As Michelle Visage would say “Do you like gay shit? Then read this book!” It’s such an amazing read, I’m so glad my local book store had it on a table at the front or I’d probably never have read it and I’d have been missing out. It provides an in depth look at queer history and Stonewall in particular and I really loved learning more about the people who walked so I could run. Some parts are not so pretty but I did still enjoy reading them because it’s necessary to know the good and the bad of queer history. You can’t erase one without the other being erased as well and that’s just a fact. I do wish there had been a bit more focus on the days leading up to the events and the riots themselves, although I do realize they focused on other aspects as those are already represented many times in other books and documentaries. Despite that I absolutely loved learning more about the women and men that tore down walls so I could be free to be gay and safe and proud. I highly recommend this book whether you’re straight or gay as it provides a lot of necessary history of gay culture and those before who came before that paved the way for us.