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Side by Side by Andrew R. Gottlieb

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

Posted in Lesbian Studies LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Negotiating Lesbian And Gay Subjects by Monica Dorenkamp; Richard Henke

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

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That’s So Gay! by Kevin L. Nadal

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

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Vastly More Than That by Guy Kettelhack

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

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Unbroken Ties by Carol S. Becker

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

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Gay and Lesbian Professionals in the Closet by Teresa DeCrescenzo

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

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The Feminist Bookstore Movement by Kristen Hogan

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

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Dyke Life by Karla Jay

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

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Lesbian Rule by Amy Villarejo

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

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Parenting & Families

Rocking The Cradle: Lesbian Mothers by Gillian E. Hanscombe; Jackie Forster

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