Gay Studies category: 1383 books
Visions of Sodom
Religion, Homoerotic Desire, and the End of the World in England, c. 1550-1850
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
The book of Genesis records the fiery fate of Sodom and Gomorrah—a storm of fire and brimstone was sent from heaven and, for the wickedness of the people, God destroyed the cities “and all the plains, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.” According to many...
Male Intergenerational Intimacy
Historical, Socio-Psychological, and Legal Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This groundbreaking book presents new historical, legal, sociological, psychological, and cross-disciplinary research on male intergenerational intimacy. Experts thoroughly document and further the discussion about this area of research through historical and ethnological examples from different times...
Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television
An Analysis of Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Red Dwarf and Torchwood
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
The subjects of this book constitute a significant cross section of BBC science fiction television. With such characters as the Doctor (an enigmatic time-traveling alien), Kerr Avon (a problematic rebel leader), Dave Lister (a slovenly last surviving human) and Captain Jack Harkness (a complex omnisexual...
by Jeffrey T. Parsons
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Gain important insight and a broader perspective on where, why, and how sex workers conduct their business
For years, the focus of sex work research has been on street-based male and female sex workers and the HIV-related risks they pose to their clients. Contemporary Research on Sex Work moves...
by David E. Newton
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Same-sex marriage continues to be a polarizing subject in the United States and other parts of the world. This new edition of Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook brings readers up to date on the status of same-sex unions from social, legal, political, and historical perspectives.
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Handbook of LGBT Tourism and Hospitality
A Guide for Business Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
To research this book, the authors traveled to six continents, interviewed nearly a hundred industry experts, and analyzed multiple emerging trends among LGBT travelers. The Handbook of LGBT Tourism and Hospitality is an easy-to-read, practical, and relevant guidebook with a simple goal: to help marketing...
by Ph. D Ferentinos
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
LGBT individuals and families are increasingly visible in popular culture and local communities; their struggles for equality appear regularly in news media. If history museums and historic sites are to be inclusive and relevant, they must begin incorporating this community into their interpretation....
Sex and Tourism
Journeys of Romance, Love, and Lust
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Explore the complex relationship between tourism and intimacy in this new book with a worldwide perspective!
With a unique combination of academic and personal accounts, Sex and Tourism: Journeys of Romance, Love, and Lust takes you behind the scenes with motel owners, adventure travel guides,...
Arresting Dress
Cross-Dressing, Law, and Fascination in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
In 1863, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a law that criminalized appearing in public in “a dress not belonging to his or her sex.” Adopted as part of a broader anti-indecency campaign, the cross-dressing law became a flexible tool for policing multiple gender transgressions, facilitating...
by Bryan Carter
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
This e-book contains over 70,000 sexy, erotic words charged with sexual lesbian electricity. Everything is fair game in this collection of infamous stories, including; women in prison, blackmail, a woman's first time lesbian experience, three-ways, frisky roommates, (very) experienced older women,...
Queer Futures
Reconsidering Ethics, Activism, and the Political
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Following debates surrounding the anti-social turn in queer theory in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the role of activism, the limits of the political, and the question of normativity and ethics. Queer Futures engages with these concerns, exploring issues of complicity and agency...
Reading from Behind
A Cultural Analysis of the Anus
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Since we all have one and use it every day, why is it that people squirm when the anus is mentioned? In Reading from Behind, Jonathan Allan addresses this question in a playful, yet scholarly exploration of everything from porn to poetry, from Brokeback Mountain to Myra Breckinridge, democratizing the anus as a site of necessity and as a location of pleasure.
Queering Sexual Violence
Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Often pushed to the margins, queer, transgender and gender non-conforming survivors have been organizing in anti-violence work since the birth of the movement. Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement locates them at the center of the anti-violence movement and...
The Bisexual Option
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Soon to be translated into Japanese! The Bisexual Option explores bisexuality, explains the bisexual, and explodes myths surrounding this large “unseen” segment of the population. Now in its second edition, this intriguing book gives an overview of bisexuality. As there is still no book that covers...