Andrew Reynolds, Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Founded and directs the UNC LGBTQ Representation and Rights Research Initiative, the leading global think tank focused on LGBTQ politics. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, New Statesman, and widely online. His twelve non-fiction books range from African politics to the Arab Spring, elections to the future of democracy. For twenty-five years he has been an advisor on democratic design in the world's most dangerous places. From South Africa to Somalia, Afghanistan to Libya, Burma to Ukraine, and many others.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface 1. The Milk Principle 2. The Ballad of Peter and Simon 3. I Have Quite a Powerful and Carrying Voice4. I Have Never Come Across a Homo in This House5. From Mississippi to Marriage6. Being First7. St. Christopher8. More Like Hell Than Heaven9. Cinders Goes to the Ball10. Mel and the Bees11. Southern Queers12. The Washington 43rd13. The Right Gays14. Britain Goes Gay at the Polls 15. You Win Some, You Lose SomeConclusionEpilogueAppendix A: Interviews ConductedAppendix B: Out LGBTQ Parliamentarians 1976-2017 Bibliography Index

A unique look at how politics affect the LGBTQ community and the LGBTQ politicians that help bring about the changes needed for the community. Reynolds does an excellent job at not only looking at past politicians, but current game changes as well