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Martha Shelley didn't start out in life wanting to become a gay activist, or an activist of any kind.
The daughter of Jewish refugees and undocumented immigrants in New York City, she grew up during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s, was inspired by the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements that followed, and struggled with coming out as a lesbian at a time when being gay made her a criminal.
Shelley rose to become a public speaker for the New York chapter of the lesbian rights group the Daughters of Bilitis, organized the first gay march in response to the Stonewall Riots of 1969, and then cofounded the Gay Liberation Front. She coproduced the newspaper Come Out!, worked on the women's takeover of the RAT Subterranean News, and took a central role in the Lavender Menace action to confront homophobia in the women's movement.
Martha Shelley's story is a feminist and lesbian document that gives context and adds necessary humanity to the historical record.

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  • Title We Set the Night on Fire: Igniting the Gay Revolution
  • Author Martha Shelley
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chicago Review Press
  • Publication date 2023-06-13
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781641609418 / 1641609419
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 6.5 x 1.3 in (22.35 x 16.51 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Autobiographies, Lesbians - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Booklist, 03/01/2023, Page 7
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2023, Page 0

About the author

Martha Shelley is a longtime political activist from Brooklyn. After the Stonewall Riot, she organized a protest march that morphed into today's pride parades, and she was one of the founders of the Gay Liberation Front. Her essays, poetry, and short stories have appeared in many anthologies. She has published three novels and four books of poetry. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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