It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, by Michelangelo Signorile
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Marriage equality has surged across the country. Closet doors have burst open in business, entertainment, and even major-league sports. But as longtime advocate Michelangelo Signorile argues in his most provocative book yet, the excitement of such breathless change makes this moment more dangerous than ever. Puncturing the illusion that victory is now inevitable, Signorile marshals stinging evidence that an age-old hatred, homophobia, is still a basic fact of American life. He exposes the bigotry of the brewing religious conservative backlash against LGBT rights and challenges the complacency and hypocrisy of supposed allies in Washington, the media, and Hollywood. Not just a wake-up call, It's Not Over is a battle plan for the fights to come in the march toward equality. Signorile tells the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans who have refused to be merely tolerated and are demanding full acceptance. And he documents signs of hope in schools and communities that are finding new ways to combat ignorance, bullying, and fear. Urgent and empowering, It's Not Over is a necessary book from one of our most electrifying voices.
It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, by Michelangelo Signorile - Amazon Sales Rank: #3768092 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-19
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It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, by Michelangelo Signorile Review "A cautionary, timely gay rights manifesto with teeth." ---Kirkus
From the Inside Flap Marriage equality has surged across the country. Closet doors have burst open in business, entertainment, and even major-league sports. But as journalist and advocate Michelangelo Signorile argues in his most provocative book yet, the excitement of such breathless change makes this moment uniquely dangerous. Puncturing the illusion that victory is now inevitable, Signorile confronts truths that have been hiding in plain sight, and marshals new research and stinging evidence to reveal just how deep America’s current of homophobia runs — and how it still evades our efforts to eradicate it. He journeys into the heart of the conservative political machine to expose the religious right’s renewed and rebranded backlash against gay rights. With piercing insight born of decades of reporting, Signorile offers an incisive critique of Washington, the media, and Hollywood, challenging the hypocrisy of supposed allies whose complacency has become a roadblock to progress. Not just a wake-up call, It’s Not Over is also a battle plan for the fights to come in the march toward equality. Signorile tells the inspiring stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans who have refused to be merely tolerated — or worse — and are demanding full acceptance. And he documents signs of hope in schools and communities finding new ways to combat ignorance, bullying, and fear. Urgent and empowering, It’s Not Over is a much-needed book from one of our most electrifying voices.
From the Back Cover “Visionary .º.º. Prescient .º.º. Signorile has brilliant advice for the future.” — Advocate “Exquisite[ly] tim[ed] .º.º. Even with marriage equality ascendant in nearly all corners of the country, the fight for real equality is not over. The most serious threat the gay rights movement faces may in fact be what Signorile calls ‘victory blindness,’ or ‘the dangerous illusion that we’ve almost won.’¹” — American Prospect In It’s Not Over, pioneering journalist Michelangelo Signorile boldly confronts the challenges that lie ahead for LGBT Americans. Drawing on provocative new research into the psychological roots of prejudice, he shatters myths and ranges through Washington, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and beyond to reveal the truth about the battles to come. Urgent, impassioned, and ultimately hopeful, It’s Not Over is the must-read book for anyone who cares about the future of LGBT rights. UPDATED WITH A NEW AFTERWORD “For twenty-five years, Michelangelo Signorile has been one of America’s most incisive critics and influential activists in the movement for gay equality, and It’s Not Over demonstrates he is better than ever .º.º. A penetrating look at one of the great social movements of our time .º.º. Razor-sharp .º.º. Stirring.” — Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept “Few calls to action are as necessary as the one in [It’s Not Over] .º.º. I can’t urge it enough on people.” — Alexander Chee, Literary Hub Michelangelo Signorile is the author of five books, including the best-selling Queer in America. He hosts the Michelangelo Signorile Show on SiriusXM Radio and is an editor-at-large for the Huffington Post’s “Gay Voices.” His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and numerous other publications.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Must Read! By KATHI I am very impressed with everything in this thorough book. I have read the author's columns before, but never read any of his books. The author simply states that the LGBT community and its straight allies are developing what is called "victory blindness"- accepting the victories the movement has made as the equivelant to winning Civil Rights for all LGBT across the board. This victory blindness, according to Signorile, leads the community to accept less than victories like having same sex marriage in a state that can still fire someone who is gay. Or as this past week showed, allowing the narrative of "religious freedom" to discriminate against same sex married couples as well as the entire LGBT community. The conservative right wing movement has made this a rallying cry with deceptions and lies. This is called dog whistle politics( another book I have reviewed which the author refers to). This term refers to re-framing the argument for discrimantion in more acceptable terms so as not to seem to discriminate. In this case, protecting religious freedoms is the goal. This was used during the 60's civil rights movement to segregate African Americans and ban interracial marriage.He further explains how the LGBT movement is compicit in some cases by allowing groups to choose the degree of discrimination. For example agreeing that ENDA(the Emplyment Non-Discrimination Act) needs to go through Congress without protections for transgendered people because it can only pass that way. Or being part of conversations on radio or TV that include hate groups thus giving equal treatment as a rule because both sides should be heard. This would would not happen today if the groups were the KKK or Neo Nazis.The author gives many relevant examples showing how our community is falling short, but he also gives a path forward that is reasonable and well thought out. It is a path that is being utilized at times but not always and not consistently. Using education, stopping bullying, not covering or hiding or playing down who we are in ANY setting are among the ideas the author suggests the movement focuses on. These paths are not new and they are being utilized, but Signorile thinks it is time to step up the game and be uncompromising when it comes to full civil rights.I totally agree and recommend this book as a primer on how to move this civil rights struggle to completion.
