Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys by Peter A. Jackson; Gerard Sullivan
A foundational academic anthology exploring the unique cultural, economic, and social dynamics of LGBTQ+ identities in contemporary Thailand.
LGBT Studies/Social Sciences
Marriage Of Likeness by John Boswell
John Boswell’s controversial historical study arguing that the medieval Christian church recognized and blessed same-sex marriages.
First Queer Voices From Thailand by Peter A. Jackson
A historical study of Thailand’s early LGBTQ+ community through the translated lens of a famous mid-20th-century advice column.
Lgbtq Film Festivals Curating Queerness by Antoine Damiens
A sociological study of how grassroots European festivals challenge traditional gender boundaries and form transnational queer communities.
Conditional Spaces Hong Kong Lesbian Desires And Everyday Life by Denise Tse-Shang Tang
Hong Kong lesbian everyday life urban spaces
Queer Objects by Chris Brickell; Judith Collard
An international academic collection examining the objects — ancient to digital — that have shaped and reflected queer lives across history and cultures.
Friendship As A Way Of Life by Tom Roach
A theoretical examination of queer friendship as a subversive and transformative social structure.
Mainstreaming Gays Critical Convergences Of Queer Media, Fan Cultures, And Commercial Television by Eve Ng
A media studies analysis of how Bravo, Logo, and digital fan cultures transformed queer television from niche to mainstream in the early 2000s
The Hidden Holocaust? by Gunter Grau; Claudia Schoppmann
A groundbreaking historical study drawing on newly opened East German archives to document the systematic Nazi persecution and murder of gay men and lesbians, 1933–45.
Queer Theory by Annamarie Jagose
The foundational introduction to queer theory, tracing the shift from fixed gay and lesbian identities to fluid understandings of sexuality and gender. German edition.