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Inside/Out by Diana Fuss

Diana Fuss | Inside/Out | Lesbians and gays have gone from ‘coming out,’ to ‘acting up,’ to ‘outing,’ meanwhile radically redefining society’s views on sexuality and gender. Th

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Lesbians And Gay Men by Dava L. Weinstein

Dava L. Weinstein | Lesbians And Gay Men | Here is a valuable contribution to the new and growing body of clinical literature concerning mental health issues for gay males and lesbians. Lesbian

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Lesbian Families’ Challenges And Means of Resiliency by Anne M. Prouty Lyness

Anne M. Prouty Lyness | Lesbian Families’ Challenges And Means of Resiliency | An inside look at the unique challenges of the lesbian experienceLesbian Families’ Challenges and Means of Resiliency: Implications for Feminist Famil

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Lesbian And Gay Families Speak Out by Jane Drucker

Jane Drucker | Lesbian And Gay Families Speak Out | ‘An important book whose time has come!’-Adele Starr, First President of PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) National, and Larry Starr, C

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The Lives of Lesbian Elders by Nancy Nystrom; Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen; Pat Freeman; D. Merilee Clunis

Nancy Nystrom; Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen; Pat Freeman; D. Merilee Clunis | The Lives of Lesbian Elders | Based on interviews with 62 lesbians ranging in age from 55 to 95 and residing in California, Oregon, and Washington State, this volume provides a his

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Sex, Love and Homophobia by Vanessa Baird

Vanessa Baird | Sex, Love and Homophobia | This accessible introductory book explores the complicated and intimate area of human sexuality from a human rights perspective. It describes how lesb

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Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians by Jean K Quam

Jean K Quam | Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians | Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping professions with practical informatio

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In Search Of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker

Alice Walker | In Search Of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose | In her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as a black woman, writer, mother, feminist. The theme of her Pulitzer Prize-winning nov

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The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You by S. Bear Bergman

S. Bear Bergman | The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You | Bear’s poetry of butchness lets us see into facets of gender that usually aren’t so transparent.’–Carol Queen ‘Following Kate Bornstein, Bergman expl

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Making A Scene by Liz Millward

Liz Millward | Making A Scene | In the 1960s, a youthful and ambitious lesbian movement began taking shape in Canada. After decades of being pathologized, disparaged, or erased from