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David Mixner
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Journeys : Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage by David Mixner
(Editor), Dennis Bailey
It is always easy, in the celebratory light of
pride parades, to forget how recently these simple expressions of
community would have incurred police violence, public protests,
arrests, and the loss of jobs, homes, and families. Brave
Journeys should be required reading for gay people under 40,
especially those who think the pioneers of the pre-Stonewall world
and the early 1970s weren't radical enough. It's both sobering and
inspiring to read about figures such as Elaine Noble, the first
openly gay elected official in America, whose house was repeatedly
vandalized, who endured almost constant threats, and who actually
had a rifle pointed at her by a schoolboy over her support of
legislation ordering the integration of Boston schools. Even more
instructive is the story of Dianne Hardy-Garcia, whose tireless
activism in Texas--surely one of the most challenging political
arenas in the country--has held religious conservatives at bay
since the early 1980s, although she hasn't triumphed over the
crushing antigay policies of George W. Bush. To complement the
excellent new histories of the gay rights movement, here are
moving and engaging accounts of popular heroes, from Del Martin
and Phyllis Lyons, founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, to navy
top gun Tracy Thorne, who declared his homosexuality on national
television in order to force the military to confront its bigoted
policies on sexual orientation. --Regina Marler
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By Jeff Walsh, Oasis Editor
Excerpt:
Closeted through much of his political life,
Mixner chronicles what pain and loss that caused him. He also
temporarily lost access to the Clinton White House when he was
arrested in protest against Clinton's retreat on protecting gays
from openly serving in the military. He has also been involved in
the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. and the 1993
March on Washington...
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Excerpt:
David Mixner is an accomplished corporate and
political strategist, human rights activist, and renowned leader
in the struggle for equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans.
His consulting business, DBM & Associates, is affilated with
Window Communications...
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By Tim Miller
Special to The TRIANGLE
Excerpt:
Mixner, of course, knows what he is talking
about. Since the 1960's he has been an active participant in the
fight for human rights in our country. From his involvement in the
anti-war movement to his leadership of the Great Peace March to
his unique position as a long time friend and ally of Bill
Clinton, Mixner has been at the center of the struggle for
justice. Perhaps because of the political acumen derived from his
long history of activism, Mixner is able to tell these stories in
Brave Journeys with great drama and a finely honed eye for the
social history and context of the time. Whether cannily placing
the first meeting of the Daughters of Bilitis in the same cultural
moment of 1955 that Disneyland opened or de-constructing the
political cynicism of Governor George W. Bush as he does
everything possible to stop Diane Hardy-Garcia from passing Hate
Crimes Legislation in the Texas Legislature, Mixner's unerring
sense of historical and political reality is impressive...
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