tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77295832011-04-23T03:51:42.998-07:00mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comBlogger931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130606852296774992004-11-06T10:25:00.000-08:002005-10-29T10:27:32.296-07:00

In the tradition of the erotic bestsellers Skin Deep and Early Embraces, Up All Night presents the uncensored sizzling words of real women describing their hottest, wildest erotic adventures.Stacy Bias is the founder of Technodyke.com, the gathering place for the web-savvy dyke. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Rachel Kramer Bussel is an editorial assistant at On Our Backs and has contributed

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Customer ReviewEven now, as in 1991 when this compilation of essays was published, a communnity for the bisexual person is essentially non-existent and, if contemporary studies are accurate, its members face prejudices that not even the gay community had in its evolution. "Bi Any Other Name," one of the pioneering publications that even acknowledged much less discussed in detail the dynamics

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This is a memoir that is lived in moments. The moments you know - when you see your parents' marriage dissolving, when you realize you're a boy who likes boys, when you speak the truth and don't know if it will be heard. The moments you don't recognize until later - when you leave things unsaid (even to yourself), when you feel your boyfriend letting go, when you give up on love. And the moment

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The true story of a marriage (not really), a lovable and relentless mother, a six-year old who says his parents cannot get married (but wants to go to the reception), a partner who doesn’t want to act like a straight person, and the author, who has written a hilarious and poignant memoir about making "The Commitment."There is no hotter issue than gay marriage in the culture-war debate, and Dan

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Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, Savin-Williams argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health researchers--as depressed, isolated, drug-dependent, even suicidal--may have been exaggerated even

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Addressing the needs of those who come out in late childhood or adolescence.Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth are coming out at younger and younger ages. The authors provide a unique approach for addressing sexual identity issues during this turbulent stage of life, as they instruct therapists in how to lead the whole family toward a positive understanding of a son's or daughter's

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130602567885987362002-10-03T09:15:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:16:07.886-07:00

Despite the flood of sexuality theory and queer cultural studies in 20th-century academia, bisexuality--and the many questions and problems surrounding it--has been little considered. In Vice Versa, Marjorie Garber, director of the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Harvard University, takes on this enormous project with refreshing academic rigor and compelling enthusiasm. Covering

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In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most ``material'' dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the ``matter'' of bodies, sex, and gender

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Twenty years ago, an anthology of poetry by openly gay and lesbian writers would have been uneven at best, and at worst an embarrassment. Even now, as the editors of this watershed volume attest, a number of our more accomplished poets (mostly of the "pre-Stonewall generation") decline to have their sexual identities made public, or their work associated with gay and lesbian culture. One hopes

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130602887729276432002-09-28T09:19:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:21:27.730-07:00

Beyond Diversity Day is a handbook for teachers, counselors, administrators, policy makers, parents, and students who want to understand and affirm sexuality differences; promote and protect the well-being of all students; and reduce bigotry, self-hatred, and violence. In question-and-answer format, Arthur Lipkin offers advice to nurture positive relationships among glbt youth, their families,

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Customer ReviewThink Bisexuality is Easily Defined?In this book, I discovered the various ways women define their bisexuality: some by the capability of loving people regardless of gender, some by being attracted to people of either gender, and some by experience. It also showed that bisexuality is not a "new" thing, as many would have us believe. The ages of these women range from 21 to (if I

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The world is flat. The sun revolves around the earth. Human beings are either heterosexual or homosexual. The first two myths have long been abandoned, but the third has awaited its Columbus or Copernicus. Until now.In this witty, learned, and scrupulously researched book, Marjorie Garber examines bisexuality and its many modes through a dazzling variety of critical lenses: cultural, literary,

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Book 11 in the Dykes to Watch Out For series finds Alison Bechdel's beloved cast of characters discovering that nothing but change is constant in our multihued terror alert system world. Mo is working her way through library school by shelving bestsellers at Bounders Books and Muzak, Sparrow and Stuart face parenthood with a mixture of ambivalence and zeal, Clarice and Toni clash over the gay

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Marriage, when it's right (and usually when it's wrong), is a subject that stirs strong feelings. Gay marriage inspires its own set of passions, with opponents decrying it as a step that will undermine the very fabric of society while supporters posit it as an inevitable next stage in step-by-step acceptance of homosexuality by mainstream America. Appearing as the issue heats ups following

