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'Grandfather of the gay rights movement' gets his due in 'The Deviant's War'

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One of the most widely held myths about the fight for LGBTQ equality is that it started at New York City’s Stonewall Inn during the summer of 1969.

That uprising, while pivotal, was in reality preceded by a grassroots “homophile” movement that has been largely overlooked.

Eric Cervini, a historian, is trying to change that. His first book, “The Deviant’s War,” documents the efforts of gay activists during the late 1950s and ‘60s to plant the seeds that would eventually lead to decades of

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