"An extraordinary piece of writing: colorful, far-ranging, and deeply insightful in exploring the connection between gay culture and the larger American scene . . . A pleasure to read."—Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States
"Bronski ranges widely, often with great insight . . . A nice feature of his approach is that he seeks to understand gay culture and politics not in isolation but in relation to comparable phenomena both past and present."—LA Weekly
"The Pleasure Principal has something important to say to anyone interested in the topic, regardless of one's sexual orientation . . . In his ambitious and entertaining book [Bronski] is helping to remove gay history and culture from the marginalized realm of exotica and place them squarely in the ebb and flow of American history."—The Nation
