Gay Studies category: 1383 books
SWITCHING SIDES
Is There A Difference Between Gay Love and Heterosexual Love?
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Today, the majestic walls of court and government rooms are ringing with concerns of how to deal with the constitutionality of same sex marriage, gays in the military and civil unions. Homosexuals are the most prejudge Americans today, and although many disagree with them having the same rights of...
Gay and Lesbian Parenting
New Directions
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
A new, multidisciplinary look at GLBT parenting
Over the past 30 years, research on gay and lesbian parents has produced findings that challenge deeply rooted beliefs in child psychology about the processes through which parents influence the development of their children. Gay and Lesbian Parenting: New Directions builds on t
Magnus Hirschfeld
The Origins of the Gay Liberation Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) was one of the first great pioneers of the gay liberation movement. Revered by such gay icons as Christopher Isherwood and Harry Hay, founder of the Mattachine Society, Hirschfeld’s legacy resonates throughout the twentieth-century and around the world. Guided by his...
by Sarah Schulman
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
In this chronicle of political awakening and queer solidarity, the activist and novelist Sarah Schulman describes her dawning consciousness of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Invited to Israel to give the keynote address at an LGBT studies conference at Tel Aviv University, Schulman declines,...
by J. Seth Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
Salt Lake City, located along Utah's majestic Wasatch Mountains, has historically been a cradle of peculiar people. Before Western culture developed terms for lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) identities, diverse communities who recognized their differences from mainstream America made...
Making History
The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990: An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
When Making History was first published in 1992, the acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel called it, “One of the definitive works on gay life.” Novelist Armistead Maupin said that author “Eric Marcus not only writes with grace and clarity but makes it look so easy—the ultimate measure of...
Pulp Friction
Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring, mostly between the covers of the cheaply produced pulp paperbacks of the post-World War II era. Cultural critic Michael Bronski collects a sampling of these now little-known gay erotic writings—some...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Novelist, memoirist, diarist, and gay pioneer Christopher Isherwood left a wealth of writings. Known for his crisp style and his camera-like precision with detail, Isherwood gained fame for his Berlin Stories, which served as source material for the hit stage musical and Academy Award–winning film...
My Desire for History
Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
This anthology pays tribute to Allan Berube (1946-2007), a self-taught historian and MacArthur Fellow who was a pioneer in the study of lesbian and gay history in the United States. Best known for his Lambda Literary Award-winning book Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World...
When Your Spouse Comes Out
A Straight Mate's Recovery Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Effective therapeutic self-help techniques for a straight mate’s recovery
One of the most traumatic events that can happen in a marriage is discovering your mate is gay. When Your Spouse Comes Out: A Straight Mate’s Recovery Manual is a comprehensive exploration of the trauma that provides...
Men on the Make
True Gay Sex Confessions
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Gay award-winning editor Shane Allison brings together a staggeringly sexy set of true stories reflecting gay life today. Men on the Make is as incredibly diverse as the culture itself, with true confessions that are revelatory, sometimes shocking, and always extremely personal. Allison's book is...
by Geoffrey Knight
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
One of the world's biggest secrets is coming out...Why do straight women love gay romance?
What is it that attracts straight women to the idea of two men falling in love? Is it the muscles? The mystery of the male mind? The idea of true love overcoming all odds? How has it changed who these...
by James Hagerty
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
The High Priesthood of Being gay is a labor of love over 12 years in the writing. It included numerous, often exhausting, edits for accuracy and truthfulness. Its a bold attempt to separate out Being and Nothingness in what it is to be gay. Both sacred and profane, emotional and intellectual, it will...
Torn
Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christian ministry. But Lee harbored a secret: He also knew that he was gay. In this groundbreaking book, Lee recalls the events--his coming...