Category: History

Posted in Asian Interest History

Backward Glances by Fran Martin

Fran Martin | Backward Glances | Backward Glances reveals that the passionate love one woman feels for another occupies a position of unsuspected centrality in contemporary Chinese ma

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Greetings From The Gayborhood by Donald F. Reuter

Donald F. Reuter | Greetings From The Gayborhood | From the Castro to Chelsea,Greetings From the Gayborhood, celebrates twelve traditionally gay neighborhoods in America, past and present. Featuring ar

Posted in History

Cherry Grove, Fire Island by Esther Newton

Esther Newton | Cherry Grove, Fire Island | Recounts the history of Cherry Grove, from the 1930s to the present, including interviews with residents who describe the struggles, the partying, and

Posted in History

Lavender Lists by Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher; Adrien Saks

Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher; Adrien Saks | Lavender Lists | A compilation of more than a hundred fun and intriguing lists. Here are 6 witch-hunts of past and present; 18 public apologies for homophobia; 10 gay

Posted in Arts & Photography Film and Television History Literary History

Gay Signatures by Owen Heathcote; Alex Hughes; James S. Williams

Owen Heathcote; Alex Hughes; James S. Williams | Gay Signatures | This interdisciplinary book responds to the explosion of gay and lesbian creativity on modern-day France. Rather than attempting to formalize a specif

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction History

Out Here by Yorick Smaal; Graham Willett

Yorick Smaal; Graham Willett | Out Here | From homosexual law reform to drag kings; from HIV/AIDS to lesbian artists; from old age to movie-going – gay and lesbian life in Australia has always

Posted in Arts & Photography History

Absolutely Mardi Gras by Robert Swieca; Glynis Jones; Judith O’Callaghan

Robert Swieca; Glynis Jones; Judith O’Callaghan | Absolutely Mardi Gras | Every year the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade transforms the streets of Sydney into a colourful and noisy spectacle, celebrating the pride,

Posted in History

Coming Out Under Fire by Allan Berube

Allan Berube | Coming Out Under Fire | Despite the many histories of the fighting men and women in World War II, none has been written about the estimated one million homosexuals. Here is a

Posted in Award Winner History

Boots Of Leather, Slippers Of Gold by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy; Madeline D. Davis

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy; Madeline D. Davis | Boots Of Leather, Slippers Of Gold | ‘Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawi

Posted in History

The Portable Queer: Homo History by Erin McHugh

Erin McHugh | The Portable Queer: Homo History | From the Old Testament to the New World Order, the centuries have not always championed homosexuality. But the past has also been checkered with surpr