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CONTENTS xi Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations "Rules of the Road" PART I: THE ROLLER COASTER Chapter 1. My Minnesota Roots Chapter 2. Pushing the Pedals of Power: [From Minnesota to the Gay Rights National Lobby] 39 Chapter 3. Money Talks: Gay and Lesbian Political Clout and the Founding of the Human Rights Campaign Fund 87 Chapter 4. We've Met the Enemy . . . and the Enemy Is Us: Internal Conflicts Can Be Far More Painful Than Fighting Homophobes 123 Chapter 5. Beginning Again: Building an Effective Capacity 139 to Generate Grassroots Mail to Congress 163 Chapter 6. Speak Out PART II: REFLECTIONS OF AN OLD, TIRED ACTIVIST 197 Chapter 7. If It Ain't Broken . . . : Demonstrating a Need 199 for the Gay and Lesbian Rights Legislation 213 Chapter 8. One-to-One Lobbying Chapter 9. Do Dog and Pony Shows Make a Difference? 243 How Much Do Hearings Really Matter? 249 Chapter 10. Thoughts on Fundraising Chapter 11. Of Battles Lost and Opportunities Missed 255 Chapter 12. Bedfellows Make Strange Politics: Of Hypocrisy and Honesty, Coming Out and "Outing" 267 Chapter 13. The Politics of Self-Indulgence? A Self-Confessed "Insider" Assesses His Experience with Protest Activities 285 Chapter 14. Wrapping Up a Movement Career: Retiring on Disability, Acknowledgement, and . . . Victory! 293 305 305 PART III: APPENDIXES Chapter 15. Membership Lists of Boards of Directors Chapter 16. African-American Support for Lesbian/Gay Rights 309 311 311 319 PART IV: TIMELINE AND REMEMBRANCES Stephen Robert Endean: Timeline Tribute to Steve Endean Robert R. Meek 325 Steve Endean: A Remembrance Allan H. Spear Index
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Gay liberation movement -- United States.