"The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world." – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create one of the most miraculous political victories in modern American history. Opponents attacked the issue of marriage equality as amoral and a direct threat to families. Allies warned that it was a generation away from being practicable and a selfish drain of precious political capital. A stirring oral history told by those who almost inexplicably found themselves fighting on the front lines, The People's Victory recounts the successes – and the setbacks – that only served to strengthen everyone’s resolve to resist, fight, and bring equal marriage rights to an entire nation. Through it all, these love warriors found their voice and home in Marriage Equality USA, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization of its kind. While high profile books, articles and documentaries have covered the judicial and legislative machinations, this book puts a human face on the people who made the everyday personal sacrifices to keep the movement alive. The People’s Victory shares deeply moving personal testimonies of over sixty people, from Marvin Burrows, who was forced out of his home and lost many treasured possessions after losing his lost his partner of fifty years; to Kate Burns, who risked arrest for the first time when she stood up for her relationship; to Mike Goettemoeller, who pushed his mother in a wheelchair with Marriage Equality USA to fulfill her dream of marching in a Pride parade. Edie Windsor, the triumphant lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case United States vs. Windsor recounts shouting down a major LGBTQ organization with “I’m 77 years old and I can’t wait!!” when they attempted to belittle marriage as a critical issue. Writer and producer Del Shores shares the touching moment his young teenage daughter used tears and laughter to console him after the passage of Proposition 8 in California dealt a blow to the cause. The People’s Victory is an inspirational roadmap for anyone who has felt passionately about an issue, but has questioned whether one person’s contribution can make a difference. These candid accounts once again prove that every movement for important social change must be built on the acts of everyday. In fact, that is the only way the people have ever been victorious. In his introduction, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom writes: “I hope these stories inspire you to resist, to fight, to win and in the end write the next stories in our continuing push for a more just and perfect union.

The People's Victory

Politics & Social Sciences

LEWIS, John

SMITH, Scott

THOMPSON, DAVID

Shaw, Mike

Scott, Will

Burns, Kate

Windsor, Edie

Thompson, Jan

Boyajian, Michael

Sabatino, Michael

Vitale, Joseph

Stewart, Leslie

Shores, Del

SULLIVAN, Robert

Marriage Equality USA

Allen, Christine

Anguera, Fred

Bailes, Shelly

Berzon, Kirsten

Bradford, Billy

Burrows, Marvin

Callan, Geoff

Capley-Alfano, Joe

Capley-Alfano, Frank

Chandler, Beau

Chapin, Sean

Coatsworth, J.Scott

Farino, Michael

Gaffney, Stuart

Garcia, Tim

Goettemoeller, Mike

Gonzalez, Baltimore

Goodyear, Carmen

Hollister, Tracy

Jiminez, Mark "Major"

Kotulski PhD, Davina

Lambert-Rudd, Kitty

Lambert-Rudd, Cheryle

Lim, Amos

Lyons, Zack

Marino-Thomas, Cathy

McKay, Molly

Mesh, Peter

Mewing, Colleen

Mewing, Jolene

O'Donnell, Joy

Offenders, Gender

Pontac, Ellen

Reyad, Mir

Scatamacchia, Charlie

Silva, Brian

Stolte, Stephanie

Strachan, David Cameron

Stringfellow, Roland

Tharp, Jamila

Thoron, Sam

Tischer, Anne

Kempen, Simon van

Voorheis, Robert

Wilson, Jokie X

York, Laurie

Social Sciences

McCord, Alex

van Kempen, Simon

Baume, Matthew

Kotulski PhD PhD, Davina

Markiewicz, Michael

Maschka, Brian

McDevitt-Pugh, Martha

Gender Offenders, Gender

Jerrith is running. Kissed by an elf, he can't remain in his hometown of Althos anymore. Not that he wanted to stay. Caspian still hasn't figured out why he kissed Jerrith, but he's running too. Since he was exiled from the Autumn Lands, his past has been hazy, and his future uncertain. But when a stray memory brings things into focus, the two decide to run toward something together. What they uncover will change how they see the world, and themselves, forever.

The Autumn Lands

Romance

Fantasy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Cailleadhama: Through the Veil

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Independently published

MI-GRA-TION (Noun)1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.3) Movement from one part of something to another.Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites.Migration feaures 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi.

Migration: Queer Sci Fi's Sixth Annual Flash Fiction Contest (QSF Flash Fiction)

Literature & Fiction

Other Worlds Ink

We're a world beset by crises. Climate change, income inequality, racism, pandemics, an almost unmanageable tangle of issues. Sometimes it's hard to look ahead and see a hopeful future. We asked sci-fi writers to send us stories about ways to fix what's wrong with the world. From the sixty-five stories we received, we chose twelve most amazing (and hopefully prescient) tales. Dive in and find out how we might mitigate climate change, make war obsolete, switch to alternative forms of energy, and restructure the very foundations of our society, The future's not going to fix itself.

Fix the World: twelve sci-fi writers save the future (Writers Save the World)

Schofield, Holly

Cebulski, Bryan

Povey, Jennifer R.

Follansbee, J.G.

Crossman, Rachel Hope

Denardo, Jana

Garcia, Ingrid

Rain, Mere

Rasch, D.M.

Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System. But with an existential threat burrowing its way to the Moon's core, humanity must recolonize the homeworld.\nTwenty brave dropnauts set off on a mission to explore the empty planet. After training for two and a half years, four of them-Rai, Hera, Ghost and Tien-are bound for Martinez Base, just outside the Old Earth city of San Francisco.\nBut what awaits them there will turn their assumptions upside down-and in the process, either save or destroy what's left of humanity.

Dropnauts

Erotica

Mongoose on the Loose DBA Other Worlds Ink

The Earth has died. Five years after the Collapse, the remnants of humanity travel through the stars inside Forever: a living, ever-evolving, self-contained generation ship. When Eddy Tremaine and Andrissa "Andy" Hammond find a hidden world-within-a-world under the mountains, the discovery triggers a chain of events that could fundamentally alter or extinguish life as they know it, culminate in the takeover of the world mind, and end free will for humankind. Eddy, Andy, and a handful of other unlikely heroes must find the courage and ingenuity to stand against the rising tide. Otherwise they might be living through the end days of human history. "Quality, innovative worldbuilding grounds this volume in the "Liminal Sky" series. Fans of The Expanse will find plenty to enjoy here as different groups with widely varying goals and beliefs come together in a struggle to survive the vastness of space and one another." -Library Journal

The Rising Tide: Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 2

Rise of the Inthworld.\nThe fight for the future isn't over yet. It could lead to a new beginning, or it might spell the end for the last vestiges of humankind.\nThe generation ship Forever has left Earth behind, but a piece of the old civilization lives on in the Inthworld-a virtual realm that retains memories of Earth's technological wonders and vices. Lilith leads the uprising, and if she sets its inhabitants free, they could destroy Forever.\nBut during the ship's long voyage, humanity has evolved. Liminals with the ability to connect with the world mind and the Inthworld provide a glimmer of hope as they face not only Lilith's minions, but the mistrust of their own kind as homotypicals fear what they can't understand.\nThe invasion must be stopped, the Inthworld healed, sothe people of Forever can let go of their past and embrace their future.\n"WOW!... The Shoreless Sea is a very satisfying conclusion to an epic three novel series featuring good hard science fiction, realistic world building, credible character development and interactions, all woven together in a compelling story.." --Two Gay Geeks

The Shoreless Sea: Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 3

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