LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics Books
John Wiley and Sons Ltd One-Dimensional Queer
Book SynopsisThe story of gay rights has long been told as one of single-minded focus on the fight for sexual freedom. Yet its origins are much more complicated than this single-issue interpretation would have us believe, and to ignore gay liberation's multidimensional beginnings is to drastically underestimate its radical potential for social change. Ferguson shows how queer liberation emerged out of various insurgent struggles crossing the politics of race, gender, class, and sexuality, and deeply connected to issues of colonization, incarceration, and capitalism. Tracing the rise and fall of this intersectional politics, he argues that the one-dimensional mainstreaming of queerness falsely placed critiques of racism, capitalism, and the state outside the remit of gay liberation. As recent activism is increasingly making clear, this one-dimensional legacy has promoted forms of exclusion that marginalize queers of color, the poor, and transgender individuals. This forceful book joins the call to reimagine and reconnect the fight for social justice in all its varied forms.Trade Review"One-Dimensional Queer is as clear an account as you could hope to encounter of how race and sexuality came to be understood as separate formations in US history. The resultant mainstreaming of LGBT cultures has been disastrous in terms of seeing our way out of the current crisis we inhabit. Offering solutions as well as critique, Ferguson's book is destined to be a crucial part of any library of liberation."—Jack Halberstam, Columbia University "In this searing critique of pink capitalism and rainbow-approved state violence, Ferguson slays the flat misnomer that the 1969 Stonewall Riots were only about gay sex. Instead, he brilliantly contextualizes Stonewall multi-dimensionally in histories of anti-racist and anti-imperialist rebellion."—Steven W. Thrasher, The Guardian and Northwestern University "One-Dimensional Queer is as clear an account as you could hope to encounter of how race and sexuality came to be understood as separate formations in US history. The resultant mainstreaming of LGBT cultures has been disastrous in terms of seeing our way out of the current crisis we inhabit. Offering solutions as well as critique, Ferguson's book is destined to be a crucial part of any library of liberation."—Jack Halberstam, Columbia University "In this searing critique of pink capitalism and rainbow-approved state violence, Ferguson slays the flat misnomer that the 1969 Stonewall Riots were only about gay sex. Instead, he brilliantly contextualizes Stonewall multi-dimensionally in histories of anti-racist and anti-imperialist rebellion."—Steven W. Thrasher, The Guardian and Northwestern University "One-Dimensional Queer raises provocative and important questions about the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality, and about the extent to which capitalism has determined the course of LGBT+ lives." (New York Journal of Books) "Gay liberation didn't originate as a single-issue movement, and must confront neoliberalism and gentrification as well as anti-queer violence." (Black Agenda Report) "A fascinating unearthing of seldom discussed LGBT history, including groups like STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) and the Philadelphia-area collective DykeTactics." (KPFA Women's Magazine) "One-Dimensional Queer demands that we reexamine the intersectional history of the LGBTQ movement, which was rooted in many other movements of the '60s and '70s, to find instruments of true radical change." (TruthOut.org) "Ferguson's book convincingly shows that the 'multidimensional' (or intersectional) queer story offers a more viable starting point for political-theoretical questions." (Die Tageszeitung – Kultur) "In One Dimensional Queer, Ferguson asks his reader not to parse individual elements of society but to consider how various gears work as a cohesive whole. Those who elide bits and pieces, whole chunks and swaths, of the history of oppression are complicit in that oppression. . . . Ferguson, alongside the many activists, historians, and critics he documents, offers a way forward towards liberation. And in doing so, Ferguson provides a way for us to think about creating a more just world; he offers his reader a way to consider one's queerness broadly, to open their methods of inquiry, and to consider history in a more spacious, more equitable way." (QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking) "[A]n extraordinary contribution to the fields of LGBTQ Studies, American Studies, and queer of color critique. One Dimensional Queer is necessary reading for scholars interested in the history of sexuality in the 20th-century US, queer theory, and gender and sexuality studies." (Women's Studies)
£14.24
Manchester University Press Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression
Book SynopsisIn 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Rustam Alexander recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were directly affected by those laws, including a naïve Scottish journalist based in Moscow who dared to write to Stalin in an attempt to save his lover from prosecution, and a homosexual theatre student who came to Moscow in pursuit of a career amid Stalin’s harsh repressions and mass arrests. We also meet a fearless doctor in Siberia who provided medical treatment for gay men at his own peril, and a much-loved Soviet singer who hid his homosexuality from the secret police. Each vignette helps paint the hitherto unknown picture of how Soviet oppression of gay people originated and was perpetuated from Stalin’s rule until the demise of the USSR. This book comes at a time when homophobia is again rearing its ugly head under Putin’s rule.Trade ReviewSHORTLISTED FOR THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE 2023As President Putin ramps up his anti-queer attacks, this book is particularly timely and important. Alexander has done a superb job of telling the history of homosexuality in Russia since the Revolution, and his book deserves to be widely read.Dennis Altman, author of Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation and Global SexAt a time when President Putin’s regime is viciously repressing Russia’s LGBTQ community and criminalizing anyone who speaks up about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans lives, the appearance of this book is an important act of resistance. Red Closet brings to life stories of gay oppression in the Soviet Union and traces some of the roots of contemporary Russia’s homophobia.Dan Healey, author of Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi Rustam Alexander has undertaken rigorous archival research with great passion to produce a superb book. His narrative is refreshingly free of academic jargon and theory but Red Closet can be appreciated by a wide readership. Stephen Bourne, author of Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars'In the world of academic writing in Slavic Studies, Alexander’s book is a fresh take on storytelling for all.(This) new book is a queer socialist historical thriller and a page-turner. It serves the drama (of which Soviet queer history has more than plenty) and does it in a way that makes the readers keep wanting more. And I cannot help but want to see more from this author.'The Russian Review -- .Table of ContentsPart I: Under Stalin 1 Stalin decides to make male homosexuality a crime 2 A Scottish man stands up for the rights of Soviet homosexuals 3 A young man from Siberia comes to Moscow in pursuit of his dreams 4 A Soviet celebrity leads a double life and lives in quiet suffering 5 A visit to a bathhouse ends in a nightmare 6 Soviet homosexuals travel to Siberia for "medical" treatment Part II: Under Khrushchev 7 Stalin’s heirs deal with homosexuality in the GULAG 8 In which a murder occurs 9 Soviet jurists push for the decriminalization of sodomy 10 Soviet psychiatrists try to cure lesbianism 11 A KGB lieutenant goes rogue 12 Soviet doctors invent a new medical science and try to cure male homosexualityPart III: Under Brezhnev 13 Soviet jurists try to decriminalize consensual homosexuality 14 A married couple try to save their marriage 15 Yan Goland tries to cure a youth of his homosexuality 16 A jurist proposes to criminalize lesbianism 17 A former soldier is crippled with internalized homophobia 18 In which we learn about emerging gay activism in the USSRPart IV: Under Gorbachev19 A strange patient from Africa baffles Soviet doctors 20 Soviet officials try to protect the USSR from AIDS 21 The Soviet KGB becomes inspired by the American gay press 22 Soviet doctors find Soviet "Patient Zero" 23 Soviet homophobia hits its peak 24 Soviet homosexuals finally speak about themselves in public Epilogue: In which Boris Yeltsin decriminalizes consensual homosexuality – but homophobia remains Index
£17.09
Bristol University Press Representation, Resistance and the Digiqueer:
Book SynopsisDigital media technologies have enabled some LGBTQ+ individuals and communities to successfully organize for basic rights and justice. But these technologies can also present risks, such as online and in-person harassment and assault, and unsettled standards of privacy and consent. Justin Ellis provides new insights on LGBTQ+ identity formation through social media networks and platform biometrics. Drawing on debate over gender, procreation, religion, nationalism and tech-regulation, he considers the effects of surveillance technologies on LGBTQ+ agency. In doing so, he brings an interdisciplinary ‘digiqueer’ perspective to negotiations of LGBTQ+ identity through case studies of digital harms from case law, parliamentary debates, social and mainstream media and LGBTQ-tech advocacy.Trade Review“A must-read not only for academics, media practitioners, and activists, but also for anyone seeking to understand why, despite a range of protections for LGBTQ+ citizens across many jurisdictions, bigotry and hatred against these communities persists and continues to grow.” Crime, Media, CultureTable of Contents1. Information Warfare in Technocratic Times 2. The Digiqueer Fight Against Algorithmic Governance 3. Information Warfare Against Drag Queen Storytime 4. (Mis)Representation of Same-Sex Attraction 5. Digiqueer Activism, Advocacy and Allyship 6. Data Driven Times?
£40.50
Hodder & Stoughton All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2022______________________________________________________________________________________'an explicitly inclusive, thoughtful, joyful read' - REFINERY 29'This "love letter of sorts" to inclusive queer women's culture is perfect for anyone who's just come out, wants to know what the heck's going on or has yearned for an entire chapter dedicated to the film Carol.' - DIVA 'An introspective dive into the fast-moving world of queer culture, Daisy unpacks some of the 21st century's biggest lesbian and bisexual moments to paint a portrait of what modern-day queerness looks like.' - GAY TIMES'Daisy Jones effortlessly explores queer culture' - COSMOPOLITAN ______________________________________________________________________________________A modern, personal guide to the culture of queer women and everyone in between.All The Things She Said explores the nature of 21st century queerness. Lesbian and bi culture is ever-changing and here, journalist Daisy Jones unpicks outdated stereotypes and shows how, over the past few years, the style and shared language of queer women has slowly infiltrated the mainstream. (Think less hemp sandals, IKEA trips and nut milks and more freedom, expression, community. And Cate Blanchett.)From the dingy basement clubs of east London to the unchartered realms of TikTok, cutting in DIY mullets and christening Meryl Streep 'Daddy', Daisy explores the multifaceted nature of what it means to be lesbian or bi today, while also looking back and celebrating the past. The book shines a light on the never-ending process of coming out, what it's like to date as a queer woman, how physical nightlife spaces have evolved into online communities and the reasons why mental health issues have disproportionately impacted LGBTQ+ people.As someone immersed in the queer culture of women, Daisy brings both the personal perspective and a journalistic one to this changing landscape. Through interviews and lived experience, a cohesive image emerges: one which shows that being lesbian, bi, or anything in between, isn't necessarily always tied to gender, sexual practice or even romantic attraction. With verve, humour and razor-sharp prose, Daisy paints a vital and insightful modern day portrait of what it means to be a queer woman in the 21st century.
