Introduction. How an army of good gays won the west
Gays and the cities : community first, politics later
Red in bed : it takes a communist to recognize gay oppression
It was the sixties that did it : gays get radical, radicals get gay
Stonewall uprising : gays finally get some respect
The good gays fight the four horsemen : crazy, sinful, criminal, and subversive
Dying for the movement : the terrible political payoff of AIDS
ACT UP : five years that shook the world
Failed marriages and losing battles : the premature campaign for marriage and military service
Founding fathers : winning modern rights before fighting ancient battles
Massing the troops for the last battle : the new-media gay revolution
With liberal friends : who needs enemies?
Victory : the civil rights march of our generation
On the shoulders of giants
Chronology.