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In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our universal politics of "reproductive futurism." Edelman argues that the child, understood as innocence in need of protection, represents the possibility of the future against which the queer is

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130602976543992892002-09-17T09:22:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:22:56.543-07:00

Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Giles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo practitioners, and Chinese torture victims, Bataille reveals their common obsession: death.This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130602944782134452002-09-15T09:21:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:22:24.783-07:00

A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory explores the ways in which sexuality, subjectivity and sociality have been discursively produced in various historical and cultural contexts. The book begins by putting gay and lesbian sexuality and politics in historical context and demonstrates how and why queer theory emerged in the West in the late twentieth century. Sullivan goes on to provide a

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Candid, compassionate, authoritative—a rich source of insights, information, and practical guidance… "The first major work on the topic." —Gay Community News "A much needed comprehensive study of what happens to husbands, wives, and children during the coming-out crisis.".; —The Reverend Jane E. Vennard, founder Task Force for Spouses of Gays and Lesbians "The new enlarged edition adds important

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130603121369986272002-09-08T09:24:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:25:21.370-07:00

How prevalent is homosexuality?What causes it?Is it a psychopathology?Can it be changed?Questions like these often accompany discussions of homosexual behavior. For answers we naturally look to scientific studies. But what does the scientific research actually show? More important, what place should this research have in shaping the church's response? Stanton Jones and Mark Yarhouse help us face

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130602044644783502002-09-07T09:05:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:07:24.646-07:00

A chilling and masterful second poetry collection by the author of the award-winning The Anchorage Sometimes the heart breaks. Sometimesit is not held hostage. The red worldwhere cells prepare for the unexpectedsplays open at the window's ledge.Be not human you inhuman thing. -from "Amaryllis"Voluntary Servitude asks of the beloved, "You say, Don't wreck me, and I say I won't, but how can I know

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130603382843557412002-09-05T09:29:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:29:42.843-07:00

A comprehensive British volume on lesbian and gay affirmative psychotherapy has been a while coming. Pink Therapy, however, has arrived, amply fills this gap, and is well worth the wait. The literature reviews are masterful for scholars, and the book offers a comprehensive, thoughtful approach for clinicians. A deft editorial hand is evident in the unusual consistency across chapters, the

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Customer ReviewThis is the lady of all times. She was faced with insurmountable pain, public shame and ridicule (cause we know how our sisters talk) and having to start over with a ticking time bomb. What did she do? She can out stronger and better. Although I do think this lady believes in airing dirty laundry, she had to tell her story and she made me proud. Through her anger and heart ache,

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In 2002, a researcher for The Harvard Crimson came across a restricted archive labeled "Secret Court Files, 1920." The mystery he uncovered involved a tragic scandal in which Harvard University secretly put a dozen students on trial for homosexuality and then systematically and persistently tried to ruin their lives.In May of 1920,Cyril Wilcox, a freshman suspended from Harvard, was found

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Cure for cancer? End to world hunger? What's left to do after the publication of Felice Newman's definitive guide to lesbian sex? Drawing on a wide range of published sources as well as her own notoriously graphic questionnaire circulated by e-mail--stunning mild-mannered office workers as it reeled across their computer screens--Newman has compiled an exhaustively thorough how-to guide for

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Customer ReviewI have traveled the world for several decades. I would recommend to every gay traveler that he read this book before going to virtually any Third World country.Many gay readers do not like Joseph Itiel because of his "Virtual Boyfriend" and "Escort Tales" books. I personally have read and loved his guide to Costa Rica and this book. I have only started to read "Escort Tales" and

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An extraordinary anthology of collected work from America’s hottest queer spoken word performers and slam-poets. Gays have always been in the forefront of US poetry: Whitman, Stein, Hughes, Ginsberg. But it’s at this curious hinge of twenty-first century that poetry itself has found its way into the ear of public consciousness, so that we are finally hearing Whitman’s varied carols tambourining.