£10.44
Fordham University Press Queer Callings
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£14.24
Amazon Publishing A Place for Us: A Memoir
Book SynopsisFrom one of the most vital and passionate LGBTQ+ activists comes a powerful memoir about self-discovery, community, love, and resilience in the face of adversity. You never forget your first. First kiss. First love. First heartache. They all burrow their way into your subconscious, destined to reshape how you see the world forever. Growing up in rural Oregon, Brandon Wolf grappled with the devastating loss of his supportive mother and with the embedded racism and homophobia of a community that made him feel like an unwelcome stranger. After the lack of connection and role models led him down a spiral of risky behavior, Wolf escaped to survive. In Orlando, he found what he’d been searching for: belonging—in a community that was a safe space with people he’d come to call his chosen family. They taught Wolf how to love, and be loved, unconditionally. Then, on June 12, 2016, in an exhilarating refuge where Wolf and hundreds of others had discovered a liberating new normal, they were suddenly challenged with fighting for a way out—in order to survive. Overnight, everything was ripped away by chaos, panic, and fear. But the unimaginable tragedy also gave Wolf a new power: purpose. In this unforgettable coming-of-age memoir, Wolf shares his transformative journey from young outsider to galvanizing activist. Marshaling the compassion and strength of a community, Wolf explores how to get through the darkest times with healing, hope, and resistance. “With our backs against the wall,” he writes, “we find a way out together.”Trade ReviewPraise for A Place for Us “[A] blazing debut. In stirring prose, Wolf mounts a testament to the power of community and a howling cry for justice. This is unforgettable.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “This heartfelt book will appeal not only to LGBTQ+ readers, but to anyone committed to the fight for social justice for any marginalized community. Poignant, inspiring reading.” —Kirkus Reviews “Raw, candid, and often uncomfortable.” —Library Journal “[A] powerful read.” —USA Today “An essential testament to the togetherness and resilience of the queer community.” —Electric Literature “One of the most powerful voices of his generation, Brandon Wolf tells a story of race, place, and the struggle for belonging that will drive you to tears and expand your capacity for hope, as well as your appreciation for the power of community. A true inspiration.” —Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut “This book is both a necessary reckoning and a soft place to land. Brandon’s story is a journey that challenges readers to not only find hope but also find the resolve necessary to take action. A must-read for anyone who wants to be filled with the spirit of progress.” —Frederick Joseph, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning activist “A Place for Us is daring, raw, and necessary. The fight to end America’s gun violence epidemic has long been grounded in the courage and tenacity of those most directly impacted. Brandon’s survivor story will spur you to get up and fight for a better, safer tomorrow.” —Shannon Watts, founder, Moms Demand Action “A Place for Us is a breathtakingly honest memoir that challenges all of us to rise above our darkest moments in order to courageously live as our most authentic selves.” —Igor Volsky, cofounder and executive director of Guns Down America
£8.54
Arsenal Pulp Press Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral
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£17.84
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Excommunicated: A heart-wrenching and compelling
Book SynopsisA heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren After coming out as gay, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren and forced to say goodbye to his family forever. The conservative sect was everything he'd ever known - a childhood where television, pop music, sports and even pets were against the rules. Joining public society - the 'worldlies' - for the first time, Craig sets out to meet his grandfather who was excommunicated in the 1980s and, using his diaries and letters, uncovers two centuries and seven generations of the family's tangled and often cruel relationship with the Brethren. Weaving their past with Craig's own upbringing in this secretive and oppressive religious group, Excommunicated charts the evolution of the Exclusive Brethren in New Zealand and the heartwrenching stories of a family torn apart.
£15.29
Icon Books Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime
Book Synopsis'A grisly, sobering, comprehensively researched new history.' - The New YorkerIndecent Advances is a skilful hybrid of true crime and social history that examines the often-coded portrayal of crimes against gay men in the decades before Stonewall. New York University professor and critic James Polchin illustrates how homosexuals were criminalized, and their murders justified, in the popular imagination from 1930s 'sex panics' to Cold War fear of Communists and homosexuals in government. He shows the vital that role crime stories played in ideas of normalcy and deviancy, and how those stories became tools to discriminate against and harm gay men. J. Edgar Hoover, Kerouac, Burroughs, Patricia Highsmith, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg and Gore Vidal all feature.Published around the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in 1969, Indecent Advances investigates how queer men navigated a society that criminalized them. Polchin shows how this discrimination was ultimately transformed by gay rights activists before Stonewall, and explores its resonances up to and including the policing of Gianni Versace's death in 1997.Trade ReviewIn his revelatory and meticulously researched book, James Polchin has discovered a forgotten chapter of queer history hiding in plain sight: in sensationalistic newspaper articles documenting decades of anti-gay violence, often in coded terms. Looking at gay life through this novel lens offers an entirely fresh take on what previous generations endured. Like the best true crime stories, Indecent Advances is both brutal to read and impossible to put down. -- Wayne Hoffman, author of An Older ManA grisly, sobering, comprehensively researched new history. -- The New YorkerA reflective, thoughtful first book that perfectly blends true crime and the history of discrimination against gay men in the 20th century. -- Library JournalThoughtful, accessible and well-researched, Polchin's book offers useful insight into some of the lesser-known cultural currents that gave rise to the gay rights movement. An enlighteningly provocative cultural history. -- Kirkus Reviews
£999.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Big Book of LGBTQ+ Activities: Teaching
Book SynopsisWith 5 fun tales featuring merpeople, a rainbow wedding and a back-to-front horse, this captivating guide to LGBTQ+ identities takes you on a journey through Clear Sky Castle to promote inclusion for children aged 6 to 9.The interactive stories and games - including drawing, sculpting, word searches and quizzes - raise awareness of different kinds of families, as well as identities such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and non-binary, and teach acceptance for all. The resourceful 'Guide for Adults' at the end of the book offers advice, answers to activities throughout, and signposts to helpful organisations for the adult reading the book with the child.Trade ReviewThis book is a very exciting publication. It is engaging and practical, making LGBT+ young people feel included and offering support and guidance for their families in a fun way. I wish it existed when I was young! -- Daniel Tomlinson-Gray, co-founder and director LGBTedTable of ContentsAbout this Book; SECTION 1: Stories and Activities; 1. The Story of the Princess Who Loved to Invent + Activities; 2. The Story of the Unicorn That Sneezed + Activities; 3. The Story of Arthur's Big Day + Activities; 4. The Story of Kai in the Snow + Activities; 5. The Story of the Back-to-Front Horse + Activities; SECTION 2: Guide for Adults; How this Book Works; Common Questions; How to Support an LGBT+ Child
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Best of Assigned Male
Book SynopsisIncludes New and Never Before Seen Stories!Follow young trans girl, Stephie, and her group of queer friends as they navigate school, family and relationships, and experiences of being trans.Humorous and acerbic, this ground-breaking graphic narrative brilliantly explores the journey of discovering and embracing your evolving gender identity, and promotes a sense of community and empowerment through artfully illustrated stories. Based on the hugely successful and influential webcomic Assigned Male, and in print for the first time, this expanded collection contains exclusive content as well as familiar, well-loved characters.Trade ReviewHurray for Stephie and her friends in The Best Of Assigned Male! Labelle's comics are wonderfully sharp, with all the wry humor and hearty indignation that transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming kids deserve, and her written narrative provides valuable context. Get all the lip gloss! -- Alex Gino, Stonewall-Award winning author of Melissa's Story (a.k.a. GEORGE)Sophie makes it possible to imagine a world in which the lives of trans youths are possible and happy. This is a world in which critical conversations can take place and which fosters alternatives to the daily discrimination that trans people face. Thanks to Sophie, this is not a utopian future, but rather a dream within our grasp. -- Lucas Platero, Spanish trans scholar and activist
£18.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers How to Understand Your Sexuality: A Practical
Book Synopsis'A goldmine of wisdom' CYNDI DARNELL'Gentle, kind and embracing' JUNO ROCHE'Interesting and engaging' JUSTIN HANCOCKGay, straight, queer, pansexual, demisexual, ace...? Sexuality is complex and diverse, but it doesn't have to be confusing.This down-to-earth guide is the ultimate companion for understanding, accepting and celebrating your sexuality. Written by two internationally renowned authors and therapists, the book explains how sexuality works in terms of our identities, attractions, desires and practices, and explores how it intersects with our personal experiences and the world around us.With activities and reflection points throughout, it offers space to tune into yourself and think deeply about your own sexuality. You'll hear from people across the sexuality spectrum and in different relationship set-ups, and be inspired by the ideas of scholars, activists and practitioners. Sexuality is a vast and wonderful landscape - let this book guide you on your journey!Trade ReviewFrom the outset this book feels gentle, kind and embracing. The clarity of structure and straightforward guidance helps to lead me through what is an incredibly nourishing text. Perhaps this sounds trite, but as I was reading, I knew that the authors cared deeply about my journey through the book. And that's rare indeed. -- Juno Roche, writerIn How To Understand Your Sexuality, Barker & Iantaffi bring you a goldmine of wisdom, helping us break down and understand the struggles of sex in our everyday lives. From understanding the difference between identity and practice, to what it means personally, politically socially and erotically, why it matters, and considerations for how to do it differently, this guide offers people interested in sex a useful handbook for exploring their own sexuality and understanding that of their partners, peers and the world around them. An erotic almanac of our times, HTUYS is destined to be a go-to text for those seeking a portal into pleasure wisdom of the mind, body and heart. -- Cyndi Darnell: Sex & Relationships Therapist & Somatic SexologistThis is such an interesting and engaging book. Meg-John and Alex do a fantastic job at helping you to understand and articulate your sexuality, both as it is now but also what it might be. I implore fellow straight blokes to read this! Use these tools to examine your sexualities and intentionally allow them to become. Also use this guide to nourish your loved ones that they might become their (a)sexual selves too. -- Justin Hancock, sex and relationships educator bishuk.com & Culture Sex Relationships podcastInformative and readable. At a time when sexuality has become something to be regulated, this book invites wonder and curiosity. * Manu Bazzano, Therapy Today *Table of Contents1. What is sexuality? 2. How the world views sexuality 3. Your sexuality background 4. Your current experience of sexuality 5. Living your sexuality 6. Sexuality and relationships7. Taking your sexuality out into the world
£17.89
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Transitions: Our Stories of Being Trans
