The wedding heard 'round the world : America's first gay marriage

The wedding heard 'round the world : America's first gay marriage / Michael McConnell with Jack Baker as told to Gail Langer Karwoski.

"On September 3, 1971, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker exchanged vows in the first legal same-sex wedding in the United States. Their remarkable story is told here for the first time--a unique account of the passion and energy of the gay liberation movement in the sixties and seventies. At the...

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Main Authors: McConnell, Michael, 1942- (Author), Baker, Jack, 1942- (Author)
Other Authors: Karwoski, Gail, 1949- (colaborator.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Same-sex marriage > Minnesota.
Gay rights > Minnesota.
Gay men > Biography.
Autobiography.
autobiography (genre)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Gay rights
Same-sex marriage
Gay autobiographies
Minnesota
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Dancing
  • 2. Romancing
  • 3. Military Maneuvers
  • 4. Forcing the Air Force to Fly Fair
  • 5. Jack Moves Away
  • 6. FREE
  • 7. The Right to Marry
  • 8. The Right to Work
  • 9. Gay House
  • 10. New Year, Lots of Resolutions
  • 11. Mister President
  • 12. Short Trip to Blue Earth
  • 13. Groom and Groom
  • 14. The Highest Court in the Land
  • 15. Married Life
  • 16. Back Roads
  • 17. Ever After.

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