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My Minnesota roots -- Pushing the pedals of power : from Minnesota to the gay rights national lobby -- Money talks : gay and lesbian political clout and the founding of the Human Rights Campaign Fund -- We've met the enemy-- and the enemy is us : internal conflicts can be far more painful than fighting homophobes -- Beginning again : building an effective capacity to generate grassroots mail to Congress -- Speak out -- If it ain't broken-- : demonstrating a need for the gay and lesbian rights legislation -- One-to-one lobbying -- Do dog and pony shows make a difference? : how much do hearings really matter? -- Thoughts on fund-raising -- Of battles lost and opportunities missed -- Bedfellows make strange politics : of hypocrisy and honesty, coming out and "outing" -- The politics of self-indulgence? : a self-confessed "insider" assesses his experience with protest activities -- Wrapping up a movement career : retiring on disability, acknowledgement, and-- victory!

A lively memoir of LGBT activist Steve Endean?one of the most influential political strategists ever to lobby Washington DC!Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights Into the Mainstream: Twenty Years of Progress is the spirited and provocative memoir that blows the lid off the complex machinations of state and national politics. LGBT activist Steve Endean's autobiographical chronicle, completed shortly before his death in 1993, tells insider stories that are sometimes rousing, other times infuriating, recounting the fight for lesbian and gay rights from the trenches of the Minnesota state capital to the