A Queer History of the United States

{{short description|2011 book by Michael Bronski}}

{{distinguish|LGBT history in the United States}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2016}}

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| author = Michael Bronski

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| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = LGBT history in the United States

| published = May 10, 2011 (Beacon Press)

| media_type = Print

| pages = 287

| awards = Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award/stonewall/honored#2012 |title=Stonewall Book Awards List § 2012 |website=ALA.org |date=September 9, 2009 |publisher=American Library Association |access-date=2017-03-22}}

| isbn = 978-0-8070-4439-1

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| oclc = 662402765

| dewey = 306.76/60973

| congress = HQ76.3.U5 B696 2011

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A Queer History of the United States is a concise history of LGBTQ people in US society.{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2011/05/how_gays_helped_make_and_remake_america.html |title=How Gays Helped Make and Remake America |last=Hari |first=Johann |date=May 23, 2011 |website=Slate |access-date=2016-06-22}} It describes ways in which queer people have influenced the evolution of the United States, and how the culture of the United States has affected them.{{cite web |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2011/05/17/a_scholarly_look_at_the_lgbt_experience_in_a_queer_history_of_the_united_states/ |title=Reassessing 500 years of American history: A scholarly look at the LGBT experience |last=Liebetrau |first=Eric |date=May 17, 2011 |website=Boston.com |access-date=2016-06-22}}{{cite web |url=http://now.dartmouth.edu/2012/02/professor-michael-bronski-wins-prestigious-stonewall-book-award |title=Professor Michael Bronski Wins Prestigious Stonewall Book Award |last=Barber |first=Bonnie |date=February 23, 2012 |website=Dartmouth Now |publisher=Dartmouth College |access-date=2016-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529015748/http://now.dartmouth.edu/2012/02/professor-michael-bronski-wins-prestigious-stonewall-book-award/ |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

A Queer History of the United States was published by Beacon Press in 2011. It was recognized with a Stonewall Book Award in 2012. The author, Michael Bronski, is a professor of Women's & Gender Studies at Dartmouth College, and professor of Practice in Media and Activism in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.{{cite web |url=http://wgs.fas.harvard.edu/people/michael-bronski |title=Michael Bronski |author= |website=Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=2016-06-22}}