“This book is unique and unforgettable, filled with powerful human stories and a wealth of fascinating information. Kevin Jennings has written a refreshing, engrossing, and finely documented history book that restores gays and lesbians to their rightful place of importance within world history. High school and college students, gay and straight, will be enormously challenged and enriched by studying Jennings’s book as part of their history classes. Through carefully selected firsthand documents, Jennings vividly brings to life the anguish and the triumphs of individual gay men and women from cultures around the world.” - David LaFontaine, chair of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth.