Merle Miller (1919-1986) was an editor at Harper's Magazine, Time,
and the Nation, and was the bestselling author of several books,
including the novelA Gay and Melancholy Sound and Plain Speaking,a
biography of President Harry Truman.Dan Savage is the
internationally syndicated columnist of "Savage Love" and the
author of several books. With his husband Terry Miller, he
cofounded the It Gets Better project and edited theIt Gets
Bettercollection.
Charles Kaiser is an author, journalist, and blogger. His books
include 1968 in America and The Gay Metropolis, which was a New
York Times Book Review Notable Book. He lives in New York City.
“Forty years after Miller’s article and book his eloquent voice is
still poignant, still relevant to the ongoing struggle, our
struggle for dignity and equal rights.” — Jonathan Ned Katz,
Founder, Co-Director, OutHistory.org
“Forty years later, the story Miller tells remains important and
necessary to read, not only for both gay and straight readers to
understand ‘the way it used to be,’ but because the issues Miller
raised are still being discussed and argued about.” — Nancy
Pearl
“Merle Miller’s On Being Different is a searing indictment of
social hypocrisy, written with a quite but burning passion… This
book is not only a valuable historical document about the gay civil
rights movement, but it is an American classic because of the
beauty it achieves through its unflinchingly honest portrayal of
the raw pain of rejection.” — David Carter, author Stonewall: The
Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
“Without indulging in sensationalism or special pleading but making
it clear that he was writing directly from his own experience,
[Miller] bridged the gap between the ‘straights’ and the ‘gays’ in
a way that few recent writers on the subject have done. He also put
himself on the line as a well-known writer, who was not afraid to
publicly acknowledge his homosexuality.” — Publishers Weekly
“Brilliant, moving, and one is obliged to add, courageous narrative
of personal homosexuality.” — James A. Wechsler, columnist
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