Book SynopsisWorld Book Night 2022A visionary, moving and one-of-a-kind anthology of writing on what it means to be trans today and every day.From the daily bite of anxiety as you go to leave the house, to the freedom found swimming in the wild, through to moments of queer rage and joy and the peculiar timeslip of reliving your adolescence, the stories in this collection reveal the untold lived realities of trans people to help inform, inspire and unite. Spanning a range of topics such as gender dysphoria, transphobia, chest binding, gender reassignment surgery, coming out in later life, migration and love and relationships, these unique first-person accounts celebrate the beauty and diversity of being trans and will empower others on their journey.Showcasing eight new exciting trans writers, this extraordinary collection is a powerful and heartfelt love-letter to the trans community.Jessica Kingsley Publishers will donate at least 5p per book sold to Gendered Intelligence (registered charity no. 1182558)Trade ReviewI'm utterly blown away by the sheer power of the eight contributions to this little anthology. These are such articulate and pithy accounts about transitioning today, whether binary or non-binary, and the authors have schooled me in ways that I didn't expect when I picked it up. -- Christine Burns MBE, Author and Transgender ActivistTable of Contents1. We are Everywhere (Tash Oakes-Monger)2. Bits and Pieces of Myself (Edward Whelan)3. An Eagle at Sunset (Den Casey)4. Walk in My Shoes (Kirrin Medcalfe)5. The One that No One Talks About (Danielle Hopkins)6. Banana (Harry Mizumoto)7. Torso (Kole Fulmine)8. My Amazing Mostly-Monochrome Dreamcoat (Ezra Woodger)
£16.16
Jessica Kingsley Publishers To Be A Trans Man: Our Stories of Transition,
Book SynopsisMen in all stages of transition have come and gone from my life, and each one has been entirely different. It's difficult to feel as if you fail at being a man when you know there isn't a singular 'right' way to be one.In this illuminating and radically honest book, Ezra Woodger interviews trans men and transmasculine people to interrogate what masculinity is and what it means to be a man. Covering a wide range of topics, from dealing with judgement and expectations - both external and internal - to the experience of gender euphoria, finding a community and the growth and openness that trans-inclusive spaces can provide, the stories in this book highlight the power of being true to who you are.With contributions from trans men from across the UK and US, including Fox Fisher, Ezra Michel and many more, their words offer comfort, guidance and an important reminder of the joy and strength of existing as a trans man, regardless of how you look.Trade ReviewA welcome opportunity to learn about eight very different trans men's journeys and their outlook. A perennial problem is that because there aren't many trans people and fewer still who are visible and out, that most people won't have knowingly met a trans man, so prepare for pre-conceived ideas to be challenged! -- Charlie Kiss, author of A New Man
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Verso Books American Homo: Community and Perversity
Book SynopsisAmerican Homo offers a sweeping interpretation of the political, cultural and economic struggles of lesbian, gay and bisexual people to reveal how sexual minorities have challenged and changed American society. These provocative essays by long-time activist, writer, and theorist Jeffrey Escoffier tracks the lesbian and gay movements across the contested terrain of American political life. Starting from an urban subculture created by stigmatized and invisible men and women, LGBT movements have had to negotiate the historical tension between the homoeroticism that courses through American culture and virulent outbreaks of homophobic populism. Escoffier explores how every new success-whether it's civil rights, marriage, or cultural recognition-also enables new disciplinary and normalizing forms of domination, and why only the active exercise of democratic rights and participation in radical coalitions allows LGBT people to sustain both the benefits of community and the freedom of sexual perversity.Trade Review[American Homo explores] sexual revolution as a prolonged process rather than a single event, and the central and formative role of LGBT struggles within that. [Escoffier is] firmly committed to the significance of LGBT agency and grass-roots knowledge in creating the conditions for radical change. This is a landmark book that deserves to be read and re-read. -- Jeffrey Weeks, author of What is Sexual History?Compelling and necessary! -- Cirus Rinaldi, University of PalermoDeeply informed, conceptually potent, and essential analyses of LGBTQ histories, economics, and social life. A great deal of how I think about these things has come from his work. -- Gayle Rubin, author of Deviations: A Gayle Rubin ReaderFor anyone interested in the history of LGBT life, both the history of the past, and the history of what may come. -- Samuel R. Delany, author of Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, Dark Reflections and Times Square Red, Times Square Blue.
£19.92
Jessica Kingsley Publishers The NonMonogamy Journal
Book SynopsisFinding what works for you in non-monogamy is highly personal and contextual - it can be tricky to know where your own boundaries lie. Quite often, we don''t know we want a boundary somewhere, until it has already been crossed. This journal is designed to help you explore and anticipate potential needs and conflicts - perhaps before they''ve even arisen! Within these pages are dozens of scenarios to explore, themed around Boundaries, Structure, Emotions, Compromises, Sexuality and Infidelity. With topics that include meeting and managing metamours, beginning relationships with infidelity, cowpoking, sexual health, One Penis Policies, compersion, first nights together - and so many more - this is the perfect companion for working out your own unique approach to non-monogamy.
£14.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Do You Believe in Life After Loss
Book Synopsis'For anyone who has experienced or is dealing with loss, I hope you find this book inspiring.'This collection of queer experiences of loss, hope and resilience explores different aspects of loss, the challenges of these situations, but also how queerness might help people to navigate change and loss and the opportunities and hope that can arise when healing begins. Exploring experiences of loss in all its forms - from bereavement and relationship breakups to loss of community, safety and identity - the book considers how queerness might help people to navigate change and loss and asks the question: do you believe in life after loss?Curated by Andrew Flewitt and with contributions from psychotherapist Silva Neves throughout, the book features interviews with: Nathaniel J. Hall - Zachary Tucker - Euan - Jamie Windust - Juno Roche - Vaneet Mehta - Luciana Cousin - Mendez - Theo Parsonson
£14.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic
Book Synopsis'Somehow, over time, we forgot that the rituals behind dating and sex were constructs made up by human beings and eventually, they became hard and fast rules that society imposed on us all.'True Love. Third Wheels. Dick pics. 'Dying alone'. Who decided this was normal?Sarah and Kayla invite you to put on your purple aspec glasses - and rethink everything you thought you knew about society, friendship, sex, romance and more.Drawing on their personal stories, and those of aspec friends all over the world, prepare to explore your microlabels, investigate different models of partnership, delve into the intersection of gender norms and compulsory sexuality and reconsider the meaning of sex - when allosexual attraction is out of the equation.Spanning the whole range of relationships we have in our lives - to family, friends, lovers, society, our gender, and ourselves, this book asks you to let your imagination roam, and think again what human connection really is. Includes exclusive 'Sounds Fake But Okay' podcast episodes.Trade ReviewFunny, fresh and painfully real, Sarah and Kayla are the ace friends I always wished I had. -- Cameron Espostio, actor, comedian and host of QueeryTable of Contents1. Society 2. Yourself3. Friendship 4. Romance and Partners5. Sex6. Family 7. Gender8. Miscellanea
£17.89
FAB Press American Exxxtasy: My 30-Year Search for a Happy
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Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd Crosshairs
Book SynopsisThe author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future, where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up when an oppressive regime gathers those deemed "Other" into concentration camps.Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labour camps.In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee, and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck, a rogue army officer, who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event.With her signature "raw yet beautiful, disturbing yet hopeful" (Booklist) prose, Catherine Hernandez creates a vision of the future that is all the more frightening because it is very possible. A cautionary tale filled with fierce and vibrant characters, Crosshairs explores the universal desire to thrive, love, and be loved for being your true self.Trade ReviewCrosshairs is a blistering page-turner. One can describe it as dystopic fiction, but Catherine Hernandez is presenting us with something much more prescient to consider. The novel acts as a provocation and a challenge for readers to locate themselves. Crosshairs offers a glance into a world that is possible if we continue on a trajectory that is frightfully present. Most importantly, Crosshairs asks us what we will do to resist and build a better future when faced with such momentous and dangerous times. * Carianne Leung, award-winning author of That Time I Loved You *Crosshairs is both unnervingly prescient and undeniably profound. A harrowing work that's as much a battle cry as a ballad for the erased, and we should all be listening. * V.E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of A Darker Shade of Magic *Crosshairs leaves readers with two promises. The first is that change is possible. If people with privilege can be motivated to take action against systemic oppression, sould can be saved and lives can be spared. The second promise is that without change, we are hurtling towards disaster. Consider this book a call to action. A demand for change before it's too late. * Quill and Quire *Crosshairs made me shiver. It troubled my dreams. Still, I could not put down this dystopia. It was utterly compelling. Catherine Hernandez prophesies Canadian genocide against Queer, Black, Brown, and Indigenous folks. At the same time, she inspires the reader with her depiction of a resistance full of characters who ? even in the face of hatred and complacency ? show love, pride, endurance, courage, and insist on living to the very last breath. * Lawrence Hill, bestselling author of The Illegal and The Book of Negroes *In Crosshairs, Catherine Hernandez shapes a world at once fantastical and familiar, remarkable and relatable . . . The result is a sparkling but devastating novel about corporate and state cruelty, individual as well as community sacrifice, and Queer Black and Brown kinship that must be protected at all costs. Timely, unapologetic, complicated. * Jenny Heijun Wills, award-winning author of Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related *A beautiful, unapologetic, and unwatered-down...dystopian [novel] that holds a sobering mirror up to our own world * New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu *Every character has a moment to tell their story. Hernandez delivers beautiful and heartbreaking scenes in a story that is hard especially because of how close it feels to our present. * Booklist *Catherine Hernandez is groundbreaking. Her talent is remarkable. I dare you not to cry or scream or marvel or, like me, do all at once while reading this book. This story is a masterpiece of voice and metaphor, image and embodiment. But it is also a perfectly crafted portrait of us now, of us then, of the us we hope to be. I love this book, this big, bright missive that not only breaks the ground, but that gifts us with the steps to take in order to get to the other side, together. * Cherie Dimaline, bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves and Empire of Wild *Hernandez is unrelenting in her portrayal of the regular violence, assault and abuses faced by these Otherized people in 'civil societies.' She excels in her ability to show the ease of even the most brazen fascism and the pervasiveness of the feelings and scenarios that elicit its subsequent rise. * USA Today *Hernandez's storytelling throughout is compelling, and she builds tension and intrigue as the story moves forward, leaving the reader ravenous for the outcome. . . A rare and wonderful and formidable feat. * Letticia Cosbert Miller, The Toronto Star *Catherine Hernandez's sharp-eyed, queer dystopian fantasy is no gentle wake-up call. It is a blaring fire alarm and a call to arms against authoritarianism, white supremacy, and transphobia. * BookPage *
