Dr. Eric Cervini

Author | Historian | Homosexual

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About Eric

 Dr. Eric Cervini is an award-winning author, producer, and historian of LGBTQ+ politics. His first book, The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America, was a NYT bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It also won the Publishing Triangle’s Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, the NYT Editors’ Choice, and the “Best Read of 2020” at the Queerties.

Cervini is the Emmy-winning creator and Executive Producer of The Book of Queer, a queer history docu-series boasting the largest all-queer cast in Hollywood history, is now streaming on HBO Max.

In March 2024, Cervini launched Allstora, an online book marketplace, alongside fourteen-time Emmy-winner RuPaul Charles. Cervini currently serves as Allstora’s CEO. On the site, Cervini also hosts Eric’s (Very Gay) Book Club, where he highlights the most brilliant and exciting works of gay literature. 

The Deviant’s War

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE

Now available in paperback.

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 In 1957, at the height of the Space Race, a government astronomer named Frank Kameny received a summons to report immediately to Washington, D.C. The Pentagon had reason to believe he was a homosexual. And for the first time, a homosexual fought back.

Based on firsthand accounts, recently declassified FBI records, and forty thousand personal documents, The Deviant’s War is a story of America (and Washington) at a cultural and sexual crossroads; of shocking, byzantine public battles with Congress; of FBI informants; murder; betrayal; sex; love; and ultimately victory.

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The Deviant’s War is a compelling work that should be on the reading list for everyone who cares about the quest for full civil rights for all Americans.

- US Senator Tammy Baldwin

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