Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights by Jamie Lawson

Written By Paul Bouchey

  • Plot Summary: A beautifully illustrated book about the fight for queer rights. Around one o'clock in the morning on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York, sparking days of intense rioting. What happened at Stonewall sent shockwaves around the world, and became a defining moment for the LGBTQ+ community. From the impassioned speeches of bold activists Karl Ulrichs and Audre Lorde to the birth of Pride and queer pop culture, Rainbow Revolutions - a middle grade children's book - charts the dramatic rise of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and celebrates the courageous individuals who stood up and demanded recognition. With bold and beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight.

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  • Published in February 2020, this is a children’s book version of Lawson’s middle-grade book Rainbow Revolutions. It follows LGBTQ history from Stonewall to the present.

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