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BOA Editions, Limited When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further
Book SynopsisIn this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family--the strained relationship between a mother and son, the cost of necessary goodbyes--all from Asian American, immigrant, and queer perspectives. Holding all accountable, this collection fully embraces the loss, grief, and abundant joy that come with charting one's own path in identity, life, and love. In the Hospital My mother was in the hospital & everyone wanted to be my friend. But I was busy making a list: good dog, bad citizen, short skeleton, tall mocha. Typical Tuesday. My mother was in the hospital & no one wanted to be her friend. Everyone wanted to be soft cooing sympathies. Very reasonable pigeons. No one had the time & our solution to it was to buy shinier watches. We were enamored with what our wrists could declare. My mother was in the hospital & I didn't want to be her friend. Typical son. Tall latte, short tale, bad plot, great wifi in the atypical cafe. My mother was in the hospital & she didn't want to be her friend. She wanted to be the family grocery list. Low-fat yogurt, firm tofu. She didn't trust my father to be it. You always forget something, she said, even when I do the list for you. Even then. Chen Chen was born in Xiamen, China, and grew up in Massachusetts. His work has appeared in two chapbooks and in such publications as Poetry, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Best of the Net, and The Best American Poetry. The recipient of the 2016 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, he has been awarded fellowships from Kundiman, the Saltonstall Foundation, Lambda Literary, and in 2015, he was a finalist for the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships. He earned his BA at Hampshire College and his MFA at Syracuse University. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in English and Creative Writing at Texas Tech University. Chen lives in Lubbock, Texas, with his partner, Jeff Gilbert, and their pug dog, Rupert Giles.Trade ReviewWINNER OF THE A. POULIN, JR. POETRY PRIZE ON NPR BOOKS'S LIST OF 'POERTY TO PAY ATTENTION TO: 2017'S BEST VERSE' ON TRACK FOUR JOURNAL'S LIST OF 'TEN OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY COLLECTIONS BY PEOPLE OF COLOR IN 2017' "What does Millennial poetry look like? One answer might be this wild debut from Chen Chen. He seems to run at the mouth, free-associating wildly, switching between lingo and 'higher' forms of diction. Nothing's out of bounds or off limits, no culture too 'pop' to find its place in poetry ... nor anything too silly to point the way toward serious aims. And yet this is a deeply serious and moving book about Chinese-American experience, young love, poetry, family, and the family one makes amongst friends." --NPR Books "The collection, as the title itself suggests, is about 'further possibilities,' about revising, reinventing, and reimagining the relational modes we currently have. If we are all tasked with being 'someone 'for' someone else--a son, a friend, a partner, a student, a dear love,' we cannot afford to be complacent or static in the ways that we inhabit and think about those relations. Interdependence is at the heart of Chen's writing, and if we are to survive in these troubled times, we must continue to believe that there really are new ways to find the impossible honey." --Up the Staircase Quarterly "The word 'stanza' means one thing when it refers to a poem: a snippet of text, a line or several. In Italian, it means 'room.' Poet Chen Chen combines those definitions when he writes, thinking: what should be in the room of this poem? In his earlier work, he began to answer that question with pieces that explored his own intersecting identities, parts of himself that other people told him could not exist at once..." --PBS Newshour "Chen Chen refuses to be boxed in or nailed down. He is a poet of Whitman's multitudes and of Langston Hughes's blues, of Dickinson's 'so cold no fire can warm me' and of Michael Palmer's comic interrogation. What unifies the brilliance of When I Grow up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities is a voice desperate to believe that within every one of life's sadnesses there is also hope, meaning, and--if we are willing to laugh at ourselves--humor. This is a book I wish existed when I first began reading poetry. Chen is a poet I'll be reading for the rest of my life." --Jericho Brown "Chen Chen is already one of my favorite poets ever. Funny, absurd, bitter, surreal, always surprising, and deeply in love with this flawed world. I'm in love with this book." --Sherman Alexie "The radioactive spider that bit Chen Chen [isn't that how first books get made?] gave him powers both demonic and divine. The bite transmitted vision, worry, want, memory of China, America's grief, and People magazine, as well as a radical queer critique of the normative. What a gift that bite was--linguistic, erotic, politic and impolitic, idiosyncratic and emphatic. What a blessing and burden to write out of the manifold possibilities of that contact." --Bruce Smith "I so deeply love this poet's imagination where old shoes might walk back up the steps of a house, where one speaker pledges 'allegiance to the already fallen snow' and another says 'Let's put our briefcases on our heads, in the sudden rain, // & continue meeting as if we've just been given our names.' In precise and gorgeous language, Chen Chen shows us that the world is strange and bright with ardor. He reminds us of the miracle of the sensual and sensory. This is a book I will return to whenever I forget what a poem can do, whenever I am in need of song or hope. If a peony wrote poems in a human language, I think that these would be his poems. If the rain wrote poems... I mean: this is an important work by an astonishing and vital voice." --Aracelis Girmay
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Acre Books Dear Queer Self – An Experiment in Memoir
Book SynopsisAn unvarnished accounting of one man’s struggle toward sexual and emotional maturity. In this unconventional memoir, Jonathan Alexander addresses wry and affecting missives to a conflicted younger self. Focusing on three years—1989, 1993, and 1996—Dear Queer Self follows the author through the homophobic heights of the AIDS epidemic, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the election of Bill Clinton, and the steady advancements in gay rights that followed. With humor and wit afforded by hindsight, Alexander relives his closeted college years, his experiments with his sexuality in graduate school, his first marriage to a woman, and his budding career as a college professor. As he moves from tortured self-denial to hard-won self-acceptance, the author confronts the deeply uncomfortable ways he is implicated in his own story. More than just a coming-out narrative, Dear Queer Self is both an intimate psychological exploration and a cultural examination—a meshing of inner and outer realities and a personal reckoning with how we sometimes torture the truth to make a life. It is also a love letter, an homage to a decade of rapid change, and a playlist of the sounds, sights, and feelings of a difficult, but ultimately transformative, time.Trade Review"The narration is a triumph, establishing instant intimacy. Alexander serves as simultaneous director, guide, and archivist. . . . Dear Queer Self is an intense, daring coming-of-age—and coming out—memoir." * Foreword Reviews, starred review *"I can’t recall the last time I was so moved as I was while reading Dear Queer Self. With unvarnished frankness, Jonathan Alexander pens these letters to his younger queer self about the messy borders that exist between love and obsession, loneliness and acceptance, during moments in history marked by uncertainty and upheaval. What emerges is a striking account of the ways we draw strength from tragedy and learn to face our past transgressions with equal parts humor and resilience." * Alex Espinoza, author of 'Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime' *"Alexander's searing memoir, framed as an interrogation of his past self during crucial years of his life, offers a deeply honest portrait of life as a complicated young man in the eighties and nineties, and reaffirms the isolation queer people still feel in a world that gestures its acceptance while withholding its substance. The writing is deeply affecting, brutal in its self-evaluation, evocative in its mapping of Alexander's search for self-acceptance. The book is most valuable for its refusal to adhere to simple categories; sexuality here is complicated, variable, quixotic, and tenacious. Much like the author's vision. I am deeply grateful to have encountered this book." * Jim Grimsley, author of 'How I Shed My Skin' and 'Boulevard' *"Dear Queer Self was included in Lambda Literary’s most anticpated list for March." * Lambda Literary *
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Springer International Publishing AG Global LGBTQ Health: Research, Policy, Practice,
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a groundbreaking volume that creates a new field within the intersection of “global health” and “LGBTQ health” delineating specific health challenges and resiliencies. There has been increasing awareness of the importance in recognizing LGBTQ health issues and disparities. However, there is a dearth of research and scholarship that examines LGBTQ health through global and comparative perspectives. This book addresses this gap.In the pursuit of scientific inquiry, the disciplines in public health have often emphasized reductionist perspectives that are particularized to a specific locale, municipality, or country. This book's provision of broader perspectives, cross-cutting disparities and issues, and socio-political-cultural contextualization inform the development of new research, policies, interventions, and programs. Students benefit by learning about LGBTQ health research, policies, and programs in various countries and regions. Public health researchers benefit by learning about research conducted in various countries and regions, along with understanding how research has been linked to and impacted by various policies and programs. Policymakers benefit from learning about overarching and comparative perspectives that could inform more effective policies, including those connected to multiple locations. Practitioners learn about various public health practices in multiple countries and regions that could contribute to novel and creative solutions and approaches within the respective contexts. The nine chapters of this volume facilitate greater socio-political-cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competence; undertake an in-depth literature review of health factors and outcomes; and provide recommendations for increasing health-related capacity through development and collaborations between agencies, organizations, and institutions across countries and/or regions. Global LGBTQ Health: Research, Policy, Practice, and Pathways is primarily intended for students and instructors in public health, medicine, nursing, other health professions, psychology, social work, LGBTQ or gender/sexuality studies, human rights, and the social sciences. The book is also a useful resource for public health researchers and practitioners, policymakers, and healthcare and social service providers.Table of Contents1. Introduction Authors: Sel J. Hwahng & Michelle R. Kaufman 1.1 Why global LGBTQ health? 