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Secret City

The Hidden History of Gay Washington

by James Kirchick

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830 pages
Published
May 31, 2022
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
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On Political Wire 2 posts

  • May 27, 2022
    The Plot to Out Ronald Reagan

    Politico excerpts the untold story of how a group of Republicans tried to expose "a nefarious homosexual network" within Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign on the eve of the 1980 Republican convention.

  • May 26, 2022
    How Reagan Distanced Himself from AIDS

    Playbook has excerpts from James Kirchick’s new book, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington which details how far Ronald Reagan distanced himself from AIDS, even as thousands of Americans were dying.

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