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Hear Us Out! by Nancy Garden

Nancy Garden | Hear Us Out! |

What was it like being young and gay during the closeted 1950s, the exuberant beginnings of the modern gay rights movement in the 1970s, or

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe by Rudolf M. Dekker; Lotte Van de Pol

Rudolf M. Dekker; Lotte Van de Pol | The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe | In 17th- and 18th-century Europe, especially in Holland, England, and Germany, many women chose to dress and live as men. Based upon 119 well-document

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Steel Closets by Anne Balay

Anne Balay | Steel Closets |

Synopsis

Even as substantial legal and social victories are being celebrated within the gay rights movement, much of working-class America st

Posted in Award Winner History

Odd Girls And Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman

Lillian Faderman | Odd Girls And Twilight Lovers | Lillian Faderman tells the compelling story of lesbian life in the 20th century, from the early 1900s to today’s diverse lifestyles. Using journals, u

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Grier Rated History

Dear Sammy by Gertrude Stein; Samuel M. Steward; Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein; Samuel M. Steward; Alice B. Toklas | Dear Sammy | Letters to Steward from the famous expatriate pair, dating from the 1930s through 1966, reflect a true friendship among the correspondents, the striki

Posted in Award Winner History

Hidden From History by Martin Duberman; Martha Vicinus; George Chauncey

Martin Duberman; Martha Vicinus; George Chauncey | Hidden From History | Without peer, Hidden from History gathers together the works of the most exciting scholars in the dynamic field of homosexual studies, making this a g

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Out For Good by Dudley Clendinen; Adam Nagourney

Dudley Clendinen; Adam Nagourney | Out For Good | This is the definitive account of the last great struggle for equal rights in the twentieth century. From the birth of the modern gay rights movement

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction Autobiography/Biography History

Into The Pink by Oberlin College Alumni Association

Oberlin College Alumni Association | Into The Pink | The book Into the Pink consists of transcribed conversations from the First Reunion of the Oberlin Lesbian, Gay Bisexual Alumni [now the Oberlin Lambd

Posted in Autobiography/Biography History

The Gay 100 by Paul Russell

Paul Russell | The Gay 100 | An illustrated selection of history’s most influential homosexuals, ranked according to their impact on the development of gay identity, includes Socr

Posted in Grier Rated History

Gay American History by Jonathan Ned Katz

Jonathan Ned Katz | Gay American History | This unique and pioneering work is a comprehensive collection of documents on American gay life from the early days of European settlement to the emer