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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

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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

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Now That You Know by Betty Fairchild; Nancy Hayward

Betty Fairchild; Nancy Hayward | Now That You Know | Enlightening and positive informative and compassionate, Now That You Know has become a standard reference for families with gay sons or daughters, Wr

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Homoplot by Esther Saxey

Esther Saxey | Homoplot | Homoplot analyses the lesbian, gay and bisexual coming-out story in fiction and autobiography from the late 1960s to the present day. These stories ar

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Sexual Orientation In The Workplace by Amy J. Zuckerman; George F. Simons

Amy J. Zuckerman; George F. Simons | Sexual Orientation In The Workplace | This dynamic workbook provides an efficient guide to assist organizations in making the workplace a positive environment for workers of all sexual ori

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New Choices, New Families by Nancy J. Mezey

Nancy J. Mezey | New Choices, New Families | How do lesbians decide to become mothers or remain childfree? Why do new families form at particular historical moments? These questions are at the he