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130603432993863772002-08-25T09:29:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:30:32.993-07:00

A one-stop, no-nonsense introduction to the core of postmodern theory, particularly its impact on queer and gender studies. Nationally known gender activist Riki Wilchins combines straightforward prose with concrete examples from LGBT and feminist politics, as well as her own life, to guide the reader through the ideas that have forever altered our understanding of bodies, sex and desire. This is

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Customer ReviewJune Jordan's poetry beats furiously in the name of love: for Haruko, for life, for real. Since the human language is inadequate to truly express this emotion, Jordan manipulates and bends the written word to fit the human heart. When she describes love as "yes directed by desire" ("When I or Else"), she speaks the living truth.Read "Free Flight", "Roman Poem Number Five" and "12:

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The only European travel guide available for gays and lesbians Offers inside tips on the gay and lesbian scene in every locale, plus practical information on hotels, dining, and attractions-a must for the 74 percent of U.S. gays and lesbians who took an international trip in 2001 Covers all of Europe's top gay and lesbian destinations-Prague, London, Brighton, Paris, Nice, Berlin, Athens, Mykonos

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There's more to queer Europe than gay Paris. Until recently there was no good guide that catered to gay and lesbian tastes and needs. With Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe, gay and lesbian travelers can get the lowdown on transportation and lodging, sightseeing and shopping, food and nightlife. But there are also such issues as comfort levels and cultural expectations, finding gay-owned or

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Whether you're visiting, moving to, or already live in Atlanta, this book will show you the most interesting and exciting spots to visit for an amazing time. Just look inside!Along with detailed descriptions of Atlanta's hottest gay destinations, "ATLANTAboy" also includes exclusive "Insider Tips" you won't find anywhere else! ATLANTA boy Features: * Bars, dance clubs, & lounges * Restaurants, 24

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Customer ReviewLyrical! Passionate! Exquisite!This book is amazing. I don't usually care much for poetry, as I often find it dull or impossible to relate to. But this poetry was beautiful and moving. I could hardly put it down, wanting to wallow more in the luscious words, but at the same time I wanted to save the poems, to make the experience last as long as possible. The experience did last - I

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Globalization has a taste for queer cultures. Whether in advertising, film, performance art, the internet, or in the political discourses of human rights in emerging democracies, queerness sells and the transnational circulation of peoples, identities and social movements that we call "globalization" can be liberating to the extent that it incorporates queer lives and cultures. From this

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In his 2000 best-seller, Mr. Right Is Out There, Dr. Kenneth George helped countless gay men find long--lasting love. But now that they've found it, what do they do? In this comprehensive follow-up book, Dr. George offers, in the same warm and wise manner, guidelines for gay men on forming successful male couples. Included in this book are tips on:Negotiating changes rather than living with

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130604153099116102002-08-10T09:41:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:42:33.100-07:00

Cleopatra’s Wedding Present is the rare book that captivates its reader from the first page. Like the best travel books, Robert Tewdwr Moss’s memoir of his travels through Syria resonates on many levels: as a profoundly telling vivisection of Middle Eastern society, a chilling history of ethnic crimes, a picaresque adventure story, a purely entertaining travelogue, and a poignant romance.

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130599875363947472002-08-09T08:28:00.000-07:002005-10-29T08:31:15.366-07:00

Customer ReviewThis is far from the best-written non-fiction book I have ever read. The journalist's experience writing in the shorter form of articles shows through in the disjointed feel of much of the narrative. This is still well worth the read if you have any interest in Alaska, mushing, or man's working relationship with dogs. Even without those interests you may well find the book

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130604107825035042002-08-08T09:41:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:41:47.826-07:00

Naked Places is the only nude recreation guide written specifically for gay men. Inside, you’ll find a wealth of information on nearly 250 gay resorts, inns, guesthouses, campgrounds, and other accommodations throughout the world that permit nudity. Additionally, there are descriptions of over 450 nude beaches, hot springs, and other natural areas that are popular with gay men. You’ll also find

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130604067478473402002-08-06T09:40:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:41:07.476-07:00

Getaway Gay Iceland takes gay travelers to the northern reaches of civilization --to stylish Reykjavik and its energized gay community, and to glaciers, geysers, bubbling geothermal pools and volcanic regions that lie within a days drive of the capital. The book points the way to superb gay-owned accommodations, to the top restaurants and cafes, and to shopping and important sights.

