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Closets Are For Clothes by Rachel Cook

Rachel Cook | Closets Are For Clothes | Some of the very first Australians were gay and lesbian: they arrived on convict ships or as free settlers and forged their own colourful and intrigui

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Not a Passing Phase by Lesbian History Group

Lesbian History Group | Not a Passing Phase | Everything you’ve always wanted to know about women’s history but were afraid to ask, illuminated in this lively and contentious collection of essays.

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Dear Sappho by Kay Turner; Sheri Tornatore

Kay Turner; Sheri Tornatore | Dear Sappho | A selection of letters documenting love between women over the last 140 years. These eloquent messages from famous, ordinary or anonymous women range

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Lesbian And Gay Liberation In Canada by Donald Wilfred McLeod

Donald Wilfred McLeod | Lesbian And Gay Liberation In Canada | This authoritative reference guide covers the first twelve years of the organized homophile/gay liberation movement in Canada, from 1964 (when the Ass

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And They Were Wonderful Teachers by Karen Graves

Karen Graves | And They Were Wonderful Teachers | Focusing on Florida’s purge of gay and lesbian teachers from 1956 to 1965, this study explores how the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, co

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Gay and Lesbian Washington D.C. by Frank Muzzy

Frank Muzzy | Gay and Lesbian Washington D.C. | In the identity of gay and lesbian America, Washington, D.C., has a history, perhaps unknown, that begs to be acknowledged. This history ranges from t

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Gay American History by Jonathan Ned Katz

Jonathan Ned Katz | Gay American History | A collection of documents provides a continuous chronicle of homosexuality in America, from colonial times to the present, and of the persecution of g

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Out And Proud In Chicago by Tracy Baim

Tracy Baim | Out And Proud In Chicago | ‘Out and Proud in Chicago’ takes readers through the long and rich history of the city’s LGBT community. Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and

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The Lesbian And Gay Movements by Craig A. Rimmerman

Craig A. Rimmerman | The Lesbian And Gay Movements | ‘Throughout their relatively short history, lesbian and gay movements in the United States have endured searing conflicts over whether to embrace assi

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Question Of Equality by David Deitcher

David Deitcher | Question Of Equality | A record in words and photographs of the history of the Gay Rights Movement discusses its origins, the growth of AIDS and intensified homophobia, effo