Download Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples AudioBook Free
For greater than a century before homosexual matrimony became a hot-button political concern, same-sex unions flourished in the us. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in determined unions, position by each other "for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health" for intervals of 30 or 40 - sometimes as much as 50 - years. In a nutshell, they loved and supported each other every bit around any couple. In Outlaw Relationships, social historian Rodger Streitmatter shows how many of these unions didn't merely improve the quality of life for the two people engaged but also enriched the American culture. One of the high-profile couples whose lives and loves are lighted in the following internet pages are Nobel Tranquility Prize success Jane Addams and Mary Rozet Smith, literary icon Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, publisher Wayne Baldwin and Lucien Happersberger, and performers Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.
