Outrage
Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won and What We Can Do About It
Ellen Jones
- **'Queers,
- allies,
- you’d
- better
- pay
- attention,
- because
- Ellen
- Jones
- is
- impossible
- to
- ignore'
- -
- Sophie
- Duker'This
- book
- may
- well
- save
- someone's
- life'
- -
- Robin
- Ince**Complete
- equality
- for
- LGBTQ+
- people
- should
- be
- our
- benchmark.
- But
- despite
- massively
- increased
- visibility
- in
- mainstream
- life
- and
- culture,
- the
- queer
- community
- is
- facing
- unacceptable
- levels
- of
- prejudice
- and
- danger
- –
- from
- the
- rise
- in
- homophobic
- and
- transphobic
- violence
- to
- the
- rollback
- of
- hard-fought-for
- rights
- across
- the
- globe.In
- this
- groundbreaking,
- compelling
- and
- immensely
- readable
- book,
- writer
- and
- activist
- Ellen
- Jones
- exposes
- the
- discrimination
- queer
- people
- continue
- to
- face
- in
- all
- areas
- of
- life,
- from
- marriage
- to
- mental
- health,
- education
- to
- ageing,
- religion
- to
- sport
- and
- much
- more.
- In
- searing
- prose,
- punctuated
- with
- moving
- personal
- accounts,
- Jones
- sets
- out
- not
- only
- the
- issues
- but
- also
- practical
- actions
- that
- any
- of
- us
- can
- take
- to
- create
- a
- more
- equal
- society,
- and
- highlights
- the
- trailblazers
- whose
- amazing
- work
- is
- already
- changing
- the
- world.Whether
- you
- are
- a
- member
- of
- the
- LGBTQ+
- community,
- an
- ally,
- or
- simply
- care
- about
- human
- rights
- and
- equality,
- OUTRAGE
- is
- essential,
- and
- illuminating, reading.
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