This collection of essays examines the full range of lesbian expression and representation in literature, theatre, radio, television, film and photography, reflecting the diversity of lesbian culture. The collection takes a broad-based approach, looking beyond traditional literary genres and focusing instead on those which relate more specifically to lesbians, such as crime writing, and the … Read more
The best-selling French case-study of female homosexuality… ‘The first real contribution on the subject since the works of Freud and Helen Deutsch. From back cover of English translation: Marise Querlin, noted French journalist and prize-winning author, probes deeply and thoroughly into an area of human sexuality that is far more prevalent than most people care … Read more
Why do some women become lesbians in their twenties, thirties, or even in their sixties? After interviewing close to a hundred women for an academic project, Dr Tamsin Wilton realised their extraordinary stories should be shared with the real world. Here, she brings together the most moving and fascinating of her interviews, and lively essays … Read more
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 essays give vibrant voice to the diversity of the lesbian experience. Celebrating the many ways in which the lesbian experience is unique from all others, many of these pieces focus on specific lesbian concerns … Read more
Twenty-seven lesbian couples describe their decision to affirm their relationships through weddings, holy unions, and ceremonies of commitment, the response of family and friends, and the life-changing power of the ceremony itself.