Stonewall Strong: Gay Men’s Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health, and a Strong Community
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442258233 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Andriote regularly speaks to audiences at conferences and universities, is interviewed and profiled by print and broadcast media, and has been an adjunct communication professor at Eastern Connecticut State University.. John-Manuel Andriote has written about LGBT, HIV-AIDS, and other health and medical subjects since
Andriote gives us an inside look at family relationships that support resilient sons, the nation's largest organizations' efforts to build on the resilience of marginalized LGBTQ youth, drag houses, and community centers. 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. We go inside individuals’ hearts and groups’ missions to see a community that works, plays, and even prays together. Stonewall Strong is the result.Drawing from leading-edge research and nearly one hundred original interviews, the book makes it abundantly clear: most gay men are astonishingly resilient. He frames pivotal moments in recent history as manifestations of gay men's resilience, from the years of secrecy and subversion before the 1969 Stonewall riots; through the coming of age, heartbreak, and politically emboldening AIDS years; and pushing onward to legal marriage equality. The reporter then set out to learn more about resilience. Longtime Washington, D.C. 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,
(Kenneth Mayer, MD, Infectious Disease Attending and Director of HIV Prevention Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Medical Research Director,The Fenway Institute)As John-Manuel Andriote writes about himself, he tells, in bits and pieces, the story of us all. Stonewall Strong is a tour de force, interweaving John-Manuel Andriote's personal journey with a trenchant analysis of societal transformation. Stonewall Strong will inform and inspire readers of all sexual orientations and genders. Elder Troy D. The book is well-written, compelling, and highly informative. (Gregory M. Perry, founder, Metropolitan Community Churches)Andriote skillfully integrates history and science with compelling personal stories -- his own and those of the many people he interviewed -- to create a highly readable narrative of men’s resilience and thriving in the face of antigay stigma and the HIV epidemic. H