Leila J. Rupp is the author of many books, including A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America and Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women. She is a professor of feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Susan K. Freeman is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at Western Michigan University. She is the author of Sex Goes to School: Girls and Sex Education before the 1960s.

A terrific book for anyone teaching U.S. history to high school or college students. It is designed to explain why, and especially how, educators can integrate LGBT history into their existing courses. The volume contains superb essays by scholars and teachers that speak to pedagogy, sources, and methods, and includes seventeen topical essays that span the breadth of U.S. history, from colonial same-sex experiences to contemporary same-sex marriage."" —American Historian