The Wedding Heard 'Round the World: America's First Gay Marriage

by Jack Baker and Michael McConnell

Book Overview

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 dawn of the modern gay movement (while New York's Stonewall riots and San Francisco's emerging political activism bloomed), these two young men insisted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816699267
• ISBN13: 9780816699261
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"