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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Journalist, author.  Notable for his book 'The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk',  a biography of the first openly gay San Francisco politician, and 'And the Band Played On', for which a film version appeared on HBO.  Died of AIDS.
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Journalist, author.  Contributor to The Advocate, and correspondent with San Francisco Chronicle. Notable for his books 'The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk',  a biography of the first openly gay San Francisco politician, 'And the Band Played On' (for which a film version appeared on HBO television), and 'Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf'.  Honoured with the 1988 Outstanding Author award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the 1990 Mather Lectureship at Harvard University, and the 1993 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists' Association.  Died of AIDS.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
 
* [[Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ]]
 
* [[Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Prominent Newspaper Contributors Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 12:55, 15 August 2023

Randy Shilts

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1951 - 1994

Occupation

Writer

Description

Journalist, author. Contributor to The Advocate, and correspondent with San Francisco Chronicle. Notable for his books 'The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk', a biography of the first openly gay San Francisco politician, 'And the Band Played On' (for which a film version appeared on HBO television), and 'Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf'. Honoured with the 1988 Outstanding Author award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the 1990 Mather Lectureship at Harvard University, and the 1993 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists' Association. Died of AIDS.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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