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For over two decades, Michelangelo Signorile has been among the most outspoken and controversial critics of American politics and culture. As a gay activist and journalist, he earned acclaim as the father of the "outing" phenomenon. Today, he remains one of the most widely read and talked about gay muckrakers. In Hitting Hard (Signorile’s first new book since his national bestseller, Outing

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Although readers familiar with Feinberg's earlier books will not find much new material here, this collection of hir (this transgendered author's pronoun of choice) speeches, presented with a few essays by other transgendered writers, serves as a good introduction to Feinberg's ideas about the complexities of gender expression and to hir vision for a future "beyond pink or blue." As someone who

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"The book alternates specialized academic analysis with the individual studies, and should be of interest to both professionals who work with transsexuals and scholars interested in gender theory." - Choice "Writing with an intelligent and accessible style, Dr. Devor balances exposition, analysis, and excerpts from her subjects' interviews to present a coherent picture of what social life is like

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Customer Reviewerotic and interesting first novelI bought this book because I couldn't resist the cover. It's supposed to be a mystery, but it's really the story of a love triangle with all the complicated emotions this situation can lead to. One thing I really liked about it was that the main character, Erin, was quite different from the usual. She is a young recently 'straight' woman coming out

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130606391242630132002-07-28T10:16:00.000-07:002005-10-29T10:19:51.243-07:00

After wowing readers with last year's thriller, HUNTER'S PURSUIT, Kim Baldwin's follow-up is a romance. But it's a romance book-ended by scenes with thriller qualities, starting with a twister. Forty-six year old Gable McCoy is employed at a pharmacy and works as a volunteer firefighter for Plainfield Township, Michigan. One evening, when her corner of the county is hit with bad weather

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130599952269399502002-07-26T08:31:00.000-07:002005-10-29T08:32:32.270-07:00

Alice in Genderland tells the story of Dr. Richard Novic, Harvard-educated psychiatrist and crossdresser. No memoir like it has ever been published. Most of the time, he is a man at the office or a husband and father at home. But one evening a week, she is a woman about town, shopping, dining, dancing, and dating a man for over five years. And it’s all out in the open.Although he now leads a

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This book provides a framework for affirmative, empirically supported cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. Guidelines for competent assessment and treatment are integrated with practical descriptions of widely used CBT applications. In addition to presenting powerful treatment tools for depression, anxiety, and other problems encountered by gay and straight

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130604206874784822002-07-21T09:42:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:43:26.876-07:00

Beyond Diversity Day is a handbook for teachers, counselors, administrators, policy makers, parents, and students who want to understand and affirm sexuality differences; promote and protect the well-being of all students; and reduce bigotry, self-hatred, and violence. In question-and-answer format, Arthur Lipkin offers advice to nurture positive relationships among glbt youth, their families,

mattscuddernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729583.post-1130604434699487262002-07-17T09:46:00.000-07:002005-10-29T09:47:14.700-07:00

Customer ReviewThis book is a collection of daily meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered, and bisexual people. Each day features a very short meditation: about two paragraphs, which gives insight on what it means to be a G/L/T/B person in today's world. Very positive! This book has helped me, as a gay person, examine how I live my life and how I can change for the better. Make it part of

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Customer ReviewI came across this book three years ago, when I first arrived in Japan. I was reading it just as I was coming to terms with my own homosexuality. It contributed to the opening of my mind, and helped me find courage to come out and start living my life to the fullest.Queer Japan was, at first, my only way of knowing about Japanese attitudes toward alternative lifestyles, and about

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Examine the psychosocial factors that affect lesbian and bisexual women’s mental health This essential guide presents up-to-date, evidence-based information that can be implemented to improve mental health services for lesbian and bisexual women in a variety of settings. It examines the systemic factors that play a role in their psychological and emotional well-being, and presents new research on

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The essays in this volume explore the psychological dimensions of lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities from puberty to adulthood. The essays focus upon three general areas: theoretical frameworks that are important in understanding the development of sexual orientation in adolescence, challenges faced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth, and issues related to interventions and services for

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In this book, Anthony R. D'Augelli and Charlotte J. Patterson bring together top experts to offer a comprehensive overview of what we have discovered--and what we still need to learn--about lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities.

