The sweeping story of the struggle for gay and lesbian rights based on amazing interviews with politicians military figures and members of the entire lgbt community who face these challenges every day this is the history of the gay and lesbian movement that weve been waiting for the washington postthe fight for gay and lesbian civil rights the years of outrageous injustice . The gay revolution the story of the struggle is a 2015 book by lillian faderman chronicling the struggle for gay lesbian bisexual and transgender rights from the 1950s to the early 21st century it was called the most comprehensive history to date of americas gay rights movement in a review by the economist. The gay revolution the story of the struggle in this way we hope the content of the winners section reflects the unique spirit of the anisfield wolf book awards back to top footer section 1 footer section 2 helloanisfield wolforg 2168613810 wwwclevelandfoundationorg footer section 3. Lillian fadermans the gay revolution the story of the struggle opens with two vignettes the first is of prof ek johnston of the university of missouri prosecuted for sodomy in 1948. The sweeping story of the modern struggle for gay lesbian and trans rights from the 1950s to the present based on amazing interviews with politicians military figures legal activists and members of the entire lgbt community who face these challenges every day