{"product_id":"stand-by-me-the-forgotten-history-of-gay-liberation-paperback","title":"Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Downs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eStand by Me\u003c\/i\u003e, Jim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the 1970s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marching in the streets. Drawing on a vast trove of untapped records at LGBT community centers in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, Downs tells moving, revelatory stories of gay people who stood together--as friends, fellow believers, and colleagues--to create a sense of community among people who felt alienated from mainstream American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJIM DOWNS is a professor of history and American studies at Connecticut College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia) and \u003ci\u003eConnexions: Histories of Race and Sex in North America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755460387149,"sku":"9780820356440","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/eEY5bm9EZXlCUy8xWFl1REpDUXM5Zz09.webp?v=1776718971","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/stand-by-me-the-forgotten-history-of-gay-liberation-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}