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Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by Karen Thompson; Julie Andrzejewski

Karen Thompson; Julie Andrzejewski | Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home? | The gripping story of how a closeted university professor waged a years-long legal battle to gain legal guardianship of her disabled lover.

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Lesbian Lifestyles by Gillian A. Dunne

Gillian A. Dunne | Lesbian Lifestyles | Lesbian Lifestyles graphically illustrates the importance of taking sexuality into account in order to deepen our understanding of the constraining an

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences YA Nonfiction (Young Adult)

Feeling Wrong in Your Own Body: Understanding What It Means to Be Transgender by Jaime A. Seba

Jaime A. Seba | Feeling Wrong in Your Own Body: Understanding What It Means to Be Transgender | Is it possible to be born in the wrong body? Explore the answer to this question with an in-depth look at what it means to be transgender, based on th

Posted in Asian Interest LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Literary Criticism

(Un)Familiar Femininities – Studies In Contemporary Lesbian South Asian Texts by Rajendran Aneeta

Rajendran Aneeta | (Un)Familiar Femininities – Studies In Contemporary Lesbian South Asian Texts | The female homosexual in South Asia is not always a visible lesbian person. She is often a figuration of an act that challenges hegemonic ideas of gen

Posted in Award Winner LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Brave Journeys by David Mixner; Dennis Bailey

David Mixner; Dennis Bailey | Brave Journeys | In Stranger Among Friends, renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider David Mixner offered a compelling account of his decades-long

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Gays and Lesbians by Kate Burns

Kate Burns | Gays and Lesbians | Hardly a day goes by without new headlines addressing gay and lesbian issues in the local and national media. The essays in this volume explore key qu

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The Gay Academic by Louie Crew

Louie Crew | The Gay Academic | About gay academics (just like the title) and less about gays in academia. Contributors explore issues concerning gays, just as genocide of queers thr

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Is It a Date or Just Coffee? by Mo Brownsey

Mo Brownsey | Is It a Date or Just Coffee? | What are the ten telltale signs that date #2 will take place in hell? Is it better to bounce than to break? How do you navigate the squiggly line betw

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Lesbians and Lesbianisms by Claudette Kulkarni

Claudette Kulkarni | Lesbians and Lesbianisms | Claudette Kulkarni’s study of lesbianism aims to explore the lesbian experience from both a feminist and Jungian standpoint. Although a feminist treat

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Growing Up in a Lesbian Family by Fiona L. Tasker; Susan Golombok

Fiona L. Tasker; Susan Golombok | Growing Up in a Lesbian Family | Legal battles over same-sex marriage have drawn increasing public attention to the question of whether lesbian and gay families can raise happy, healt