Category: LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Combat in the Erogenous Zone | Ingrid Bengis | ÿbook of essays by Ingrid Bengis exploring the complexities of love, hate, and sex, particularly within the context of women’s experiences and the wom

Combat in the Erogenous Zone | Ingrid Bengis | Aÿbook of essays by Ingrid Bengis exploring the complexities of love, hate, and sex, particularly within the context of women’s experiences and the wo

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold | Elizabeth Kennedy | ‘Soars on the plain yet eloquent voices of the women…A necessary and overdue addition to the archives of lesbian and gay history.’The Boston Globe.

Emerging tribe | Gearing Nigel | A study of the gay community, and the issues which affect gay people in New Zealand – prejudice and homophobia, the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986, th

Facing The Mirror | Ashwini Sukhthankar | A groundbreaking book where lesbians found their voice for the first time

For decades, most lesbians in India did not know the extent of thei

Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy | Judith C. Brown | The story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, and Sister Bartolomea Crivelli represents the earliest documented l

Lesbians in Television and Text after the Millennium | Rebecca Beirne | Taking up such issues as mainstreaming, the male gaze, and female masculinity, this book puts forward provocative readings of little explored texts an

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (Between Men–Between Women) | Professor Lillian Faderman | Lillian Faderman tells the compelling story of lesbian life in the 20th century, from the early 1900s to today’s diverse lifestyles. Using journals, u

Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society) | Bernadette J. Brooten | Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources

Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society) | Bernadette J. Brooten | Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources