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Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples

Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples - Rodger Streitmatter As 2014 has been a banner year for gay marriage, this is a good conclusion to my 2014 reading.

Outlaw Marriages had the promise of being interesting, but like marriage, it ended up being a bit dull. A series of moderately interesting mini-biographies about early 20th century same-sex power couples, it was a bit formulaic and lacked any spark. The bright side of this book is that the concept of an outlaw marriage is largely a thing of the past, at least in 35 of 50 state in the US. We mustn't forget, there are many parts of the world where such couplings are still considered outlaw.