Andrew R. Gottlieb | Side by Side | How would you react if your brother or sister came out to you? ‘I’m proud to have been the first to know.’ ‘My conservative upbringing contributed to
Monica Dorenkamp; Richard Henke | Negotiating Lesbian And Gay Subjects | Locating Lesbian and Gay Subjects collects some of the best papers from the Fifth Annual Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference, held at Rutgers Universit
Kevin L. Nadal | That’s So Gay! | People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) experience subtle forms of discrimination, also known as microaggressions. Microa
Guy Kettelhack | Vastly More Than That | Recovery, yes, but recovery of what? For gay men and lesbians overcoming addiction — whether to alcohol, drugs, food, sex, or unhealthy relationships
Carol S. Becker | Unbroken Ties | In 1983, Carol Becker ended a five-year relationship. ‘My lover and I had sat with friends during their breakups,’ she writes, my own relationship fel
Teresa DeCrescenzo | Gay and Lesbian Professionals in the Closet | The closet takes its toll on its dwellers through their experiences of isolation, fear, paranoia, potentially increased internalized homophobia, and d
Kristen Hogan | The Feminist Bookstore Movement | From the 1970s through the 1990s more than one hundred feminist bookstores built a transnational network that helped shape some of feminism’s most com
Karla Jay | Dyke Life | Written by lesbians of different ages, races and religions–and compiled by one of the gay movement’s best-known writers and activists–these original
Amy Villarejo | Lesbian Rule | With hair slicked back and shirt collar framing her young patrician face, Katherine Hepburn’s image in the 1935 film Sylvia Scarlett was seen by many
Gillian E. Hanscombe; Jackie Forster | Rocking The Cradle: Lesbian Mothers | This book would be a useful addition to any library used by the ‘caring professions’ and is written in an easily readable style. Quotations from vario