501 Great Things About Being Gay |
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| Against
Death: the Practice of Living with AIDS |
Robert
Ariss - activist and academic - had a unique vision of HIV/AIDS.
As an HIV seropositive individual for many years before
his death in May 1994, he was a full participant in, and
critic of, the development of the gay community's response
to the HIV epidemic both in Australia and internationally.
Though his life is a definite presence in this study, it
is not an autobiography. Instead, it is a critical account
of a public health crisis, a community's response, and the
politics of sexuality. It was in Sydney, Australia, famous
for its Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, that Robert Ariss lived
and worked. It is his vision of that community - of its
members infected with and affected by HIV - which is documented
in this anthropological study. Yet this book's aim is to
reach beyond Sydney to all communities living with HIV and
AIDS.
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Between the Sheets, in the Streets |
Queer,
Lesbian, Gay Documentary (Visible Evidence, Vol 1)
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Bisexuality |
This
text presents the reader with the essential primary texts
on bisexuality since 1900. Exploring this often controversial
concept from a range of perspectives, the book places bisexuality
in its historical and cultural context and interrogates
its many meanings and uses. This collection includes sections
on: the genealogy of the concept of bisexuality; bisexual
identities and bisexual behaviours; bisexual epistemologies;
the inner dynamics of bisexuality and its possible future
in cyberspace. The introductions give a straightforward
overview of the texts included and set them in the context
of debates on bisexuality.
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The Book of Gay and Lesbian Quotations |
A
collection of three thousand quotations with subjects ranging
from youth and aging to art and literature, and features
words of wisdom from Gore Vidal, Cole Porter, and Plato.
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Coming Out of Feminism? |
This
volume explains the recent history of lesbian and gay studies
(founded on the radical confidence of the black power movement
of the 1960s) and its debates, principles and controversies.
In so doing, it provides a way into the discipline for students
who are looking for a broad overview of the field. It is
now commonplace to observe the elision of literary with
cultural studies. Equally commonplace is the association
of cultural studies with the topics of race and gender.
The fastest growth area in the latter is lesbian and gay
studies which has grown out of feminism and womens studies.
This volume should be of interest to upper-level undergraduates
and above in cultural studies, women's studies, literature
and sociology.
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Completely Queer : The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia |
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Early Embraces 2 |
More
True Life Stories of Women Describing Their First Lesbian
Experience
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Flaming Classics |
In
his readings of film favourites, Alexander Doty takes the
reader to the queer side of criticism, offering fresh and
controversial views of the stars, the plots, and the directors
of our best loved and most iconic films. Arguing against
the assumption that only explicitly gay films are subject
to gay readings, he looks at six classics and reads them
for their queer potential. With both affection and scholarly
rigor, he teases out the lesbian fantasy inherent in "The
Wizard of Oz", the gay nightmare narrative of "The Cabinet
of Dr. Caligari", the bisexual erotics of "Gentleman Prefer
Blondes", the queerness of Norman Bates, and even makes
a compelling argument about Citizen Kane's dying word, "Rosebud".
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Freddie Mercury - The Real Life |
David
Evans and David Minns have collected memories to pay tribute
to Freddie Mercury.
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The Gay Metropolis |
Combining
history with cultural analysis, this is a social, cultural
and political history of gay life in the major cities of
the world since the 1940s. Focusing on New York, London,
Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin, the book chronicles the importance
of urban centres in the evolution of gay culture.
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| The
Gay to Z of TV and Radio |
This
is an A-Z guide to male and female homosexuality in television
and radio's presentation of homosexuality and related themes
since the 1920s. Covering the English-speaking world, this
text explores the alternative, continuous history that has
existed within mainstream entertainment. It considers stories
and programmes devoted to or touching the lives of people
who are not wholly heterosexual. Covering plays, serials,
soaps, documentaries, comedy and music shows, the guide
is informative and sometimes outrageous. From "Absolutely
Fabulous" to "Zorro", it covers media personalities and
celebrities, fictional characters, slang terms, cliches,
jargon, catch-phrases, banned broadcasts, cut scenes, hidden
symbols, forbidden words, outings, nudity and kisses, providing
alternative slants on old favourites.
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The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics
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This
text brings together stories of the emergence and growth
of the gay and lesbian movement in more than a dozen nations
on five continents. It addresses both older and newer movements,
and examines the social and political conditions that shape
movement opportunities and trajectories.
