Tales of the Lavender Menace
Subtitle: A Memoir of Liberation
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780465083640
First sentence: I used to tell people that my jeans were by Levi, but my childhood was my Dickens.
Description: "A fast-paced memoir, serious and hilarious in turn, of the struggles and scandals, politics and personalities that made up the women's and gay liberation movements of the 1960s and '70s. Karla Jay, a direct participant in the dramatic history of the women's and gay [liberation movements, brings on stage a dazzling] cast of unforgettable characters and gives voice to the sweeping tale of the activists who struggled for their vision of social justice and sexual liberation. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.