After the Ball (Kirk and Madsen book)

After the Ball: How America Will Conquer its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s is a book published in 1989 about LGBT rights in the United States. It was written by the neuropsychologist Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, a social marketing and advertising executive. The book was born out of a 1987 article the two penned called "The Overhauling of Straight America" which was published in Guide magazine.

After the Ball: How America Will Conquer its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s
Cover of the first edition
AuthorsMarshall Kirk
Hunter Madsen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLGBT rights in the United States
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1989
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages398
ISBN0-385-23906-8

The book advocates a change in the national discourse in regards to gay and lesbian Americans in an effort to curb homophobia. A 1989 LA Times book review called it "a stubbornly revisionist critique of the conventional wisdom of gay activism over the last two decades." The article also notes Kirk and Madsen call for the gay community to examine themselves.[1]

References
  1. KIRSCH, JONATHAN (October 4, 1989). "Book Review : Provocative Call to Arms on Gay Rights". Los Angeles Times.
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