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Homintern by Gregory Woods

Gregory Woods | Homintern | ‘In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has h

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Charity And Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rechel Hope Cleves

Rechel Hope Cleves | Charity And Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America | The book overturns conventional notions that same-sex marriage is new. It presents evidence that the union between Charity and Sylvia was regarded as

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Straight News by Edward Alwood

Edward Alwood | Straight News | From the flurry of reportage on alleged sexual depravity in the 1950s, to the greater sensitivity of the media toward the AIDS epidemic, Straight News

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Lesbian and Gay Book of Love and Marriage by Paula Martinac

Paula Martinac | Lesbian and Gay Book of Love and Marriage | Rich with anecdotes, inspiration, and brass-tacks problem solving, The Lesbian and Gay Book of Love and Marriage chronicles the emotional and politica

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Sex Museums by Tyburczy Jennifer

Tyburczy Jennifer | Sex Museums | All museums are sex museums. In Sex Museums, Jennifer Tyburczy takes a hard look at the formation of Western sexuality–particularly how categories of

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Black. Queer. Southern. Women. by E. Patrick Johnson

E. Patrick Johnson | Black. Queer. Southern. Women. | Drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer women who were born, raised, and continue to reside in the American South,

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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

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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

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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

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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