In 1973 American activist Mark Segal disrupted a live broadcast of CBS Evening News to protest gay prejudice. He was wrestled to the floor on live television, thus ending LGBT invisibility. But this victory left many more battles to fight, and creativity was required to find a way to challenge stereotypes. Segal's felt his job was to show America who LGBT people are: sons, daughters, fathers, mothers. Because of activists like Mark Segal, whose work is dramatically detailed in this memoir, today openly gay LGBT people hold positions of power all over America.
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In 1973 American activist Mark Segal disrupted a live broadcast of CBS Evening News to protest gay prejudice. He was wrestled to the floor on live television, thus ending LGBT invisibility. But this victory left many more battles to fight, and creativity was required to find a way to challenge stereotypes. Segal's felt his job was to show America who LGBT people are: sons, daughters, fathers, mothers. Because of activists like Mark Segal, whose work is dramatically detailed in this memoir, today openly gay LGBT people hold positions of power all over America.