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful. Required Reading By Foster Corbin Michelangelo Signorile’s premise for his entire book is pretty much what the title says: IT’S NOT OVER: GETTING BEYOND TOLERANCE, DEFEATING HOMOPHOBIA & WINNING TRUE EQUALITY—a hefty assignment. While I applaud him for his courage and passion, I fear that neither he nor I will see what he is asking for come to pass in our lifetime. That is not to say, however, that we should remain complacent, stop fighting and rest on our recent victories that were unheard of just a few short years ago— the repeal of DOMA, the lifting of the ban of gays and lesbians in the military, the number of states that now allow same-sex marriages as well as the endorsement of same-sex marriage by practically every Democrat in and out of Washington including Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. (Notice the order. Some people “evolve” quicker than others it seems. My comment, not his.)One of Mr. Signorile’s points among many that he hammers home is that the media must stop giving equal air time for LGBT haters spewing homophobic comments in the so-called interest of balance. He is spot on when he says if anyone made the same false, hate-filled statements about any other group—African Americans, Latinos, Jews, women, the disability community, he or she would never get the coverage that these groups continue to get: “The idea that there is some difference between people who propagate lies against gays and those who do so against other groups. . . betrays a double standard on LGBT defamation even in this supposedly more enlightened time.”Another important point Mr. Signorile makes is that when—as most pundits now believe—the Supreme Court makes same-sex legal in all 50 states that we will see a staggering backlash—as is already happening in many states—of owners of business refusing to sell property, rent property, offer services of all kinds to married same-sex couples. Many states have no laws protecting the LGBT community right now; we will just be easier to see if we are married.And while many elected officials and politicians seeking elected office no longer make blatant homophobic or transphobic comments, they have just gone underground and have bubbled up with their religious freedom attempted legislation. (As I write this, a religious freedom bill is trying to work its way through the Georgia legislature.) I am old enough to remember the “white only” signs in public restrooms, water fountains—and while there were no signs—the schools and universities that had only white students. As I recall, both the Baptists and Methodists in the south became the churches they were because they supported slavery.One of the many harrowing stories that Mr. Signorile recounts is that of Jennifer Tipton and Olivier Odom who, in 2011 attempted to get into Dollywood in Sevierville, Tennessee with two of their friends’ young daughters. The guard at the gate told them they could not enter the park because Ms. Odom was wearing a T shirt with the words “Marriage Is So Gay.” They were allowed to enter the park only if she turned the T shirt inside-out. After a storm of protests from gay groups and after Dolly Parton finally got involved, the theme park changed its rules. Ms. Parton who has a huge following of gay men and has often compared herself to a “drag queen” should be so ashamed that she permitted the rule to be in place in the first place. Dammit it. I have a framed snapshot that someone took of her and Keith Haring being photographed by Andy Warhol for goodness sake! Is there no limit to her hypocrisy?Some of Mr. Signorile’s statistics are heartbreaking beyond measure: the bullying that teenagers in the LGBT community have to endure all too often. And bullied kids often commit suicide. Although LGBT teens only make up roughly 10% of all teenagers, they account for 30 to 40% of teen suicides even though they sometimes have very supportive parents. One recent study shows that 40% of all homeless teenagers are from the LGBT community. Parents from evangelical Christian religions are more likely to reject their gay children. [Surely that information doesn’t surprise anyone.] Mr. Signorile suggests that LGBT teens enroll in self-defense classes in order to give the bullies a dose of their own medicine, but more importantly, to give themselves better self-esteem.The author is also a proponent of teaching LGBT history from grades K through 12. After all, shouldn’t youngsters be taught, when studying the Holocaust, that gay men also perished and the significance of the pink triangle, etc.?Getting homophobia out of professional sports Mr. Signorile believes will be one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish and cites the public homophobic comments made by straight athletes and what they have gotten away with. I was reminded of Dave Kopay, the professional athlete who came out in 1975 and whose experience was written up in a biography. I learned recently that he was never able to get any kind of position with any sports organization thereafter and went to work for his uncle’s floorcovering business as a salesman/purchaser. He remains one of my heroes.Mr. Signorile fills this book with loads of statistics, but just as importantly, with dozens of stories of real people with real names-- some heroes, some villains, some I had heard of and some I had not. Someone named Kimbely Daniels (pp. 167-168) was new to me. It seems that she is in the “forefront” of an extreme Christian movement, the New Apostolic Reformation, that believes in the religious takeover of government—she must not have heard of the Constitution—and that Christians must control seven pillars of society. This woman also included in a book she wrote a “’prayer against the homosexual agenda.’” Signorile could not make this s—t up.I rant on. If you are a member of the LGBT community or a friend of ours, please read this book.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Don't celebrate total victory while the war is still on By Dave Greenbaum "It's Not Over" is both the title and theme of Michael Signorile's latest take on the state of equal rights in America. In spite of the massive surge in both legal and social approval of equal rights for gay people in the United States, there is still much work to be done, and premature celebration of victory could end up hurting the cause more then it helps. This is a well-argued book that will be somewhat controversial, especially among segments of the gay population, especially on the right, who argue in favor of "magnanimity" towards enemies of equality. According to Signorile, such sentiments are misguided, because the fight is not over, and there are still well-entrenched and powerful opponents of equality who haven't yet given up the fight.Signorile walks the reader through several areas of combat, including recent controversies such as the resignation of the Mozilla chairman Brendan Eich as well as debates over the media's instance over covering "both sides" of an issue as well as misguided calls for religious "tolerance" of bigots in the public marketplace. This is a refreshing, forthright book that will appeal to its target audience but will be unlikely to convince opponents. Indeed, Signorile hasn't let his political sword get dull, and takes special delight in skewering the views of gay conservatives.For those on the pro-equality side, especially more liberal folks, this book will serve as a well-reasoned call to arms and reminder that the fight is going well, but it is not over, by a long shot.
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