A new book, "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington," is an exhaustive recounting of homosexuality in the federal government, organized by presidencies starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration and extending through Bill Clinton.
A new book, "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington," is an exhaustive recounting of homosexuality in the federal government, organized by presidencies starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration and extending through Bill Clinton.
Secret City, James Kirchick s 800-page tome on the history of gays and lesbians in Washington, D.C., is not a book about gay politics. It is a book about politics. More importantly, it is a book about the nation s capital, which is to say it’s about power as well as the gay people who lived in the shadow of its marketplace the ones who bought it, sold it, used it, lost it, and fought it.
James Kirchick recounts the past and present of gay rights in "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington," including DC's Stonewall equivalent.