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Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe by John Boswell

John Boswell | Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe | From pagan and early Christian times, same-sex unions were not only tolerated but sanctioned by the Catholic Church. According to the late John Boswel

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Out Of The Past by Neil Miller

Neil Miller | Out Of The Past | hugely absorbing narrative history of gay life–from Oscar Wilde to the 25th anniversary of Stonewall–by the award-winning journalist and distinguish

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Queers In History by Keith Stern

Keith Stern | Queers In History | Celebrities, Scandals, Secrets, and Sex. The fascinating stories of hundreds of prominent people throughout history who were gay, lesbian, bisexual. L

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 | When most lesbians had to hide, how did they find one another? Were the bars of the 1940s and 1950s more fun than the bars today? Did black and white

Posted in History Travel

A City Comes Out by David Wallace

David Wallace | A City Comes Out | ‘Palm Springs, California, is today probably the most famous gay and lesbian resort in the world. Not only do thousands of gays and lesbians descend o

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Gay Rights, Military Wrongs by Craig A. Rimmerman

Craig A. Rimmerman | Gay Rights, Military Wrongs | We are unable to provide a description at this time.

Posted in Asian Interest History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Falling Into The Lesbi World by Evelyn Blackwood

Evelyn Blackwood | Falling Into The Lesbi World | Falling into the Lesbi World offers a compelling view of sexual and gender difference through the everyday lives of tombois and their girlfriends (fem

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Hidden from History by Martha Vicinus; George Chauncey; Martin Duberman

Martha Vicinus; George Chauncey; Martin Duberman | Hidden from History | Winner of two Lambda Rising Awards. ‘A landmark of a book and a landmark of ideas that will shatter ignorance and delusion.’-Catharine Stimpson.

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Lesbian and Gay Richmond by Beth Marschak; Alex Lorch

Beth Marschak; Alex Lorch | Lesbian and Gay Richmond | The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Richmond, Virginia, invokes a rich but uncelebrated past. From the first recor

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Lesbian Dames by John C. Beynon; Caroline Gonda

John C. Beynon; Caroline Gonda | Lesbian Dames | How are the histories of English colonialism and Sapphism intertwined? In what ways did the consumer culture that colonialism fuel encourage or inhibi