An Army of Ex-lovers

Description:

Boston's weekly Gay Community News was "the center of the universe" during the late 1970s, writes Amy Hoffman in this memoir of gay liberation before AIDS, before gay weddings, and before The L Word. Provocative, informative, inspiring, and absurd, with a small circulation but a huge influence, Gay Community News produced a generation of leaders, writers, and friends. In addition to capturing the heady atmosphere of the times -- the victories, controversies, and tragedies -- Hoffman's memoir is also her personal story, written with wit and insight, of growing up in a political movement; of her deepening relationships with charismatic, talented, and sometimes utterly weird coworkers; and of trying to explain it all to her large Jewish family.

subjects: Biography,  Gay community news (Boston, Mass.),  Gay liberation movement,  Gay press,  Lesbians,  Newspaper editors,  Women newspaper editors,  History,  Lesbians, biography,  Women, united states, biography,  Women journalists,  Journalists, biography,  LGBTQ history,  LGBTQ biography and memoir,  collection:judy_grahn_award=finalist

People: Amy Hoffman

Places: Boston,  Massachusetts