1.2 Genesis of the book 1.3 On COVID-19 1.4 History, culture, and religion 1.5 Racial/ethnic stratification and indigeneity 1.6 Intersectionality 1.7 Chapter summaries 2. LGBTQ Stigma Authors: Valerie A. Earnshaw, Carmen Logie, Jeffrey A. Wickersham, and Adeeba Kamarulzaman 2.1 Stigma definitions and key concepts 2.1.1 Functions of stigma 2.1.2 Stigma contextualized 2.1.3 Intersectional stigma 2.2 LGBTQ stigma manifestations and experiences 2.2.1 Structural stigma 2.2.2 Individual level 2.3 Processes linking LGBTQ stigma with health 2.3.1 Social isolation 2.3.2 Access to resources 2.3.3 Biological, psychological, and behavioral responses 2.4 Interventions to address LGBTQ stigma 2.4.1 Structural change 2.4.2 Stigma reduction among perceivers 2.4.3 Enhancing resilience among targets 2.5 Conclusion 3. Global LGBTQ Mental Health Authors: Richard Bränström, Tonda L. Hughes, and John E. Pachankis 3.1 Differences in mental health between LGBTQ individuals and cisgender heterosexual individuals 3.1.1 Types of mental health problems 3.1.2 Cultural differences in understanding mental health 3.2 Differences in mental health across diverse populations of LGBTQ individuals 3.2.1 Age and sex 3.2.2 Sexual identity and gender identity 3.2.3 Socioeconomic status 3.2.4 Race/ethnicity 3.2.5 Migration status 3.2.6 Geographic variations in LGBTQ mental health 3.3 Determinants of LGBTQ mental health 3.3.1 The cross-cultural relevance of minority stress theory 3.3.2 Cross-country variation in structural stigma 3.3.3 Barriers to societal integration across countries 3.4 Interventions to improve LGBTQ mental health 3.4.1 Interventions to reduce LGBTQ stigma 3.4.2 Interventions to promote coping with stigma 3.5 Future directions 3.5.1 Improved research methodologies for global LGBTQ mental health 3.5.2 Comparative research to identify cultural variation in LGBTQ mental health 3.5.3 Dissemination of LGBTQ-affirmative mental health interventions 3.5.4 Aging-related dementia and cognitive decline 3.6 Conclusion 4. If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Count: Elements to Consider in Understanding Global Sexual and Gender Minority Data on Non-Communicable Diseases Authors: Jane A. McElroy & Bennett J. Gosiker 4.1 Introduction 4.2 On the impact of COVID-19 4.3 Chronic stress and Immune dysregulation 4.4 Factors contributing to chronic illnesses 4.5 Health disparities theories 4.6 Methodological considerations 4.7 Conclusion 5. Sexual and Gender Minority Population’s Health Burden of Five Non-Communicable Diseases: CVD, Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma, COPD Authors: Jane A. McElroy & Bennett J. Gosiker 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) 5.2.1 Epidemiology of CVD in sexual minority populations 5.2.2 Epidemiology of CVDD in transgender and non-binary populations 5.3 Cancer 5.3.1 Epidemiology of cancer in sexual minority populations 5.3.2 Epidemiology of cancer among transgender populations 5.4 Diabetes Mellitus 5.4.1 Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in sexual minority populations 5.4.2 Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in transgender and non-binary populations 5.5 Asthma 5.5.1 Epidemiology of asthma in sexual minority populations 5.5.2 Epidemiology of asthma in transgender and non-binary populations 5.6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 5.6.1 Epidemiology of COPD in sexual minority populations 5.6.2 Epidemiology of COPD in transgender and non-binary populations 5.7 Conclusion 6. Community and Social Support Authors: Chichun Lin & Sel J. Hwahng 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Support in families 6.2.1 Parental support 6.2.2 Sibling support 6.3 Support in schools 6.4 Support in other relationships 6.4.1 Intimate partners 6.4.2 Parenting and family-building 6.4.3 Colleague support 6.4.4 LGBTQ elders 6.5 LGBTQ communities 6.5.1 Same-sex male communities 6.5.2 Same-sex female communities 6.5.3 Bisexual communities 6.5.4 Transgender and non-binary gender communities 6.5.5 Biphobia and transphobia in lesbian/gay communities 6.5.6 Intersex communities 6.5.7 Asexual/aromantic communities 6.5.8 Online communities and social media 6.5.9 Religious and spiritual groups 6.5.10 BDSM/leather and polyamory communities 6.5.11 Other support groups 6.5.12 LGBTQ-related organizations 6.6 Conclusion 7. HIV/AIDS Among Sexual and Gender Minority Communities Globally Authors: S. Wilson Beckham, Jennifer Glick, Jowanna Malone, Ashleigh J. Rich, Andrea Wirtz, & Stefan Baral 7.1 Introduction 7.1.1 Subpopulations 7.2 Methodological and ethical challenges in global HIV research among SGM 7.2.1 Ethical issues 7.2.2 Methodological issues 7.3 Multi-level factors and interventions 7.3.1 Structural level factors 7.3.2 Structural interventions 7.3.3 Interpersonal & community level factors 7.3.4 Interpersonal/community-level interventions 7.3.5 Individual & biomedical level factors 7.3.6 Individual-level & biomedical interventions 7.4 Chronic disease & sexual and gender minorities living with HIV 7.5 Conclusions 7.6 Future directions 8. Global Epidemiology and Social Ecological Determinants of Substance Use Disparities, Consequences of Use, and Treatment Options Among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations Authors: Matthew J. Mimiaga, Lynn Klasko-Foster, Christopher Santostefano, Harry Jin, Taryn Wyron, Jackie White Hughto, & Katie Biello 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Epidemiology 8.2.1 Epidemiology of substance use among sexual and gender minorities: Africa and the Middle East 8.2.2 Epidemiology of substance use among sexual and gender minorities: Asia and Australia 8.2.3 Epidemiology of substance use among sexual and gender minorities: Central and South America 8.2.4 Epidemiology of substance use among sexual and gender minorities: North America 8.2.5 Epidemiology of substance use among sexual and gender minorities: Europe 8.3 Social ecological determinants 8.3.1 Sexual and gender minority stress model: A framework for understanding disparities 8.3.2 Psychosocial factors that potentiate substance use 8.3.3 Social, interpersonal, and cultural factors that drive use among sexual and gender minorities 8.3.4 The role of contextual, environmental, and structural factors in substance use among sexual and gender minorities 8.4 Consequences of use 8.4.1 HIV, Hepatitis C virus, and other sexually transmitted infections 8.4.2 Chronic disease 8.4.3 Incarceration 8.4.4 Social isolation 8.5 Intervention and treatment options 8.5.1 Alcohol use 8.5.2 Smoking 8.5.3 Stimulant use disorder 8.5.4 Opioid use disorder 8.5.5 Need for integrated services 9. Victimization and Intentional Injury in Global LGBTQI Populations Authors: Casey D. Xavier Hall, G. Nic Rider, Nova Bradford, Eunice M. Areba, & Katy Miller 9.1 Victimization and intentional injury in LGBTQI populations 9.2 Frameworks for understanding intentional injury and victimization in. LGBTQI populations 9.2.1 Syndemics 9.2.2 Minority stress and multilevel influences 9.2.3 Colonization, intergenerational trauma, and historical trauma 9.2.4 LGBTQI rights as human rights 9.3 Types of intentional injury and victimization 9.3.1 State-sanctioned victimization 9.3.2 Community and organizational victimization 9.3.3 Interpersonal victimization across the life course 9.3.4 Polyvictimization 9.4 Risk factors for victimization 9.5 Health consequences of victimization 9.6 Prevention and interventions 9.6.1 Decolonization 9.6.2 Structural/policy interventions 9.6.3 Organizational or community interventions 9.6.4 Individual interventions 9.7 Conclusions and highlight gaps in the literature
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State University of New York Press Unscripting the Present
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Mystic Productions Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries
Book SynopsisIn a wide variety of pagan paths, many forms of modern magic and mystery hold an expectation that all parties are heterosexual, cisgender, and, in many cases, white. In Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries, Lee Harrington and Tai Fenix Kulystin bring together a diverse and passionate collection of authors and artists who break out beyond that belief and explore how being LGBT+ is not just acceptable when exploring magic, but powerful. Using the diverse tools of queer activism, education, and storytelling, through academic essays and first-person narratives to comics and poster-style art, this intersectional group exposes a world beyond what so many magical practitioners have presumed is "normal." The reality is that magic, whether in Wicca or Vodou, Heathenry or Polytheism, has been fueled by people and systems beyond the binary for millennia. For many within, magic and queerness are not separate, but deeply entwined pieces of identity, worldview, and culture experienced together, always. Drag queen magic, Inclusive witchcraft, and magic for healing and survival. Gender transition in Rome, possession practices, and DIY divination. Social justice, queer black tantra, and polarity beyond gender. Honoring ancestors, fluidity of consciousness, and reimagining the Great Rite. Queer sex magic, power sigils, deities that reflect diversity... and more. Whether you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, agender, genderqueer, or some other queer orientation, or you are curious about tools to access magic beyond what is often discussed, this book is for you. Each piece is a unique and passionate chance to look into your own relationship with magic, break out of the tales of what your practice "should" look like, and expand your awareness into the queer magic as well as your own power beyond boundaries. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction: A Journey Into Queer Magic(s) 1 Lee Harrington and Tai Fenix Kulystin Hex the Patriarchy 6 InÉs Ixierda Inclusive Wicca Manifesto 7 Yvonne Aburrow Wai-Water 15 Adare QUEERING TANTRA: A QUEER BLACK WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE 16 Maisha Najuma Aza, MSW The Glitterheart Path of Connecting with Transcestors 28 Pavini Moray It’s not the End Papacon 34 From “The Initiate,” by J. Schwartz Queer-Fire Witchery: The Rainbow-Flame that Melts the Soul-Cage The Emerging Fluidity of Consciousness 35 Orion Foxwood For Thou Art Goddess: Creating Affirmative Goddess Community 42 Susan Harper, PhD Bear Woman 53 Malcolm Maune The Queer Gods of Alchemy 54 Steve Dee Interview with Clyde Hall, Shoshone Two-Spirit Elder 64 wolfie Protect All Queers sigil 76 InÉs Ixierda Walking With Mystery 77 W. L. Bolm Creation: Step One 85 Adare Living in Attunement with Sensation Rather than Identity 86 Z Griss UmsnÚa: Ergi and inversion in Old Norse magical practice 99 Abby Helasdottir CityHearted 107 Stan Stanley The Passion of Agdistis: Gender Transgression, Sexual Trauma, Time Travel, and Ritualized Madness in Greco-Anatolian Revival Cultus 111 Alder Knight and Rocket Between Starshine and Clay: DIY Black Queer Divination 125 Almah LaVon Rice Manx poderosx: queer abundance 130 InÉs Ixierda Finding the Unnamed Path 131 Michael Greywolf Anba Dlo/Under The Water 136 Alex Batagi (Bonkira Bon Oungan) Watch Out Tree 142 InÉs Ixierda A Drag Queen Possessed And Other Queer Club Magic 143 Aaron Oberon Castro Madonna 150 Adare Embodying the Phoenix: The Transformation of Queer Erotic Alchemy 151 Tai Fenix Kulystin thaMind-Sol Lady’s Revenge 162 M.C. MoHagani Magnetek Gentle Affirmation 168 Dmitri Arbacauskas The Magic of the Eight Queer Deities 169 Adrian Moran Talk Story 173 Adare Redefining and Repurposing Polarity 174 Ivo DomÍnguez, Jr. Power Sigils for Our Time 180 Laura Tempest Zakroff chapter 23: the plague years 181 wolfie Blood, Body, Birth, and Emptiness Queer Magic in My Life and Work 192 Yin Q Power from the Edges: An exploration of magical to support justice workers 198 Charlie Stang Candlespell 208 InÉs Ixierda The Maypole and the Labyrinth: Reimagining the Great Rite 209 Sam ‘Eyrie’ Ward Sharing a Sacred Meal 216 Thista Minai Adapted from “Casting a Queer Circle: Non-Binary Witchcraft” Towards a Healed Femininity In Every Body 220 By Michaela S. Creedon Release Ritual 232 InÉs Ixierda Hunting Lions & Slaying Serpents: An Execration Rite 233 Jay Logan Golden Waves & Priestess Bodies: Establishing a Queer-Centric Poly-Normative Aphrodite Cultus in Cascadia 239 Reverend Teri D. Ciacchi MSW Non-Binary Witches 251 EJ Landsman The Queer Journey of the Wheel 253 Steve Kenson Edge 264 Adare Interview with Blackberri, Queer Activist and Lucumi Elder 265 wolfie I Am God/dess: Possession and Gender Identity 277 Doug Middlemas (Ade Kola) Fragile Masculinity 2 284 Malcolm Maune The Unfettered Mind Allows for The Free Flow of Spirit. 285 Cazembe Abena Queer Elements: Working with Interstitial Energies 293 Lee Harrington Banishment Sigil 303 Dmitri Arbacauskas The Endlessly Enfolding Mirror: An Introduction to the Queer Sex Magic of Traditional Witchcraft 304 Troll Huldren Altar 313 InÉs Ixierda Fluid Magic 314 Lucecita Cruz The Fluidity of Spirit 319 Laura Tempest Zakroff Biographies 320
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Fourteen Publishing with your chest: 2022
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Gender Deck: 100 Cards for Conversations
Book SynopsisThis unique pack of 100 cards provides a useful tool to help guide conversations about gender identity in individual, group, family, professional and school settings.With vibrant and inclusive designs, the four color-coded categories - consisting of reflective questions, interactive activities, interview-style questions and supportive questions - are designed to prompt and encourage deep, reflective and supportive discussions about topics related to gender identity, gender expression and relationships. Developed by a renowned trans-identified psychotherapist, and with an accompanying guidebook instructing users on different formats and activities in which the cards can be used, this card deck is an ideal resource for professionals working with trans, non-binary and/or queer clients to have in their therapeutic toolkit.Trade ReviewTalking about gender can be challenging, whether it's in therapy, at home, or at school. This deck offers useful prompts for conversation alongside ideas for how to play with it and guidelines to ensure thoughtful moderation. It's also beautifully illustrated! A great tool for a broad range of ages, which can be used in almost any setting. -- Alex Iantaffi, PhD, MS, SEP, CST, LMFT Award-winning Author of "Gender Trauma: healing, cultural, social, and historical gendered trauma" & "How To Understand Your GenderTable of Contents1. Reflective Cards 2. Activity Cards3. Interview Cards4. Supportive CardsUser guide
