Category: History

Posted in History Non-Fiction

The Gay Revolution by Lillian Faderman

Lillian Faderman | The Gay Revolution | ‘The most comprehensive history to date of America’s gay-rights movement.’ –The Economist

‘To read her is like viewing the AIDS quilt, which

Posted in Arts & Photography History

Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History by Whitney Davis

Whitney Davis | Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History | Find original research and interpretive studies of the relations between homosexuality and the visual arts. Evidence for the role of homosexuality in

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Making Gay History by Eric Marcus

Eric Marcus | Making Gay History | From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage.Eric Marcus takes

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Bodies Of Evidence by Nan Alamilla Boyd; Horacio N. Roque Ramirez

Nan Alamilla Boyd; Horacio N. Roque Ramirez | Bodies Of Evidence | Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that s

Posted in Arts & Photography History

Women in Pants by Catherine Smith; Cynthia Greig

Catherine Smith; Cynthia Greig | Women in Pants | Despite what most people may think, American women have always worn pants. Featuring an unusual collection of vintage photographs from the 1850s to th

Posted in Award Winner History

Lesbian Empire by Gay Wachman

Gay Wachman | Lesbian Empire | Gay Wachman provides a critical new reading of sexually radical fiction by British women in the years during and after the First World War. She contra

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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.

Posted in History Travel

Gay And Lesbian St. Louis by Steven Louis Brawley

Steven Louis Brawley | Gay And Lesbian St. Louis | In the late 19th century, St. Louis–America’s fourth-largest city–was a hub of robust commerce and risqué entertainment. It provided an oasis for th

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The Right Side of History by Adrian Brooks

Adrian Brooks | The Right Side of History | The Right Side of History tells the 100-year history of queer activism in a series of revealing close-ups, first-person accounts, and intimate snapsho

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Gay/Lesbian Almanac by Jonathan Ned Katz

Jonathan Ned Katz | Gay/Lesbian Almanac | A look at American attitudes toward homosexuality from colonial days to the present