Out in the Kitchen: a Cookbook ... for those with non-discriminating taste. Proceeds to benefit Maine Won't Discriminate.
[Lenexa, Kan.]: [Cookbook Publishers, Inc.], 1995.
Comb-bound octavo, (23 x 16 cm.), [viii], 105, [viii] pages. Introduction; illustrated, with a cover design by Cheryl Green. Title from Cover. FIRST EDITION. An important civil rights fundraising cookbook, raising awareness and money to help defeat a state referendum question which would have overturned the Portland Human Rights Ordinance, which extended protected classifications to "gays and lesbians" (the nomenclature of the era). The cookbook itself was issued just as the referendum was defeated, and the civil rights of gays and lesbians were upheld. In 2009, Maine was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, though the law was overturned in 2012. The text includes "A brief history of gay rights legislation in Maine". Lightest rubbing to black-printed, green card stock covers, otherwise fine with black comb-binding. Scarce. [OCLC locates six copies].
Price: $150.00