Reviews
" Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. And the fact-checking is flawless!"-Kate Clinton, humorist " Outlaw Marriages is a thoroughly interesting look at gay and lesbian love, life and relationships."- EDGE "15 love marriages that dared not speak their name defied laws and mores, flouted conventions, and live today in Streitmatter's essential, well-documented history."- Booklist "The volume will have particular appeal to readers of gender studies, but these stories ultimately prove that true partnership is gender blind."- Publishers Weekly "[A] nice gift for just the right couple."- Kirkus Reviews, " Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. And the fact-checking is flawless!"--Kate Clinton, humorist "The volume will have particular appeal to readers of gender studies, but these stories ultimately prove that true partnership is gender blind."-- Publishers Weekly "A thoroughly interesting look at gay and lesbian love, life and relationships."-- EDGE "Fifteen love marriages that dared not speak their name defied laws and mores, flouted conventions, and live today in Streitmatter's essential, well-documented history."-- Booklist "A nice gift for just the right couple."-- Kirkus Reviews "An engaging and well-researched volume with broad appeal to the LGBTQ crowd (especially couples) as well as social historians."- Library Journal "In Outlaw Marriages he distills a wealth of information down to a lively and effective series of double portraits." --The Gay and Lesbian Review "...Streitmatter expertly threads together the historical backgrounds and incredible courage of these couples... it's a damn good bunch of stories told in a very approachable 160-ish pages." --The Stranger , " Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. And the fact-checking is flawless!"-Kate Clinton, humorist "The volume will have particular appeal to readers of gender studies, but these stories ultimately prove that true partnership is gender blind."- Publishers Weekly "A thoroughly interesting look at gay and lesbian love, life and relationships."- EDGE "Fifteen love marriages that dared not speak their name defied laws and mores, flouted conventions, and live today in Streitmatter's essential, well-documented history."- Booklist "A nice gift for just the right couple."- Kirkus Reviews , " Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. And the fact-checking is flawless!"-Kate Clinton, humorist, " Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. And the fact-checking is flawless!"-Kate Clinton, humorist "The volume will have particular appeal to readers of gender studies, but these stories ultimately prove that true partnership is gender blind."- Publishers Weekly "[A] nice gift for just the right couple."- Kirkus Reviews, " Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. And the fact-checking is flawless!"-Kate Clinton, humorist "The volume will have particular appeal to readers of gender studies, but these stories ultimately prove that true partnership is gender blind."- Publishers Weekly , " Outlaw Marriages gloriously outs same-sex couples through history and celebrates their love and impact in theater, arts, and social change. If you love the guilty pleasure of reading People magazine for your celebrity-couple news, you'll love this book. And the fact-checking is flawless!"-Kate Clinton, humorist "15 love marriages that dared not speak their name defied laws and mores, flouted conventions, and live today in Streitmatter's essential, well-documented history."- Booklist "The volume will have particular appeal to readers of gender studies, but these stories ultimately prove that true partnership is gender blind."- Publishers Weekly "[A] nice gift for just the right couple."- Kirkus Reviews
