Category: History

Sasha G. Lewis | Sunday’s Women | Here are the real life joys and problems of growing up gay, coming out, working through confrontations with friends and family, living with a lover’s

Wesley Chenault; Stacy Braukman | Gay and Lesbian Atlanta | For much of the 20th century, Atlanta was a magnet drawing newcomers from around the nation. Atlanta’s growth from a small Southern town to a Sunbelt

Robert Aldrich | Gay Life Stories | A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time and across the globe whose lives have influenced society at large, as well as what we reco

Clive Moore | Sunshine And Rainbows | ‘Sunshine and Rainbows’ is a history of the development of homosexuality as an Australian subculture. Proceeding chronologically from the 1820s throug

Rose Collis | Portraits to the Wall | Focusing on British and European women, this is an accessible study of lesbian history. Each chapter documents and examines a woman’s life and work, o

Martha Vicinus | Intimate Friends | ‘Intimate Women offers a look at the erotic friendships of educated English and American women over a 150-year period, culminating in the 1928 publica

Paul Russell | The Gay 100 | What do William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and Oscar Wilde have in common? For one thing, each of their works is most like being dramatized some

Martin Meeker | Contacts Desired | Whether one thinks homosexuals are born or made, they generally are not born into gay families, nor are they socialized to be gay by their peers or sc

Marc Stein | Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America | This new three-volume set is an accessible and scholarly reference that provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the

Lilian Mohin; Anna Wilson | Past Participants | A diary for 1984 illustrated with biographies and pictures of strong lesbians from Britain’s past–artists, dancers, printers, politicians, pirates–a