Category: LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

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Boys’ Secrets and Men’s Loves by David A.J. Richards

David A.J. Richards | Boys’ Secrets and Men’s Loves | Boys’ Secrets and Men’s Loves is the memoir of a law professor who has written over twenty books on the basic rights of American constitutionalism. He

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Parenting & Families

Redefining Family by Dawn Shinew; Deborah Thomas-Jones

Dawn Shinew; Deborah Thomas-Jones | Redefining Family | While there has been considerable research on lesbian and/or gay parenting, very little research has focused on how the children of lesbian and gay pa

Posted in Autobiography/Biography LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Eight Bullets by Claudia Brenner; Hannah Ashley

Claudia Brenner; Hannah Ashley | Eight Bullets | From Publishers Weekly

On May 12, 1988, Claudia Brenner and her companion, Rebecca Wight, parked their car on Dead Woman’s Hollow Road before star

Posted in Asian Interest LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Shanghai Lalas by Kam; Lucetta Yip

Kam; Lucetta Yip | Shanghai Lalas | The lives of lalas and transgender people in China have changed in some dramatic ways in the past two decades, with communities rapidly expanding with

Posted in Health LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Non-Fiction Sexuality

The Transsexual Phenomenon by Harry Benjamin

Harry Benjamin | The Transsexual Phenomenon | The Transsexual Phenomenon ‘drew on [the author’s] work with clients who had a variety of “sexual disorders.” He argued that transsexuals were a group

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Native/Indigenous Interest

Asegi Stories by Qwo-Li Driskill

Qwo-Li Driskill | Asegi Stories | In Cherokee Asegi udanto refers to people who either fall outside of men’s and women’s roles or who mix men’s and women’s roles. Asegi, which translat

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Queer Clout by Timothy Stewart-Winter

Timothy Stewart-Winter | Queer Clout | In focusing on Chicago–and moving away from the big events and figures that have dominated LGBT history so far–Stewart-Winter provides a fascinating

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Conflict And Counterpoint In Lesbian, Gay, And Feminist Studies by Jacqueline Foertsch

Jacqueline Foertsch | Conflict And Counterpoint In Lesbian, Gay, And Feminist Studies | Interrogating a broad array of lesbian, gay, and feminist theories, this book considers instances of unnecessarily divisive turf-battling, yet focuses

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The Lesbian Community by Deborah Goleman Wolf

Deborah Goleman Wolf | The Lesbian Community | An examination of a community of lesbian women in San Francisco, beginning with fieldwork experience and a review of the literature, through socio-his

Posted in Asian Interest LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Queer Activism in India by Naisargi N. Dave

Naisargi N. Dave | Queer Activism in India | Over the last two decades in India, the silence around queerness has been decisively broken. Today, there are queer groups, writers, activists, academ