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The gender wars in America have been raging for decades, with the LGBTQIA+ community at the forefront of the battle for identity, rights, and equality. In this book, we take an in-depth look at this vital issue, exploring the unique challenges and experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community and examining the legal and social progress that has been made. We also delve into the ongoing battles for rights and equality, from same-sex marriage to workplace discrimination,...
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A Positive View of LGBTQ starts a new conversation about the strengths and benefits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGTBQ) identities. Positive LGBTQ identities are affirmed through inspiring firsthand accounts. Focusing on how LGTBQ-identified individuals can cultivate a sense of wellbeing and a personal identity that allows them to flourish in all areas of life, the authors explore a variety of themes. Through personal stories...
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In the early 1990s, Russia experienced one of the most extreme increases in mortality in modern history. Men's life expectancy dropped by six years; women's life expectancy dropped by three. Middle-aged men living in Moscow were particularly at risk of dying early deaths. While the early 1990s represent the apex of mortality, the crisis continues. Drawing on fieldwork in the capital city during 2006 and 2007, this account brings ethnography to bear...
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La idea de lo humano ha dependido siempre de la construcción del mito de lo monstruoso. De esta manera, el mito del minotauro, a quien Teseo da muerte en el centro del laberinto, da cuenta de una monstruosidad problemática que se construye en la marginalización de una experiencia otra. Las disidencias sexuales y de genero han encarnado este enfrentamiento, en el que los cuerpos que atraviesan una experiencia de vida trans configuran la amenaza...
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Loud and Proud is an inspirational collection of speeches from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies that have changed our world, and the conversation.
Loud and Proud places the voices of the vibrant LGBTQ+ community centre stage in the first-ever anthology of LGBTQ+ speeches. From equal marriage to gender definitions, bullying to parenthood, the issues covered in these speeches touch on all aspects of LGBTQ+ and reflect the diverse and multi-faceted...
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Este libro aborda temas críticos de la cultura contemporánea Queer y presenta entrevistas con cincuenta académicos, activistas, radicales e investigadores de Colombia, Noruega, Corea del Sur y Estados Unidos acerca de la historia y el desarrollo de las políticas LGBTIQQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer y Questioning). Asimismo, discute las nociones de diferencia sexual, igualdad, ciudadanía y democracia en relación con la orientación...
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La relación entre sexo, deseo y género es una de las polémicas más importantes y, a menudo, cargadas de ideología y emocionalidad del siglo XXI. Con frecuencia, esas tres realidades se dan como sinónimos o, lo contrario, como opuestas unas a otras. Es necesario establecer definiciones y precisiones o el avance será imposible.
La biología, la motivación y la experiencia se refieren a dimensiones del ser humano que se van a entender en el marco...
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In the tradition of the perennial bestseller I'm OK, You're OK, noted author Brad Gooch offers single and coupled gay men a provocative, sophisticated, and inspirational guide that addresses the big issues of love, romance, and being alone. Part memoir, part self-help, Finding the Boyfriend Within is a remarkably practical and helpful guide in the quest for self-discovery for the thousands of gay men who despair of ever being in a committed relationship....
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"Honorable Mention for the 2016 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association" "Selected for the 2015 Over the Rainbow Project book list, American Library Association" Amin Ghaziani is associate professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington.
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Born female yet little identified with that gender, these transgender, genderqueer, third gender, and gender variant writers offer personal insights into changing gender identity, dating, workplace issues, and more. This book shines light on those who identify as FTM (female to male) and also illuminates those whose gender is more fluid, proving that biology doesn't control destiny.
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Bisexual people make up 52% of the LGBTQ+ community, but are 6 times more likely to hide their sexual orientation from friends/family than a gay or lesbian person.
LGBTQ+ Revolution 2.0: A Celebratory Collection of LGBTQ+ Narratives is an open, honest depiction of life from the point of view of people who are part of its community. No matter your identity, you are bound to find bits and pieces of your own experiences within these pages and will discover...
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Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel. A licensed commercial truck driver herself, Balay discovers that, for people...
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When HIV hit America in the 80s, it decimated the LGBT communities, and it forever changed the course of national sex education. But, what happened to the people who survived the epidemic? What happens to people who are, diagnosed today?
This book tracks the lives of six people in America as they deal with all the cultural problems associated with it: incomplete sex education, diagnosis without links to care, abuse from criminal and legal systems,...
55) Two Hearts Dancing: A Spiritual Journeybook for Gay Men: The Companion Volume to Two Flutes Playing
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Two Hearts Dancing: A Spiritual Journeybook for Gay Men isn't a guidebook on "coming out" but a guidebook on coming in-coming in to who we are as mystics, lovers, and healers. Nor is it a sequel to the gay underground classic Two Flutes Playing but a companion volume to it. The first section of this book, "Stories of our People," contains fourteen tales that are grounded in gay archetypes and ends with a responsive reading to be used in gay men's...
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"Winner of the 2005 Ruth Benedict Prize, Society for Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists, American Anthropological Association" Tom Boellstorff is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. He is author of A Coincidence of Desires: Anthropology, Queer Studies, Indonesia,coeditor of Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language, and editor in chief of American Anthropologist.
The Gay Archipelago is the first...
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In Comrade Loves of a Samurai, the theme of homosexual love between the samurai is explored. To the old Japanese such love among samurai was quite permissible. The sons of samurai families were urged to form homosexual alliances while youth lasted, and often these loves matured into lifelong companionships. Saikaku describes Japanese love scenes of all kinds with a frankness that has made him a favorite with expurgators, but he discusses different...
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Valeria Vegas rinde homenaje a artistas, películas y canciones referentes de la cultura LGTBQ y que abrieron camino en un momento crucial en la historia de España.
Libérate es un merecido tributo a aquellos artistas, películas, canciones y salas de espectáculos que devolvieron el color y el brillo -de las lentejuelas, por supuesto- a un país que llevaba demasiado tiempo viviendo en blanco y negro. Un homenaje a esa cultura LGTBQ que, incluso...
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The South as a region has proven to be resistant to the idea of LGBTQ teachers. Some Southerners, including prominent politicians, have gone as far as asserting that it should be against the law for LGBTQ people to teach. This memoir chronicles the changes that Randy Fair witnessed in his over forty years of experience, both as a teacher and student, in the school systems of the South.
Fair explores his experiences of overcoming his homophobic, conservative,...
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Some of North Carolina's finest fiction and nonfiction writers come together in Every True Pleasure, including David Sedaris, Kelly Link, Allan Gurganus, Randall Kenan, and more. Within the volume-featuring writers who identify as gay, trans, bisexual, and straight-are stories and essays that view the full spectrum of contemporary life though an LGBTQ lens. These writers, all native or connected to North Carolina, show the multifaceted challenges...
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