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Global Gay

How Gay Culture Is Changing the World

Frédéric Martel
MIT Press, 2018

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  • Comprehensive
  • Eye Opening
  • Concrete Examples

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French journalist Frédéric Martel traveled to almost 60 countries to interview activists, artists, business owners, politicians and average citizens to document how gay culture develops around the world. Martel describes community structures; business development; legal and political landmarks; the impact of the Internet and social networking; national, regional and international politics; the role of TV, movies and music; and religious and cultural constraints. While gay men are Martel’s primary focus, he also addresses the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.

Take-Aways

  • The 1969 riot at the Stonewall Inn in New York was a landmark moment in the fight for gay rights.
  • Gay liberation movements often began in bars and nightclubs – representing commerce and the marketplace .  
  • Until 1990, the World Health Organization classified homosexuality as a mental illness.

About the Author

Frédéric Martel, the author of nine books, is a foreign affairs columnist for Slate.fr, the producer/host of Soft Power, a French radio show, and a researcher at ZHdK Zurich and Sciences Po Paris. Patsy Baudoin translated the book from the original French.

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