Virtual Equality - by Urvashi Vaid (Paperback)

About the Book

Named by Time magazine as one of the "Fifty for the Future"--a list of 50 of America's most promising leaders age 40 and under--Urvashi Vaid now offers an "intelligent, forthright book (that) contends that American homosexuals have achieved only the appearance of acceptance. Valuable . . . and frightening".--The New Yorker

Book Synopsis

A veteran activist tackles urgent questions about where the gay movement should go and what the movement wants with a unique combination of visionary politics and hard-earned pragmatism.

"A valuable, encyclopedic compendium of the gay movement's modern history and challenges." --San Francisco Chronicle

Since the decade to lift the ban on gays in the military, the emergence of gay conservatives, and the onslaught of antigay initiatives across America, the gay and lesbian community has been asking itself tough questions. In Virtual Equality, Urvashi Vaid offers wise answers.

Review Quotes

"Virtual Equality is a valuable, encyclopedic compendium of the gay movements modern history and challenges." --San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

UVRVASHI VAID (1958 - 2022) was an Indian-born American LGBT rights activist, lawyer, and writer. An expert in gender and sexuality law, she held a series of roles at the National LGBTQ Task Force. She is the author of Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation and Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics.