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Chicago Whispers by St. Sukie De la Croix

St. Sukie De la Croix | Chicago Whispers | Chicago Whispers illuminates a colorful and vibrant record of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people who lived and loved in Chicago from the

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Privilege Of Sex by Eve Zaremba

Eve Zaremba | Privilege Of Sex | Table of Contents

I. Brothers, Husbands and Fathers- introduction

Anne Langdon

Frances Stewart

Anna Brownell Jameson

II. A Wo

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A History of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras by Graham Carbery; Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Association

Graham Carbery; Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Association | A History of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras | Most Australians have come to know Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as a visual spectacle without equal. However, behind the colour and glamour of

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Amazons And Military Maids by Julie Wheelwright

Julie Wheelwright | Amazons And Military Maids | Drawing on memoirs, letters and diaries, exposes the hidden history of women who chose to live, work and love as men. It reveals for the first time a

Posted in History Memoir

Memoir Of A Race Traitor by Mab Segrest

Mab Segrest | Memoir Of A Race Traitor | The horrific bombing in Oklahoma City earlier this year gives new urgency to Mab Segrest’s Memoir of a Race Traitor – the chronicle of a white, southe

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In Search of Gay America by Neil Miller

Neil Miller | In Search of Gay America | Represents the author’s nationwide survey of gay America–a sampling including an openly gay mayor in Missouri, a Latin lesbian community in San Anton

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A Gift of Age by Arden Eversmeyer; Margaret Purcell

Arden Eversmeyer; Margaret Purcell | A Gift of Age | Collection of biographies from lesbians based on interviews taken for the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project.

It’s hard to imagine toda

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Creating a Place For Ourselves by Brett Beemyn

Brett Beemyn | Creating a Place For Ourselves | Creating a Place For Ourselvesis a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines gay life in the United States before Stonewall and the gay libera

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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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Between Women by Sharon Marcus

Sharon Marcus | Between Women | Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other’s hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that