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A History of Gay Literature |
While
many books have been written about gay writing, this is
an account of male gay literature, across cultures, languages,
and from ancient times to the present. Working within the
widest definitions of what constitutes gay literature, it
includes chapters on the significant periods of cultural
history (the Greek and Roman civilizations, the Middle Ages,
the European Renaissance, the American Renaissance and the
20th century), on major writers (Marlowe, Shakespeare, Proust,
Wilde) and on common themes (boyhood, mourning, masturbation).
A work of reference as well as a history of a tradition,
it covers a large field in terms of time (from Homer to
Edmund White), literary status (from cultural icons like
Virgil and Dante to popular novelists like Clive Barker
and Dashiell Hammett), and location (from Mishima's Tokyo
and Abu Nuwas' Baghdada to David Leavitt's New York). The
book also deals with representations of male-male love by
writers who were not themselves homosexual or bisexual men.
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The Homo Handbook : Getting in Touch With Your Inner Homo
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So,
you're gay, think you're gay, or one of those "I'm just
curious" types? Then does Judy Carter have the book for
you! This book helps you to explore your inner feelings
towards being gay and assists in knocking the door off that
closet to open up to your inner homo. Using generous amounts
of her gay stand-up humor, Carter makes her book entertaining
as well as informing, allowing gays to laugh at themselves
as well as the narrow-minded bigots who bash them. She also
incorporates numerous workbook-style exercises designed
to guide gays in accepting themselves and making the rest
of the world accept them, too. This is a must-read for anyone
who is gay, thinks he/she might be gay, or even knows someone
who is gay.
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Issues in Therapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Clients |
With
volume three of "Pink Therapy" the editors have collated
articles on 12 further issues of particular concern to non-heterosexual
clients. Professionals from various fields of therapy offer
guidelines for good practice, in areas ranging from HIV
and AIDS to psychosexual problems. Contributors include:
Ian Rivers; Naomi Adams; Rita Brauner; Denis Bridoux; Sue
Cottrell; Dominic Davies; Alison Elgar; Pavlo Kannelakis;
Clare Lucius; Ian McNally; Charles Neal; Liz Oxley; Fiona
Purdie; Jan Schippers; PACE staff; Moira Walker; and Toni
Zanoveliet.
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| Just
Good Friends |
Friendship
is the most appropriate model for relationships of sexual
intimacy, both for heterosexual and gay and lesbian relationships.
Elizabeth Stuart reflects upon the experience of lesbian
and gay relationships and challenges the tendency to see
the issues as clear-cut.
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Legal Queeries |
Taking
law reform beyond the traditional confines of decriminalization,
this text explores issues in sexuality, gender and the law,
using examples from continental Europe to the southern hemisphere.
It aims to open new perspectives on the way lesbians, gays
and transexuals are represented in society. The book features
contributions from legal scholars and practitioners who
explore the complexity of the interface between perversity
and legal regulation. It addresses many taboo matters such
as sexuality and childhood, bringing together the experiences
of sexual minorities in other countries. It also draws attention
to the potential for change and to problems of legal reform
in this area.
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| Lesbian
and Gay Fostering and Adoption |
Presenting
a collection of personal accounts of lesbian and gay parents
from many different social and ethnic backgrounds, this
volume is designed to dispel misconceptions and encourage
gay men and lesbians who are thinking about adopting or
fostering children.
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| Lesbian
and Gay Studies |
Systematically
tracks the two achievements of the postwar period: 'coming
out' - the gay and lesbian movement as a political and cultural
force.
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| Lesbian
Sex Wars |
For
the last two decades, lesbians have been at war over sex.
Rows about butch and femme, S&M, monogamy and non-monogamy
or the politics of queer rage, giving them a higher profile
than ever before. This work questions sexual freedom and
analyzes and interprets the lesbian psyche and sexuality.
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The Myth of the Modern Homosexual |
Aims
to demolish the conception that the homosexual is a distinctive
species invented in the modern age. The text argues against
"social constructionist" theories in lesbian and gay studies,
proposing a case for the autonomy of queer identities and
culture. It presents evidence that queers are part of a
centuries-old history, possessing a unified historical and
cultural identity. The volume reviews the fundamental historiograhical
issues about the nature of queer history, arguing that a
new generation of queer historians will need to abandon
authoritarian dogma founded upon politically-correct ideology
rather than historical experience.
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| Nineteenth-century
Writings on Homosexuality |
A
collection of texts concerned with same-sex desire in the
19th and early-20th century. This comprehensive collection
ranges widely both generically and chronologically, including
prose, poetry, fiction, history and polemic from 1810 to
1914. Containing a general introduction, section headnotes,
a bibliography of primary and secondary source material,
and sections on "The Law", "Science", "Love", and "Sex".
It includes writing on: trials and scandals; censorship
and homophobia; cultural and personal history; love and
friendship; lesbianism; aestheticism and decadence; sexual
tourism and colonialism; cross-class desire; and sodomy
and sadomasochism.
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On Queer Street |
From
Oscar Wilde to Noel Coward, from Guy Burgess to Joe Orton,
to gay rights and AIDS, the history of gay men in the 20th
century reveals a little-known private world, which nevertheless
mirrors every aspect of Britain's changing social culture.
Driven underground by the trial and sentence of Oscar Wilde
in 1895, the homosexual "underworld" built up its own class
hierarchy, shifting political allegiances, its own modish
slang and etiquette. This study tells the story of an unlikely
alliance between the "beau monde" and the "demi monde".
It recounts, through the voices of men who were involved,
the gay community's rise from Edwardian obloquy, to the
days of its brief "golden age" in the years following the
legalization of homosexual acts in 1967 and its attempts
to hold its ground in the face of public scares about AIDS.
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The Other Side of Silence |
Covers
the history of gay men in America from World War I to today,
highlighting turning points in the development of homosexual
identity, culture, and freedom.
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Prayer Warriors |
The
True Story of a Gay Son, His Fundamentalist Christian Family,
and Their Battle for His Soul.
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Resident Alien |
The
witty diaries of "one of the great stately homos of England".
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| Rubber
Up! |
This
accessible and informative overview of issues relating to
condom use specifically by gay men provides the reader with
all the information he will need on choosing and using condoms.
Coverage includes: why you should use condoms; how to choose
between different brands; how to rubber up; use with toys;
lubes; a traveller's guide to condoms; condom politics.
An appendix supplies details for obtaining appropriate condoms
and advice on HIV and other STDs. A technical appendix examines
condom manufacture and explains the British Standard for
condoms and its new modifications.
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| A
Simple Matter of Justice? |
Investigates
the intention, meaning and impact of existing concepts of
justice regarding the legal status of lesbians and gay men.
This work considers contemporary lobby efforts in different
countries and assesses whether current ideas of justice
are relevant to campaigns against discrimination.
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Sing Out! |
The
artistic contributions of gay and lesbian singers, musicians,
composers and dancers.
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Some Men Are Lookers |
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| Straight
and Narrow? |
A
response to the contemporary moral debate about homosexuality,
taking into account medical and social scientific research
and examining biblical and theological concerns.
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Take It Like a Man |
Boy
George has experienced much since the heights of Culture
Club. Musically his world fell apart, he was implicated
in the heroin-induced death of a close friend, and he has
only now triumphed in his own fight against drugs. In this
book Boy George tells his own story - his childhood in Woolwich,
the squat in Warren Street, the worldwide successes of Culture
Club, the dresses, the bisexuality and then the fall.
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Theorising Heterosexuality |
This
text questions the assumption that heterosexuality is "natural"
and "normal", and demonstrates how much of our understanding
of ourselves and the social worlds we inhabit is based upon
this assumption. The contributors also examine postmodern,
feminist and queer theory.
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The Trouble with Normal |
In
this essay on the dangers of "normality", Michael Warner
sends a warning shot to the gay rights movement, which has
cleaned up its image in order to blend in with the mainstream.
He presents an analysis of the politics of shame and the
stigma of sexual identity.
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We Are Family |
An
engrossing look at the reality of being lesbian or gay and
a parent, the ways and means of achieving parenthood, and
the benefits and challenges of pink parenting in 90s Britain.
Based on original interviews with a broad cross-section
of lesbian and gay parents, and their children, this account
is proof positive that queer parents are making no "pretence"
at creating successful new patterns of family relationships.
Among the issues examined are: the taboos and myths that
traditionally surround same-sex parenthood; artificial insemination;
surrogate mothers; adoption and fostering; custody battles;
what to tell the children; what to tell your neighbours;
what kids think of their queer parents.
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Who's a Pretty Boy Then? |
This
work comprises one man's personal and highly idiosyncratic
view of gay history since the invention of the camera. Alongside
the famous and infamous are images of "ordinary" gay men,
taken at times that only friends and lovers would bother
to record.
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(hardback
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|
You
Know Youre Gay When..... |
Offers
a humorous list of behaviors that should give the reader
clues that he gay.
PRICE :- £7.50 |
