A groundbreaking 1973 sociological study that pioneered the social constructionist approach to sexuality, examining how sexual behaviors and identities—including lesbian and gay sexualities—are socially scripted rather than biologically determined.
A candid essay collection by bisexual sexologist Carol Queen exploring sex-positive culture, sexual identity, sex work, and erotic experiences, combining memoir with cultural analysis and advocacy.
A coming-of-age novel about Ramona, a six-foot-tall, blue-haired lesbian teenager in post-Katrina Mississippi who questions her sexual identity when unexpected feelings emerge, exploring the fluidity of love while navigating family responsibility and self-discovery.
A raw punk rock memoir chronicling Syrian-American Rayya Elias’s journey from her childhood in Aleppo through Detroit to 1980s Lower East Side New York, where she pursued music and hairstyling while exploring her sexuality with lovers of both sexes, battling heroin addiction, experiencing homelessness and incarceration, and ultimately finding redemption and sobriety.
A candid essay collection by bisexual sexologist Carol Queen exploring sex-positive culture, sexual identity, sex work, and erotic experiences, combining memoir with cultural analysis and advocacy.
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