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SHE Magazine Cover to Cover Review"This is much more than a book offering encouragement, or advice or the sharing of the authors' own personal experiences, it is a book that offers practical "hands on, and how to" instructions for loving a woman properly. That includes respectfully loving ourselves as women, while we safely make love to each other. The chapter "Plain Talk About Safer Sex" was eye

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"You can't swing a dead cat at a bridal shower without hitting a straight chick who's slept with another woman, who's thought about it, or who's ready to make the move as soon as someone breaks out the booze." Such are the incisive pearls of wisdom to be heard from straight chick and girl-on-girl dabbler Jen Sincero, author of The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks. A deliciously sexy

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Bolstered by national television exposure on Oprah and a cover story in the New York Times Magazine, the "down low"-a term used to refer to "straight" men who have sex with men-was thrust into the open in 2004. Keith Boykin, a former Clinton White House aide, goes beyond the hype with the first responsible, eye-opening look at the down low sensation. Unlike all previous accounts on the topic,

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The dramatic follow-up to the controversial bestseller that has all of America talking…In his first book, On the Down Low, J. L. King introduced readers to the deceptive underground world of the “down low” (DL), the subculture of men leading straight lives while secretly sleeping with other men. In that first book, King’s own life was exhibit A—he lived for years as a DL man and was able to

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Carol Grever and her husband, Jim, were high school sweethearts who married in their early twenties. Thirty years and two children later, Jim announced to his wife that he was homosexual. A fundamentalist Christian, he had been leading a double life for years. In an effort to process her pain and confusion, Carol Grever sought out other heterosexual women, of all ages, ethnicities, and

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Moments of Pride's guide to be the ultimate Maid or Matron of Honor at a gay wedding or union. Step by step instructions on everything you need to know to fulfill your duties with style and grace. Includes sample toasts. Topics include planning a shower, leading the other bride's maids, etiquette, bachelorette parties, responsibilities and more. This book is written to help you fulfill all your

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From Greece's forthright Cavafy to France's renegade Genet; from Oscar Wilde's beloved Lord Alfred Douglas to Ginsberg and the Beats; from senior poets such as Harold Norse to the kids who will be writing poems in the new millennium--Gavin Dillard, one of the world's best-loved contemporary poets, has gathered the best of the 20th Century gay poetry "lest it be lost to us except in the lonely

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No matter how much you prepare, coming out as gay or lesbian is a difficult, emotional process -- a process that will continue long after the words are spoken and the secret is out. There's no magic formula, but Outing Yourself by Michelangelo Signorile offers structure, guidance, and straightforward advice to all those: WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR SEXUALITY AND UNSURE OF WHAT TO DOWHO HAVE

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Although A Woman Like That is full of brave and often wrenching coming-out stories, with the expected emphasis on overcoming social and familial pressure (more than one of these writers describes involuntary stays in mental hospitals), the combined effect of these wonderful memoirs is more erotic than political--and more funny than erotic. In "Picture This," Cecilia Tan describes her suburban

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The idea of gender is no long as fixed as it once was: Tootsie, La Cage aux Folles, and Milton Berle saw to that. But none of this has prepared us for Loren Cameron's amazing portraits of transsexuals. Beautifully reproduced and complemented with notes and short essays, these portraits of women who are now men may startle, but they will also make you marvel at the genuine complexities of life,

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Once you begin reading As Nature Made Him, a mesmerizing story of a medical tragedy and its traumatic results, you absolutely won't want to put it down. Following a botched circumcision, a family is convinced to raise their infant son, Bruce, as a girl. They rename the child Brenda and spend the next 14 years trying to transform him into a her. Brenda's childhood reads as one filled with anxiety

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"...And Then I Became Gay is about the lives of young men who express the complications, adversities, and satisfactions of being a sexual outsider in North America during the 1980s and 1990s. Consisting of narratives which chronicle developmental progression from first memories of being attracted to other males to a subsequent integration of their sexual identity with a personal identity, this

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This handbook is intended for faculty and administrators who wish to create a welcoming and safe environment for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students on our campuses. It will help readers, even those who may struggle personally with understanding non-heterosexual identities, gain a clearer understanding of the important issues facing these students. While some students arrive on

