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Violence Against Lesbians And Gay Men by Gary David Comstock

Gary David Comstock | Violence Against Lesbians And Gay Men | The author’s stated purpose in writing this book is to ‘describe and understand anti-gay/lesbian violence and, by examining the conditions associated

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

GLBTQ by Kelly Huegel

Kelly Huegel | GLBTQ | When it was first published in 2003, GLBTQ quickly became the indispensable resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens. T

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Social Work with Lesbian Parent Families by Lucy R. Mercier; Rena D. Harold

Lucy R. Mercier; Rena D. Harold | Social Work with Lesbian Parent Families | Use an ecosystem perspective in your social work practiceThe traditional concept of family as being exclusively heterosexual has resulted in myth-gene

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

Friendship, Dating, and Relationships by Simone Payment

Simone Payment | Friendship, Dating, and Relationships | Dating and relationships are important parts of the teen years. GLBT teens may have questions about these topics that are different from their straigh

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Out Of The Closets by Laud Humphreys

Laud Humphreys | Out Of The Closets | ‘In this compelling and illuminating history of one of America’s most radical social movements, Humphrey’s, winner of the C Wright Mills award for his

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Spinsters and Lesbians by Trisha Franzen

Trisha Franzen | Spinsters and Lesbians | Americans have long held fast to a rigid definition of womanhood, revolving around husband, home, and children. Women who rebelled against this defini

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Old Lesbians And Their Brief Moments Of Fame by Joy D. Griffith; Karen Gibson; J. Ross

Joy D. Griffith; Karen Gibson; J. Ross | Old Lesbians And Their Brief Moments Of Fame | Old Lesbians and their Brief Moments of Fame: An Anthology

From many parts of the USA, and from various walks of life, we are all old lesbia

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

Homophobia: From Social Stigma to Hate Crimes by Jamie Hunt

Jamie Hunt | Homophobia: From Social Stigma to Hate Crimes | Discusses the history of homophobia and how it appears in modern society.

While homophobia and hate crimes seem to be new social and politica

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

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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