Rodger Streitmatter
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other â€œfor richer for poorer, in sickness and in healthâ€ for periods of thirty or fortyâ€”sometimes as many as ,fifty,â€”years. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any husband and wife. , In ,Outlaw Marriages,, cultural historian Rodger Streitmatter reveals how some of these unions didnâ€™t merely improve the quality of life for the two people involved but also enriched the American culture.,Contents:,Walt Whitman & Peter Doyle,Martha Carey Thomas & Mamie Swinn,Ned Warren & John Marshall,Mary Rozet Smith & Jane Addams,Bessie Marbury & Esie de Wolfe,J.C. Leyendecker & Charles Beach,Alice B. Toklas & Gertrude Stein,Janet Flanner & Solita Solano,Greta Garbo & Mercedes de Acosta,Aaron Copland & Victor Kraft,Frank Merlo & Tennessee Williams,James Baldwin & Lucien Happersberg,Robert Rauschenberg & Jasper Johns,Ismail Merchant & James Ivory,Frances Clayton & Audre Lorde
Nonfiction,History,LGBT,Biography,GLBT,Queer,Historical,LGBT,Gay,Biography Memoir,Gender,Sexuality
Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples