Gay Studies category: 1383 books
by JoAnne Myers
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Not so long ago hardly anything was said of the Lesbian Liberation Movement and the Gay Liberation Movement, indeed, the terms gay and lesbian were not even used if some other expression could be found. Today, by contrast, hardly a day passes when something important does not occur, and is carried...
Confronting Prejudice
Lesbian and Gay Issues in Social Work Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book brings lesbian and gay issues to the centre of the debate on anti-oppressive practice. It is an accessible and practical guide to the subject for all involved in student learning, aiming to provide practice teachers and educators with tools to help students develop their understanding of...
The Bear Book
Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
The Bear Book brings together an impressive range of bear--usually big, hairy men who favor full-face beards and prefer to wear jeans and flannel shirts--viewpoints to explore this unique social and cultural phenomenon that stretches from America to western Europe to Australia! On the personal level,...
Midlife and Aging in Gay America
Proceedings of the SAGE Conference 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
How is the pre-Stonewall generation aging? What can the Stonewall generation expect?
Combining personal experience and original research, this fascinating collection explores the practical and psychological issues of aging for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Midlife and...
Steel Closets
Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Even as substantial legal and social victories are being celebrated within the gay rights movement, much of working-class America still exists outside the current narratives of gay liberation. In Steel Closets, Anne Balay draws on oral history interviews with forty gay, lesbian, and transgender steelworkers,...
Gay and Lesbian Elders
History, Law, and Identity Politics in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The approximately two million gay and lesbian elders in the United States are an underserved and understudied population. At a time when gay men and lesbians enjoy an unprecedented degree of social acceptance and legal protection, many elders face the daily challenges of aging isolated from family,...
by Paul Baker
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Queer linguistics has only recently developed as an area of study; however academic interest in this field is rapidly increasing. Despite its growing appeal, many books on ‘gay language’ focus on private conversation and small communities. As such, Public Discourses of Gay Men represents an important...
Aging with HIV
A Gay Man's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
With improvements in the treatment of HIV disease, gay men in great numbers are surviving--and thriving--into middle and older age. While increased longevity brings new hope, it also raises unanticipated challenges, particularly for gay men who never thought they would live this long: How do I deal...
by G. Senatore
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Caro lettore,
sei di fronte al primo Manuale italiano di Seduzione Gay!
Ma attenzione, non è il solito manualetto di aria fritta del sedicente seduttore di turno... Con questo libro, infatti, ti farai un sacco di risate leggendo un sacco di cose letteralmente “fuori”. Ma la sostanza c’è e...
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
John Boswell’s National Book Award–winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church’s past relationship to its gay members—among them priests, bishops, and even saints—when...
by Christopher McNary, Maria Paniagua
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
What were talking about here isnt seen much in tourist zones like Puerto Vallarta or Cancun. Its not what youd expect in Mexico City either, where gay marriage and adoption were sanctioned in 2010. But theses two stories are all too real and common, adapted from asylum testimonies given by men born and...
Samuel Steward and the Pursuit of the Erotic Sexuality, Literature, Archives
Sexuality, Literature, Archives
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Samuel Steward and the Pursuit of the Erotic: Sexuality, Literature, Archives examines one of the most fascinating sexual renegades of the twentieth century and the social, cultural, pedagogical, and erotic projects with which he was engaged. This innovative collection, edited by Debra A. Moddelmog...
The Unofficial Gay Manual
Living the Lifestyle (Or at Least Appearing To)
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Featuring essays, multiple-choice and true-false tests, lists, sidebars, and charts, the humorous but useful handbook for the gay lifestyle includes "10 Things Not to Say When Telling Your Mother" and "A Guide to Gay Flora and Fauna."
Exiled for Love
The Journey of an Iranian Queer Activist
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
To be gay in Iran means to live in the shadow of death. The country’s harsh Islamic code of Lavat is used to execute gay men, and LGBT individuals who avoid execution are often subjected to severe lashings, torture and imprisonment. It was in this unforgiving environment that Arsham Parsi came to...