Category: LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Queer America by Vicki L. Eaklor

Vicki L. Eaklor | Queer America | It takes chutzpah, veteran lecturing, and a sophisticated appreciation of the expanding field of the history of sexuality to tackle writing a queer US

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Everyday Activism by Michael Stevenson; Jeanine C. Cogan

Michael Stevenson; Jeanine C. Cogan | Everyday Activism | From same-sex marriages to hate-crime laws, gay, lesbian and bisexual people have fought an uphill battle to gain equal rights. Now a comprehensive ne

Posted in Jewish Interests LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Unspeakable Love by Brian Whitaker

Brian Whitaker | Unspeakable Love | Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Arab countries. Clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, while newspapers write cryptically of ‘shameful acts.’ Altho

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Remembering Who We Are by Barbara Deming

Barbara Deming | Remembering Who We Are | Barbara Deming, poet, story writer and essayist, was active in the non-violent movement of the 60s and early 70s, in this book she has dialogue with G

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Gay and Lesbian Right by David E. Newton

David E. Newton | Gay and Lesbian Right | Designed to be both a unique information provider and an in-depth mentor. This engaging book explores the contentious issue of gay and lesbian rights.

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

The Ashgate Research Companion To Queer Theory by Noreen Giffney; Michael O’Rourke

Noreen Giffney; Michael O’Rourke | The Ashgate Research Companion To Queer Theory | This interdisciplinary volume of thirty original essays engages with four key concerns of queer theoretical work – identity, discourse, normativity an

Posted in Lesbian Studies LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Lesbian & Bisexual Identities by Kristin Esterberg

Kristin Esterberg | Lesbian & Bisexual Identities | This book examines the stories of lesbian and bisexual women in a Northeast community who share who they are, how they have come to see themselves as

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Social Perspectives in Lesbian and Gay Studies by Peter M. Nardi

Peter M. Nardi | Social Perspectives in Lesbian and Gay Studies | This comprehensive reader brings a social science perspective to an area hitherto dominated by the humanities. Through it, students will be able to fo

Posted in Lesbian Studies LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Looking Like What You Are by Lisa Walker

Lisa Walker | Looking Like What You Are | Looks can be deceiving, and in a society where one’s status and access to opportunity are largely attendant on physical appearance, the issue of how d

Posted in Autobiography/Biography LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Eight Bullets by Claudia Brenner; Hannah Ashley

Claudia Brenner; Hannah Ashley | Eight Bullets | Claudia Brenner writes a personal account of her struggle as the survivor in an anti-gay shooting attack that left her partner Rebecca Wight dead and