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Pennsylvania State University Press Kenyan Christian Queer
Book SynopsisExamines the role of religion in LGBT activism in Kenya. Offers case studies of creative forms of queer visibility through which Kenyan LGBT individuals organize and present themselves in the public domain while critically engaging and appropriating Christian beliefs, symbols, and practices.Trade Review“In a fascinating dynamic that speaks to the passion and intimacy of the book, the author weaves his story with the stories of those whose lives he narrates. Thus, the author tells us about his connection to the communities he studied and how he is even assigned the position of an ambassador and advocate for these communities.”—David Ngong Reading Religion“This book evokes many feelings but also forces one to confront one’s own uninformed biases. It’s a good read for those who often shout the loudest, without sufficient understanding of LGBTI lives.”—Damaris Seleina Parsitau The Conversation“This book takes scholarship on religion and sexuality in a new direction towards a focus on queer activisms taking place in unlikely spaces in unexpected ways.”—Megan Robertson Religious Studies Review“This book offers an important intervention in demonstrating that LGBT activism in Africa—indeed, in Kenya itself and even solely in Nairobi—is complex, varied, and both richer and more robust than it is typically made out to be. Van Klinken also persistently presses the important case that the ongoing resistance in queer studies circles to taking religion seriously not only is restrictive and irresponsible but actively excludes LGBT people of color and LGBT people in the global South.”—Melissa M. Wilcox,author of Queer Women and Religious Individualism“Van Klinken has written a significant book on LGBTQ activism in Africa that presents a compelling ethnographic account of individual and social resistance, which the author analyzes with interdisciplinary tools, making clear that the questions of justice and belonging raised by LGBTQ persons invite readers to recognize our coevalness because the debate about sexuality is also a debate about our common and shared humanity. A must-read for those who want to understand the nuances of resistance and new approaches to the reformation of social beliefs today.”—Elias Kifon Bongmba,editor of the Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa“By showcasing a rich array of Kenyan queer creative practices, Adriaan van Klinken makes a compelling case for religion as a discursive site of African queer subjectivity, agency, and queer inventiveness that point to a nascent African queer theology. This book’s boundary-pushing methodology lends it a remarkable blend of integrity and risk that is generative for future reflections on ethnographic practice and the productive modes of addressing questions of positionality in research practice.”—Grace Musila,coeditor of Rethinking Eastern African Literary and Intellectual Landscapes“The simple wish of the book is to serve as a counter narrative to the idea of African homophobia, an aim which is amply achieved. This book undoubtedly enriches the small but emerging area of sexual storytelling in global queer and religious studies, with its particular focus on questions of justice and the debates around human sexuality.”—Chris Greenough Theology and Sexuality“Van Klinken’s willingness to innovate through his embrace of ‘scavenger methodology’ and his close attention to sites of possibility, to prophetic vision, have produced a creative hybrid, a bricolage, that will stimulate further engagement between disparate fields, especially between queer studies and religious studies. The book also provides new perspectives in the burgeoning field of queer African studies.”—Graeme Reid H-Net“Calling for a nuanced understanding of Christianity’s entanglements in queer politics, Adriaan van Klinken’s Kenyan, Christian, Queer (2019) challenges secularist ideologies that construe sexual emancipation and public religion as irreconcilable opposites. In detailing how this occurs, the book demonstrates a very keen dialectical imagination: it shows how a most outspoken Kenyan critic of religious homophobia borrows the very means and modes of charismatic leadership from Pentecostal evangelism, turning himself into a “queer prophet” of sorts; how a controversial queer rap video adopts and adapts stylistic elements from gospel performances, rendering “fluid boundaries between gospel and hip hop” (66); or how various queer subjects make religion central to their lives, by either keeping it separate from or reconciling it in various ways with their sexual selves.”—George Paul Meiu HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory“The book is . . . graceful in its style and sensible approach to controversial issues in Nairobi and in scholarship. It is a pleasure to read; it manages to take readers by the hand and make them part of the ins and outs of queer lives, their artistic expressions, while at the same time it provides interesting insights in the uptake of theological treatises.”—Rachel Spronk HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory“Van Klinken managed to do something that we, in African studies, are told isn’t possible. He took very real and very tangible complex sociocultural, religious, and theological critical theories of Kenya and framed them in a reimagined African setting where love was viable. A new standard has been set. In his own words, Van Klinken found a way for love to be “read as disruptive of Kenya’s dominant heteronormative culture” while at the same time platforming love as Kenyan LGBTQI communities’ most important asset.”—Chisomo Kalinga HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory“Van Klinken has written a book that breaks new grounds through his passionate commitment and optimism, which allows him to give pride of place to the creativity and courage of lgbt activists in Kenya in a hostile context.”—Peter Geschiere HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory“The hopeful nerve that striates the book is gripping and inspiring.”—Don Kulick HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory“More than anything else, as I read this text, I found myself saying: This text delivers. It delivers stories of resilience and vulnerability. And it delivers these stories as invitations to otherwise possibilities. This text delivers these things to us. And, perhaps, in so doing, this text may offer us new resources for our own deliverance.”—Biko Mandela Gray Religious Studies Review“By foregrounding the researcher as an embodied being and by paying attention to the relational and indeed intimate and at times erotic dimensions of ethnographic research, van Klinken’s Kenyan, Christian, Queer unsettles traditional ways of knowing and offers us a deeply enfleshed lens wherein which the notion of being vulnerable emerges as a delicate embodied response to research relationships that generates emotional, erotic, and affective sentiments. Van Klinken shows us that when embodying the field, our bodies act as powerful mediators of relationships, of intimacy, and of the erotic—delicately navigating the complicated terrain between sameness and difference.”—Nina Hoel Religious Studies Review“This is a book that celebrates interdisciplinarity and does so with a boldness that is chastened by an ethnographic openness.”—Elias Kifon Bongmba Religious Studies Review“The book is beautifully written and is a real “page-turner.” Page-turner is hardly a conventional epithet used to describe an academic book, but this book combines creative flair and authentic self-reflection, so skillfully and delightfully, with academic rigor and deep theoretical reflection, that it wholeheartedly deserves this description.”—Sarojini Nadar Religious Studies Review“Kenyan, Christian, Queer . . . is not only eloquently written, but also pushes boundaries and allows us moments of intro- and retrospection, forcing us to both confront and rethink our personal and collective biases concerning ethnography, Christianity, Africa, homophobia, and sexualities to name but a few.”—Damaris Seleina Parsitau Religious Studies Review“Van Klinken seeks to . . . combat essentializing narratives of “homophobic Africa” in the academy and the general public. In so doing, he utilizes an interdisciplinary set of methodological tools that draw from Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and African Studies, and also cuts across these disciplines to form a truly interdisciplinary, or possibly even transdisciplinary perspective.”—Trad Nogueira‐Godsey Religious Studies Review“With this book van Klinken makes a compelling, timely, and much-needed contribution to the study of religion, one that binds together important threads of discussions regarding diversity, queerness, and politics in global Africa and beyond.”—Marian Burchardt Journal of the American Academy of Religion“Adriaan van Klinken’s Kenyan, Christian, Queer makes a timely and compelling contribution to scholarship and activism within and across queer, religious, and African studies. Situated at these theoretical intersections, the work sets out a case for how those on the sexual margins in Kenya are recrafting religious and political narratives in ways that upend the oppressive world views of Christian orthodoxies and their violent and exclusionary effects on queer life.”—Melanie Judge Africa“This book is a ground-breaking piece and addresses a controversial theme in the history of sexuality studies in Africa. As such, it will certainly provide momentum for local LGBT activists to break the silences surrounding sexuality and to ‘claim the ownership and control of their own bodies.’ It is committed to challenging normative concepts of culture and tradition that impinge on sexual and reproductive rights in Africa.”—Babere Kerata Chacha Africa“The theoretical and methodological contributions of this book are substantive. Van Klinken is widely and deeply read in African studies, religious studies, theological studies, queer studies, feminist studies, HIV studies, ethnographic studies, postcolonial studies, and decolonial studies. In a clear and accessible style, van Klinken brings these discourses into conversation, using ‘a scavenger methodology,’ using what is at hand in order (in the Foucauldian sense) to collaborate with African colleagues to forge the analytical resources we need to engage our own African realities.”—Gerald O. West Journal of Theology for Southern AfricaTable of ContentsContentsPreface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: From “African Homophobia” to Queer Arts of Resistance 1 | Kenyan Queer Critique of Christianity andHomophobia Interlude 1 Prophetess 2 | Kenyan Claim to Queer and Christian Love Interlude 2 Bodywork 3 | Kenyan Queer Stories of Sexuality and Faith Interlude 3 Positive 4 | Kenyan Queer Christian Community Interlude 4 AmbassadorConclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Lavender and Red
Book SynopsisLGBT activism is often imagined as a self-contained struggle, inspired by but set apart from other social movements. This book recounts a far different story: a history of queer radicals who understood their sexual liberation as intertwined with solidarity against imperialism, war, and racism.Trade Review"Hobson succeeds in painting a rich portrait of a vibrant gay and lesbian left that flourished in the Bay Area in the 1970s and 1980s and saw itself as connected to the international left... the book has certainly made me rethink the way I write and teach LGBT history and has added some very necessary complications to that standard narrative." Daily Kos "Hobson analyzes these tensions and recovers varying forms of political critique, strategy, and community. Through drawing on oral histories and archival documents, including striking photographs, flyers, and political artwork, Lavender and Red lifts up a strain of gay and lesbian activism that had been all but lost to memory for most activists and scholars of today." New Books NetworkTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Beyond the Gay Ghetto: Founding Debates in Gay Liberation 2. A More Powerful Weapon: Lesbian Feminism and Collective Defense 3. Limp Wrists and Clenched Fists: Defining a Politics and Hitting the Streets 4. 24th and Mission: Building Lesbian and Gay Solidarity with Nicaragua 5. Talk About Loving in the War Years: Nicaragua, Transnational Feminism, and AIDS 6. Money for AIDS, Not War: Anti-militarism, Direct Action against the Epidemic, and Movement History Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Minnesota Press Aberrations In Black
