When the Band Played on: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's Trailblazing Gay Journalist

by Avis D. Carlson

Randy Shilts was the preeminent LGBTQ reporter of his generation.

He was the first openly gay journalist in mainstream news media and one of the nation's most influential chroniclers of gay history, politics, and culture. Shilts wrote three seminal works on the community: The Mayor of Castro Street, on the life, assassination, and legacy of Harvey Milk; And the Band Played On, detailing the failure of politics as usual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914090305
• ISBN13: 9780914090304
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 320 Pages