactly that.”
—Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina

“This book is a revelation… . Bronski has a Zinn-like grasp of the ties that bind us all together and how to illuminate them on the page.”
—Jewelle Gomez, activist and author of The Gilda Stories

“Elegant, insightfully selective, and unremittingly intelligent.”
—Samuel R. Delany, author of Times Square Red, Times Square Blue

About The Author

Michael Bronski

Michael Bronski is Professor of Practice in Media and Activism in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program at Harvard University. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades, in both mainstream and queer publications. He is the author of three other books and editor of several anthologies.

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