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Opera Book Club: Victory

Phoenix
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 7:00pm (Phoenix)

Join us at Changing Hands Book Store in Phoenix, where you can enjoy a nice glass of your favorite beverage from First Draft. Use on-stage works as a jumping off point to read, discover, and gain added context to enhance your experience in the theater.

This meeting of Opera Book Club, we’ll be taking a look at Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution in a discussion led by the book's author, Linda Hirshman.

Opera Book Club events are free with registration. Due to limited capacity, please register for each individual meeting you wish to attend. You can register for this event by clicking the ticketing link below.

 

Synopsis

Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit Linda Hirshman details the stunning story of how a resourceful and dedicated minority transformed the notion of American marriage equality and forged a campaign for cultural change that will serve as a model for all future political movements. In the vein of Taylor Branch’s classic Parting of the Waters, Hirshman’s groundbreaking Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution is the powerful story of a massive shift in American culture.

Hirshman offers an insider’s view of the crucial struggle that is leading to change, incorporating her unique experiences and insights and drawing upon new interviews—with movement titans such as Frank Kameny and Phyllis Lyon, with next-generation activists such as Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry, and with allies including the likes of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand—to create a comprehensive, inspiring history of change in our time.