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Aberrations in Black is a significant contribution to ‘queer of color critique’ and to black cultural studies more generally."—Black Cultural Studies"Intelligent and cogent critiques. Wonderfully intoxicating readings of canonical sociology. Those interested in engaging how fictions of heterosexuality are transformed into pragmatic policy or in how crucial an understanding of racial discourses is to an understanding of queerness in American life will find Ferguson’s study indispensable."—American Literature"A thought provoking experience. Ferguson offers insight into the idea of ‘normal’ and provides deeper study into queer theory, Marxism, feminist theory, and African American criticism and how they all intersect."—Altar magazine"Unapologetically interdisciplinary, thoroughly historicized, and effortlessly theoretical, Aberrations is a refreshing polemic that disrupts some of our comfortably held scholarly grand narratives."—Journal of the History of Sexuality"Aberrations in Black represents an impressive scholarly debut by one of the leading young minds in the profession."—Journal of the History of Sexuality
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Duke University Press Exile and Pride
Book SynopsisOver the course of several personal essays, genderqueer activist/writer Eli Clare weaves together memoir, history, and political thinking to explore meanings and experiences of home, all the while providing an intersectional framework for understanding how we actually experience the daily hydraulics of oppression, power, and resistance.Trade Review"Eli Clare's Exile and Pride . . . challenge[s] us to think beyond identity politics. This set of nine interconnected essays defies categorization in its exploration not only of queerness and disability but also of class, race, urban-rural divides, gender identity, sexual abuse, environmental destruction, and the meaning of home. . . . Clare gives us a vision of a broad-based and intersectional politics that can move us beyond the current divisions of single-issue movements." -- Rachel Rosenbloom * Women's Review of Books *Table of ContentsForeword to the 2015 Edition / Aurora Levins Morales xi Preface tot he 2009 Edition. A Challenge to Single-Issue Politics: Reflections from a Decade Later xxi A Note About Gender, or Why is this White Guy Writing about Being a Lesbian? xxvii The Mountain 1 Part I: Place Clearcut: Explaining the Distance 17 Losing Home 31 Clearcut: Brutes and Bumper Stickers 51 Clear Cut: End of the Line 61 Casino: An Epilogue 71 Part II. Bodies Freaks and Queers 81 Reading Across the Grain 119 Stones in My Pickets, Stones in My Heart 143 Acknowledgments to the 1999 Edition 161 Afterword to the 2009 Edition / Dean Spade 165 Notes 173 Index 179
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New York University Press Bayard Rustin
Book SynopsisCelebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and FreedomWhile we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his I Have a Dream speech in front of a massive crowd at Lincoln Memorial, few of us remember the man who organized this watershed nonviolent protest in eight short weeks: Bayard Rustin. This was far from Rustin's first foray into the fight for civil rights. As a world-traveling pacifist, he brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the forefront of US civil rights demonstrations, helped build the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the fight for economic justice, and played a deeply influential role in the life of Dr. King by helping to mold him into an international symbol of nonviolent resistance. Rustin's legacy touches many areas of contemporary lifefrom civil resistance to violent uprisings, democracy to socialism, and criminal justice reform to war resistance. Trade ReviewRustin has emerged of late as a hero almost perfectly tuned to our time. Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics, a collection of essays on his life and times, edited by Michael G. Long, contains plenty of thoughtful new material, not least an essay by Rustin’s surviving partner, Walter Naegle. -- Adam Gopnik * The New Yorker *Rustin was multifaceted but fallible. In this insightful book, several observers contend that no one else could have done as well. Others are impressed by how Rustin combated oppression and injustice around the world…This book makes clear that Bayard Rustin, a man for his time, is a man for our time too. * The Guardian *The essays in this lively, thought-provoking collection amplify what is known of Rustin’s trials and achievements. They offer inspiration for progressives and democratic socialists today by showing how Rustin lived openly and without apology as gay man and a pacifist. The collection also amplifies Rustin’s voice, which rang out to ensure that marginalized voices would be heard. * The Gay & Lesbian Review *Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics honors the gay civil rights activist’s relentless pursuit of truth by casting a critical eye on his life and work. -- Elaina Patton * NBC News *This volume celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the often overlooked civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. While Martin Luther King Jr.’s 'I Have a Dream' speech is etched into the collective memory, fewer people recognize the pivotal role Rustin played in organizing this monumental event in just eight weeks. * ESSENCE *As Long’s book eloquently spells out, King was the visionary of the [civil rights] movement, while the actual organizing fell almost mainly on its key strategist, Rustin... A particularly inspiring contributor to the upcoming book is Walter Naegle, Rustin’s partner for the last years of his life. * TheGrio *This book needs to sit on the shelf next to everything written about Dr. King. It’s an essential companion to any volume about the Civil Rights Movement. If you need history, find Bayard Rustin and settle in. -- Terri Schlichenmeyer * Bookworm Sez *Bayard Rustin contained multitudes. Many years ago I had the experience of listening to him deliver a part lecture, part performance revealing several of his identities that included pacifist, socialist, gay, organizer, ghost writer, advisor, leader, coalition builder, internationalist, anti-colonialist, singer, Quaker and African American. Mike Long enlists a diverse group of scholars, activists, and writers in an excellent attempt to capture them for those who could not witness them personally. * Charles P. Henry, author of Racial Imagination and the American Dream *Every chapter in this smart, accessible book is brimming with fascinating stories, thoughtful analysis, and important critique. It’s an inspirational reminder that fierce ancestors like Bayard Rustin were also complicated humans, like all of us. Rustin was a dynamic and multi-dimensional political leader who defies any one label: Quaker, pacifist, prisoner, communist, internationalist, nonviolent strategist, organizer, socialist, social democrat, polemicist, singer, queer! * Brian Jones, author of The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History *
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University of Minnesota Press The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking new history of urban cruising through the lenses of urban poets The Poetics of Cruising explores the relationship between cruising, photography, and the visual in the work of leading poets, from Walt Whitman in the nineteenth century to Eileen Myles in the twenty-first. What is it that happens, asks Jack Parlett, and what is it that is sought, in this often transient moment of perception we call cruising, this perceptual arena where acts of looking between strangers are intensified and eroticized? Parlett believes that this moment is not only optical in nature but visual: a mode of looking that warrants comparison with the ways in which we behold still and moving images. Whether it’s Whitman’s fixation with daguerreotypes, Langston Hughes’s hybrid photographic works, or Frank O’Hara’s love of Hollywood movie stars, argues Parlett, the history of poets cruising abounds with this intermingling between the verbal and the visual, the passing and the fixed. To look at someone in the act of cruising, this history suggests, is to capture, consider, and aestheticize, amid the flux and instantaneity of urban time. But it is also to reveal the ambivalence at the heart of this erotic search, where power may be unevenly distributed across glances, and gendered and racialized bodies are marked. Thus, in identifying for the first time this confluence of cruising, poetry, and visual culture, Parlett concludes that the visual erotic economy associated with gay cruising today, exemplified by the photographic grid of an app like Grindr, is not a uniquely contemporary phenomenon. Innovative, astute, and highly readable, and drawing on compelling archival material, The Poetics of Cruising is a must for scholars of queer and LGBTQ literature and culture, modern and contemporary poetry, visual studies, and the history of sexuality.Trade Review"The Poetics of Cruising is a thoughtfully researched and rigorous examination of the literary pleasures of sex in public across two centuries. Jack Parlett examines the poetics and politics of cruising, a queerly ekphrastic practice, at the intersections of gender, race, and class. Moving between past and present, words and images, close reading and close looking, The Poetics of Cruising explores the enduring appeal of cruising without nostalgia."—Fiona Anderson, author of Cruising the Dead River: David Wojnarowicz and New York’s Ruined Waterfront"The Poetics of Cruising is an innovative, astute, and highly readable account of the intersections of gay life, visuality, and poetics in the work of important gay writers from Walt Whitman to David Wojnarowicz. Analyzing unpublished materials alongside literary texts, The Poetics of Cruising—a model of how to combine history, theory, and close reading—is a fascinating and beautifully written account of cruising as a practice, aesthetic, and methodology."—Christopher Castiglia, Pennsylvania State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Look1. Passing Strangers2. Walt Whitman, Looking at You3. Looking for Langston Hughes4. Frank O’Hara’s Moving Pictures5. David Wojnarowicz’s PortraitsCoda: A ClickAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Big Reveal
Book Synopsis“Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us—the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived.” –Sasha VelourThis book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an art.Trade Review“Spellbinding. Sasha Velour’s intellect and imagination transcend genre and gender: blending critical theory, LGBTQ+ history, and memoir leaving readers engrossed and verklempt. This book a treatise on the gravitas of glamor, a love letter to drag and queer culture, and one manicured middle finger to the world that shows that we’ve always been and are here to stay. The Big Reveal is canonical camp.” — Alok, author of Beyond the Gender Binary and Your Wound/My Garden "In this showstopping debut...Velour seamlessly mixes rigorous scholarship with inspirational aphorisms and heartfelt anecdotes about finding community and navigating the pitfalls of mainstream success, while enriching the narrative with copious photographs and illustrations. This is a rousing tribute to a revolutionary art form and its practitioners." — Publishers Weekly "Colorful Sasha Velour is redefining drag for a new generation with this knowledgeable book. You go, They!” — John "Lypsinka" Epperson “With a mind as sharp as her eyeliner, Sasha Velour vamps her way across the entire cultural landscape. The Big Reveal is sweeping and seriously entertaining.” — Simon Doonan, author of Drag: The Complete Story and Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock & Loving Lou Reed. “From the moment I met Sasha, I immediately I sensed her grasp of creative expression and queer history. The Big Reveal gives us a chance to learn something new about our community, about the world, about art, literature, history, and subsequently maybe even ourselves—all while being entertained. A vibrant and insightful read!” — Miss Peppermint "Sasha Velour's memoir is a must-read for fans of drag, advocates of the LGBTQ community, and anyone looking for a path to revealing their truest self." — Booklist “A unique blending of memoir, personal theory, and well-researched history...Break out the champagne and get ready to celebrate as it is a guaranteed showstopper!” — Book Trib.
