1:15 PM – Saturday – Book Club

What: Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right
By: Neil J. Young
Host: Jerry
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: July 18th at 1:15 PM

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Book Review:

Historian and commentator Neil J. Young

provides the first comprehensive history of the

gay Right. From the 1950s up to the present

day, Young excavates the multifarious origins,

motivations, and evolutions of LGBTQ+ people

who found their way to the institutions and

networks of modern conservatism. Many on

the gay Right have championed conservative

values—like free markets, a strong national

defense, and individual liberty—and believed

that the Republican Party therefore offered

LGBTQ+ people the best pathway to freedom.

Meanwhile, that same party has actively and

repeatedly demonized them. With his precise

and provocative voice, Young details the

complicated dynamics of being in—and yet

never fully accepted into—the Republican

Party.