This book looks at a particular time in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, namely the period from June 1977 and November 1978, between when Harvey Milk was elected and when he helped defeat California Proposition 6. The story is told through letters and journal entries between pen pals Tammy, who’s hiding the fact that she is gay from her fundamentalist Baptist family, and Sharon, living in the heart of San Francisco trying to figure out who she is and where she belongs. This is a wonderful book all about identity, human rights, how religion can be twisted into something ugly, and the importance of hope in the face of seemingly hopelessness, and has wonderful parallels to today's continuing struggle for equality, particularly in the US.