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A gay psychologist demonstrates how to heal the trauma of being a gay man in an uncompromisingly straight world.Whether he is flamboyantly fashionable with a body chiseled to perfection or chronically dissatisfied and without lasting relationships, the stereotypical extremes of male gay behavior are fueled by the same dark force: shame. The inevitable byproduct of growing up gay in a straight

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Customer ReviewAs a 26 year old guy just coming to terms with my sexual orientation, this book provided the guidance I needed to accept who I was as a gay man and the support I needed to come out to my best friend. Dr. Johnson has put together a great book from start to finish. Not just a book of advice, this book makes you look at your life and do a personal inventory. I've also read "Outing

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Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.26 black-and-white illustrations.

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Feminizing Hormonal Therapy For The Transgendered, the most highly-read and recommended book on the feminization of the transgendered, has been expanded and updated to include the most effective feminizing hormonal regimens and recent research findings. Vital, accurate and insightful information on safe and effective hormonal regimens, realistic expectations and possible complications are

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Leslie Feinberg has been a leader in the transgender rights movement as long as such a movement has existed. This book is both deeply personal and widely researched. Feinberg examines perceptions of the body, the status of clothing, and the structures of societies that welcome or are threatened by gender variance. The portrait gallery that closes the book contains photographs and capsule

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Breaking through long-held presumptions about family relationships, this volume focuses on lesbian, gay and bisexual identities as an important facet of life in many families. For the first time, it examines the entire multifaceted experience of such relationships, in contrast to studies which have looked exclusively at the lives and origins of lesbian and gay couples. The editors bring together

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Are you queer or questioning? If you are, this book is for you. Do you know someone who might be queer or questioning? If so, this book is for you, too. Or are you someone who just wants to learn more about what it's like to be queer or questioning? This book is a great place to begin. Discovering that you, or someone you love, might be GLBTQ is a revelation. Accepting it is a process. One thing

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Gain an in-depth understanding of the unique struggles of the bisexual community! "To me the gay and straight worlds are exactly the same; equally limited, judgmental, and bourgeois . . . just mirror images of each other. I truly like and overlap with some of the gay world, but my roots refuse to take hold there and grow. Unfortunately, my well-established roots in the straight world are

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Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several

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What is queer theory? What does it do? Is queer theory only for queers? This vibrant anthology of ground breaking work by influential scholars, activists, performers, and visual artists is essential reading for anyone with an interest in sexuality studies. The fifteen articles--including one from Judith Butler, as well as an engaging introduction--map, contextualize, and challenge queer theory's

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Exploring identity development and gender orientation, Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life contains firsthand information about the experiences and difficulties of women who discover and reveal their newfound lesbian sexuality in later life.Psychologists, social workers, counselors, and professors will find that Lesbian Epiphanies is the first book to extensively quote from

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We live in a complicated world, and according to PoMoSexuals, it is a lot more complicated than we thought. Now that society has become accustomed to the idea that gay men and lesbians exist, Lawrence Schimel and Carol Queen have brought together 15 essays dedicated to demolishing those categories. They are not, of course, arguing that homosexuals don't exist, but simply that these categories and

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In this readable and thought-provoking history of bisexuality in the classical age, Eva Cantarella draws on the full range of sources-from legal texts, inscriptions, and medical documents to poetry and philosophical literature-to reconstruct and compare the bisexual cultures of Athens and Rome. She analyzes the link between social class and homosexuality, discusses love between women and the

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Over the last three decades, the visibility—and public acceptance—of self-identified lesbian women and gay men and bisexual and transgender individuals has increased dramatically, making it more important than ever to understand the dynamics of their relationships. This timely work, part of Volume 21 in the Review of Psychiatry series, offers compelling facts and insights in a concise yet

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The closer a secret is kept, the more powerful the impact once it is finally revealed. Such is the case with author and activist J.L. King's intriguing look at the lives and lifestyles of black men who sleep with other men but do not consider themselves to be gay.These men live "on the down low," the "DL" for short, and their sexual activities have gained significant notice as the rate of HIV/

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Customer ReviewA Must Read for all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth!This book is an excellent source for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth and their supporters. This book is full of relevent information, tons of statistics, and plenty of excerpts from interviews with youth about every aspect of their sexuality. READ THIS BOOK!