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University of California Press The Gentrification of the Mind
Book SynopsisRecalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and mainstream consumerism.Trade Review"This bracing, powerful, and well-reasoned work reaffirms the author's stature as a distinctive American woman of letters... Highly recommended." -- Richard Drezen Library Journal "The book that's inspired me more than any other this year is Sarah Schulman's Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination, a razor-sharp memoir of New York in the heyday of the AIDS crisis." -- Jason King Slate "Teeming with ideas, necessary commentary, refreshing connections and examination of the status quo." Lambda Literary "A brilliant critique of contemporary culture... This is the most important book of the year." -- Jeff Miller Cult MTL "Schulman's personal recollections... are sharp and vivid." Gay & Lesbian Review/Worldwide "This is a very good, very sad book about the aftershock of the AIDS crisis in New York. Schulman is a truly gifted thinker." -- Alex Frank Fader Magazine "The author, a true woman of letters, makes a persuasive case." -- Roberto Friedman Bay Area Reporter "This is why the book is so successful and demands our attention: through a focus on the pulse of the queer community (of the 80s), it touches upon the individual condition (of today)." -- Marcie Bianco Velvetpark "A polemic, a passionate, provocative ... account of disappearance, forgetfulness and untimely death." -- Olivia Laing New Statesman "No book has rocked my world in recent times more than Sarah Schulman's 'The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination' ... [it ranks] among the best alternative histories published in the last 50 years." -- Don Shewey Culturevulture.net "A galvanizing account of the transformation, both external and mental, in New York City life." -- Emily Douglas Los Angeles Review Of Books "The essence of what Schulman calls gentrification is to pretend that privilege and difference do not exist and that any attempt to remember that they do is mere 'political correctness' rather than facing up to the reality to who does what to whom. To forget these things, is to deceive ourselves-and Schulman's harsh, bitter prose is a useful way of waking ourselves up." -- Roz Kaveney Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "It's a beautifully written screed (not a bad word in my books)... Schulman shines when she taps her deep knowledge of the AIDS movement... She can be brilliant." -- Susan G. Cole NowTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Making Record from Memory Part I. Understanding the Past 1. The Dynamics of Death and Replacement 2. The Gentrification of AIDS 3. Realizing That They're Gone Part II. The Consequences Of Loss 4. The Gentrification of Creation 5. The Gentrification of Gay Politics 6. The Gentrification of Our Literature Conclusion: Degentrification--The Pleasure of Being Uncomfortable
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Neuroqueering Humans Deliquescent Beings A Neuroqueering Book of Love
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Trans Voices: Becoming Who You Are
Book SynopsisBronze Winner for the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the category of Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Non-FictionForegrounding the voices of transgender and non-binary people, this honest and insightful book is a compilation of the voices of those who have decided to undergo transition - both male-to-female and female-to-male. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with individuals, the book details the diverse experiences and challenges faced by those who transition, exploring a range of topics such as hormone treatments; reassignment surgeries; coming out; sex and sexuality; physical, emotional and mental health; transphobia; discrimination; and hate crime, as well as highlighting the lives of non-binary individuals and those who cross-dress to form a wider understanding of the varied ways in which people experience gender.This powerful book is an ideal introduction to those keen to understand more about contemporary trans issues as well as those questioning their own gender identity.Trade ReviewThis book gives an important, valuable platform to many diverse trans voices. We must listen and learn from their experiences and concerns; and act in solidarity with their human rights struggle. -- Peter Tatchell, Director, Peter Tatchell FoundationWe congratulate Declan Henry on developing this perceptive account of trans experiences, richly illustrated with a wide array of authentic personal narratives. It is a timely reminder of the diversity of trans individuals and the many barriers to equal treatment they still face. We commend the book to everyone who is in a position to improve their lives. -- Bernard Reed OBE, Trustee, Gender and Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)Declan Henry starts the book with a refreshingly honest confession that at one point he knew very little about the T in LGBT. With complete earnestness he sets out to give an overview of the transgender community in simple and very readable sections. He has packed this small book full of information, snippets of enlightening interviews and his thoughts about transgender equality and equality in its widest sense. A must read for anyone wishing to be an ally who realises that only with knowledge and understanding can you change hearts and minds. -- Juno Roche, Writer, campaigner and Patron of cliniQDeclan Henry's 'Trans Voices' captures the diversity of the breadth of the transgender experience through personal stories that make the topic accessible and understandable for any reader and give the book heart that many other books on the subject lack. -- Charlie Craggs, Founder of Nail TransphobiaWhat comes across well, and is refreshing to read, is the range and variety of experiences: that there isn't one way to be trans or to experience gender variance. Any counsellor working (or likely to work) with trans and gender-variant clients would do well to read it. It may also be useful for clients who are family and friends, and are looking for information and understanding. -- Alex Sanderson-Shortt MA, MBACP, relationship and LGBTQ+ specialist counsellor in private practice * Therapy Today *Whether you're just coming out, have been out for years or whether you just know someone who's trans, this book is a great read. It highlights the breadth of differences within the trans community and relays the authentic experiences of those interviewed. If you are in the process of coming out and know people around you who are struggling with the concept, recommend this book. -- Daniel Zagorski * Trans*Action Magazine *Table of ContentsForeword by Professor Stephen Whittle. Introduction. 1. Being Trans. 2. Transitioning. 3. Male to Female (MTF). 4. Female to Male (FTM). 5. Non-Binary. 6. Cross-dressers. 7. Sex and Sexuality. 8. Health. 9. Transphobia, Discrimination and Hate Crime. Afterword by Jane Fae. Glossary. References and Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Useful Contacts.
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Duke University Press The Feminist Bookstore Movement Lesbian
Book SynopsisKristen Hogan traces the feminist bookstore movement's rise and fall, showing how the women at the heart of the movement developed theories and practices of lesbian antiracism and feminist accountability that continue to resonate today.Trade Review"An oft-forgotten chapter in the women's lib movement of the 1970s was the rise of independent, women-owned bookstores, many of which created safe spaces for conversations that spurred second-wave feminism. Hogan has written a history of those thought-leading small businesses and the lesbians and women of color behind them, in which she celebrates the power of the feminist printed word." * Ms. *"It’s difficult to write the history of women’s bookstores without romanticizing a complex world of books, ideas, feelings, and feminist community that many of us miss. Hogan describes the pleasures of these communities, as well as the anger and factionalism that their commitments provoked. A literary history that opens and closes with Hogan’s own experience working at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore, The Feminist Bookstore Movement leads us through the rise and fall of this network, which, at its peak, included 130 businesses in North America." -- Claire Bond Potter * Chronicle Review *"Hogan gives us a more complicated narrative; she focuses on a broad base of women from different backgrounds working together as activists, rather than on a few commercially successful writers. It is a history from the bottom-up rather than a female-adjusted Great Man style of history. . . .Hogan’s story should make us think about how we can build the communities that will give us the next books that will change our lives." -- Laura Tanenbaum * The New Republic *"[A]n eminently readable text that traces the history of feminist bookstores from their rise in the 1970s through the 1990s. . . . This work will appeal to scholars and everyday readers who enjoy microhistories. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." -- M. Martinez * Choice *"In some ways, The Feminist Bookstore Movement is a classic Second Wave recovery project, casting a loving glance backward as it seeks to uncover a series of lost moments obscured by the financial fate (and fight) of feminist bookstores in the ’90s. But Hogan’s account also spills beyond generational borders." -- Stephanie Young * Los Angeles Review of Books *"The Feminist Bookstore Movement offers more than a chronicle of the rise and fall of feminist bookstores from 1970 to 2003. Drawing from archival documents, interviews, and scholarship, Hogan delineates the infrastructure that housed a lesbian, antiracist, anticapitalist, community-oriented culture, and she textures her account with thick descriptions of lived experience." -- Ellen Messer-Davidow * American Historical Review *"Hogan's richly researched text is resplendent with photos that commemorate the 1970s-1980s era of feminism....Indeed, the engaging narrative prompted winsome memories of my brief, mid-1980s stint as an employee at Womanbooks in New York City while in journalism school. The passage of three decades has not dimmed my affection for the colourful posters, shelves of dazzling books and smiling co-workers that greeted me when I began my shift. I'm honoured to have been a part of the tradition that Kristen Hogan recounts, to sublime effect, in her outstanding contribution to lesbian and feminist letters." -- Evelyn C. White * Herizons *"Carefully researched and highly engaging. . . . The Feminist Bookstore Movement is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of feminist writing and publishing, as well as anyone seeking to understand how feminist alternative economies and communities took shape and survived in the late twentieth century." -- Kate Eichhorn * Journal of American History *“A radical contribution to contemporary feminist dialogue. . . . This book will be of potential relevance to feminist, queer and antiracist readers both within and beyond the North American context.” -- Chiara Xausa * Women's Studies International Forum *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface. Reading the Map of Our Bodies xiii 1. Dykes with a Vision 1970–1976 1 2. Revolutionaries in a Capitalist System 1976–1980 33 3. Accountable to Each Other 1980–1983 69 4. The Feminist Shelf, A Transnational Project 1984–1993 107 5. