LGBTQ+ Studies / topics Books

Spain in the twentieth century gave birth to an array of astounding artistic and literary talent, including the passionately iconoclastic writer Federico Garcia Lorca. But his works were ill received in the homophobic atmosphere of institutionalized...

"In this collection of sixty prayers . . . Chris Glaser opens new vistas to us in prayer, discipleship, and the relationship between spirituality and sexuality. . . . This book is a classic in devotional literature which one will return to again and...

"Here's a white, gay couple who are older, who are hysterically funny.... I gotta say, I love them!"--Rosie O'Donnell, The Rosie Show"They're Team Guido, named in honor of their dog and, arguably, the most entertaining couple of the bunch."--Tom Shales,...

Adopting an intersectional lens, this timely volume explores the lived experiences of members of the queer and trans community in post-secondary STEM culture in the US to provide critical insights into progressing socially just STEM education pathways...

This book-Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Health in Southern Africa-is structured around four major themes: gender and sexuality diversity; love, pleasure and respect; gender, sexual violence and health; and sexuality, gender and sexual justice. Chapters...

The Routledge History of Queer America presents the first comprehensive synthesis of the rapidly developing field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer US history. Featuring nearly thirty chapters on essential subjects and themes from colonial...

On a wet day early in 1975, with the wind howling across the open expanses of this once American air base, now home to the Army's Queen Division, I stood in the corridor outside the Commanding officer's office and waited. My features were a mask as I...

This is the third in a trilogy of books by David Spencer. In this third and final volume, David writes about the the social, political and cultural background to his story. Examining the legal and historical issues that have controlled and affected the...

È la storia, vera, di un transessuale maschio che si prostituisce. Nell'operetta trapela, anche, l'ansia egli autori, "persone per bene" che, per la prima volta, per scrivere la biografia, conoscono e frequentano prostitute, e trans.Capitoli e paragrafi:...

Offering a critical introduction into LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) transnational identity in the media, this book examines performances and representations within documentary and fiction oriented texts. An interdisciplinary approach...

Over a couple of generations new possibilities have opened up for how we organize our relationships. This is especially true of same sex relationships where there is an increasing acceptance of civil unions and same-sex marriages. Many young same sex...

Queer Presences and Absences explores changes and continuations in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives, identities and spatial practices in the 21st century. Queer futures are situated across local, national and international spaces...

When Rupert Brooke died of blood poisoning on his way to fight the Turkish forces at Gallipoli in 1915, his friends in England were quick to turn him into a national hero--a patriotic symbol of the many young men of England going to war. That Brooke had...

Anthropologists and historians have shown us that 'male' and 'female' are variously defined historically and cross-culturally. The contributions to this volume focus on the voluntary and involuntary, temporary or permanent transformation of gender...

Ten men. Ten Stories. Ten Profiles.In "Profiles of Hope", psychologist, Dr. Gary Swanson, puts together a unique social experiment. He, and nine additional men tell exciting, thrilling, compassionate, and enthralling stories.Each man is...

This lyrical, moving and intensely personal coming-of-age memoir is also a coming out story of a gay boy from a conservative family growing up in the U.S. Southwest in an era of political, social and cultural transformation. It is also an extended...

Originally published in 1922, this was a sequel to the Autobiography of an Androgyne and an account of some of the author's experiences during his six years' career as an instinctive female-impersonator in New York's underworld. It also includes the...

This vintage book contains Edward Carpenter's ground-breaking study of homosexuality, "Intermediate Types Among Primitive Folk - A Study In Social Evolution". It is a fascinating study of social evolution centered on the idea that there is a spectrum of...

Here at Big Boyz Place, we put together the LEATHER BEARS Calendar to show them HONOR, RESPECT, and LOVE. As you know we a pushing body positivity and I feel that the leather community was the first to tell us that all bodies in leather are so sexy. In...

Homosexuality. Lesbians. Gay rights. Homophobia. These terms have come up quite a bit in recent years in Africa to the shock, embarrassment and even anger of many people. This book is about that, and about the coming out (into public view) of individuals...

Transgender Realities is a brief introduction to gender variant people and to the judgments made about them. The volume begins with a consideration of what gender is and does, and how this relates to all of us. Turning to specific consideration of...

There are areas which can be described as gay space in that they have many lesbians and gays in the population. Queerspace: A History of Urban Sexuality, edited by David Higgs, offers a history of gay space in the major cities form the early modern...

It's here and it's queer - popular culture inhabits all our lives, whether it comes in the form of movies or magazines, TV or shopping. A Queer Romance brings together critics, writers and artists to debate the possibilites of popular culture for...

This short collection of essays engages with queer lives and activism in 1970s Poland, illustrating discourses about queerness and a trajectory of the struggle for rights which clearly sets itself apart, and differs from a Western-based narrative of...

Long Term AIDS Survivor Shokti invites you on a journey into the mysteries of spirit, love and queerness. Poetry, prose and inspirational quotations from queer ancestors to assist in the redefining of queer sexualities-no longer the sick, sinning and...

Enjoy the antics of two very "freed-up sentient beings" who have taken hilarity to a precarious level as they wing their way into your heart. (Jim is a flight attendant and Charlene is. . . well, she's just flighty). Share their joy, laughter, and...

Step right up and immerse yourself in the captivating memoir of Joey, a carnival kid who grew up with his half-brother and sisters in the scorching heat of the Tucson desert. Largely neglected by his mother and unaware of his father's identity, Joey...

The Weimar Republic rests in many minds as a period of new and greatpersonal freedom. Despite this new freedom, gay German men still had todeal with the existence of Paragraph 175, the law against male homosexualacts. In response, gay German men worked...

This text explored gay male carers experience of caring for their part­ner, brother or friend who had HIV/AIDS. Through using pheno­menological methodology (van Manen, 1990), the day-to-day caring experiences were uncovered. The data gathered was then...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,9, Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, ehem. Fachhochschule Jena, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Bereich der Schulsozialarbeit ist Gender und Vielfalt ein unausweichlicher...

"Denny, long before he surfaced in my cove, was a legend well-known to me, a myth entitled: Best-Kept Boy in the World."-Truman CapoteDenham (Denny) Fouts, the twentieth century's most famous male prostitute, was a socialite and literary muse whose...

That Boy of Yours Wants Looking At is about love, loss, adversity, and acceptance. At its core is a child with a wild imagination and a desire for glamour trying to survive being gay and disabled on a Nottingham council estate in the sixties and...

Before I proceed with fulfilling your request, I would like to provide you with more specific information. It appears that you have an interest in a gay romance narrative that emphasizes seclusion or discretion. Is that accurate? Kindly furnish further...

Who knew that when two men met for a first date in Chicago, Illinois on a subzero January day in the middle of winter in 1995 that it would lead to a 25-year loving relationship. Meet Stuart and Lance Chen-Hayes and follow their journey in the USA and...

Tempt: An Anthology is dedicated to those who have loved, those who have lost, and those who have never been given the chance.It is impossible to understand the connection between two people without confronting the beauty and significance of the physical...

our bodies are beauty inducers is a fantastic and fantastical exploration of gender and the physical ground upon which it plays. hastain's words explode the amorphous domain where bodies and beauty meet. Electrifying and kinetic, hastain's work shatters...

"The pieces you are about to read are not just poetry. These pieces are my diary. It is a growing experience for me and hopefully for you too. Some of the pieces are riddles ... Some of the pieces are to be taken literally; others are not. You decide." -...

This fascinating new book explores the myriad aspects of biological theories of sexual preference. Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire describes, reviews, and questions recent biological research on sexual preference from the point of view of knowledgeable...