Signorile #ItsNotOver

Just days before Indiana Governor, Mike Pence, signed the state’s bogus “religious freedom” law and made IN a poster child of intolerance, I received an advance copy of Michelangelo Signorile’s latest book, It’s Not Over.

Talk about timing…

Signorile postulates that the incredible progress seen with regards to LGBT rights and in particular marriage equality in recent years has fanned the flames of homophobia in America and stiffened the resolve of conservatives who are determined to win this cultural war.  He also turns a critical eye to supposed “allies” of the LGBT community in Washington, the media and Hollywood  who too often remain complacent and in the words of the book “become a roadblock to progress.” I’ve yet to read the book and have based my summary on reviews as well as the inside book cover’s description and will write about it again after the book is available for sale.

The timing of this book could not be more appropriate as other states emboldened by Indiana now contemplate similar “religious freedom” laws and an increasingly conservative wing of the Republican Party begins to flex its muscle as the Presidential Primary season for 2016 begins.

The 259 page book (77 of which are notes added to the end of the book) is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and will be available for sale on April 7th.  If you plan on purchasing this book consider supporting your local LGBT bookstore.  In Boston you can order a copy at Calamus Bookstore.