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Readers who have followed the postmodern gender debate in the university presses (ranging from Thais Morgan's sedately twisted analyses of Victorian male lesbianism to Judith Butler's acclaimed Gender Trouble) will delight in the latest little earthquake: Judith Halberstam's deft separation of masculinity from the male body in Female Masculinity. If what we call "masculinity" is taken to be "a

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This ethnography is a cultural study of the Hijras of India, a religious community of men who dress and act like women. It focuses on how Hijras can be used in the study of gender categories and human sexual variation.

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Customer ReviewMy (boy)friends refer to me as a "Muscle God". I really put great efforts to be 365 days in top condition and I am satisfied only with the best. I have very active sexual life and seeing, knowing and feeling that both my partner and I have a fantastic time together is of paramount importance for me! From time to time I keep an eye on books and DVDs related to gay sex. Unfortunately

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Gay marriage has become the most important domestic social issue facing twenty-first-century Americans -- particularly Americans of faith. Most Christians are pro-marriage and hold traditional family values, but should they endorse extending marriage rights to gays and lesbians? If Jesus enjoined us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and the homosexual is our neighbor, does that mean we should

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In 2000 Vermont became the first state to grant gay and lesbian couples the right to join in civil unions-a groundbreaking decision that has inspired similar legislation in six states thus far. But it was not an easy victory; the ruling sparked the fiercest political conflict in the state's memory. David Moats was in the thick of it, writing a series of balanced, humane editorials that earned a

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There can be few American stories more inspiring than that of the tremendous 43,000-panel AIDS quilt, a national memorial as powerfully symbolic as the Vietnam War Memorial--but made from a material as fragile and ephemeral as human life. The quilt is predicated on a simple concept: putting names to those who have died of AIDS humanizes the statistics and forces those who visit the quilt to look

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Customer ReviewThere is really no logical argument against homosexuality, presented in this particular book or elsewhere (that I have seen). Judicial officials are not out to destroy democracy - they're doing their job and interpreting laws that are anti-discrimination and attempting to apply it to everyday life. The conservative right in America, usually religious, does not support homosexuals

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While several books have discussed the need for anti-oppressive school environments, few have addressed actual research for teachers to turn to as resources for classroom practice. Kumashiro draws on interviews with queer activists as a starting point for discussion of different models of reading and challenging oppression. It is through these personal stories that the complex theory and

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A secretive artist with a haunted past and a young woman escaping a life that proved to be a lie find their destinies entwined. Victim of a terrible accident, famed composer and pianist Graham Yardley loses her sight, her heart and her soul. Wealth and fame mean nothing after the devastating loss of her beloved music; her life is reduced to silence, darkness and bitter regret. In a bleak mansion

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Intense and vibrantly real lesbian erotica in the spirit of Skin Deep, these quick and dirty true stories revel in hot lesbian sex. As they peek into the diary of a very busy (and very bad) girl, readers will be panting hungrily as women from around the world reveal their most intimate lesbian encounters.Nicole Foster edited the best-selling books, Skin Deep, Awakening the Virgin, Body Check, and

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One of the greatest civil rights success stories of the 20th century has been the movement for gay liberation, and the century's end is the perfect--in fact, irresistible--moment for summing up its enormous but uneven achievements and for plotting its future. In This Is What Lesbian Looks Like, dyke activists reflect on race, class, conflict, and differences within the movement, and the rise of

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If the coming out process is difficult for gay people, it is often equally difficult for their parents. Confusion, anger, and fear frequently cause fathers and mothers of gay men and lesbians to disavow, strike out against, and even resent their children. For many parents, a child's coming out feels like the ultimate rejection--not only of their dreams and hopes but of their own heterosexuality.

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The Politics and Poetics of Camp is a radical reappraisal of the discourse of camp. The contributors to this volume examine both activist strategies of camp performance--such as those employed by ACTUP--and theoretical debates on the meaning of camp as a signifying practice. They also question whether camp is a frivolous, apolitical style or a powerful cultural critique and expression of queer

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