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March-April 2009: "the arc of history".(Editorial)

The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

| March 01, 2009 | Schneider, Richard, Jr. | COPYRIGHT 2009 Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The theme of this issue is inspired by the confluence of several events: the passage of Proposition 8 in California, the eerily timed release of the movie Milk, the election and inauguration of Barack Obama as the first president who's not a straight white man, and the upcoming 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the conventional starting point of the modern GLBT rights movement.

The repeal of same-sex marriage in California last November triggered a series of protests around the country, leading some people to call the political moment "Stonewall 2.0." The release of Milk soon after the election was apparently a coincidence, but no one who saw the film could …

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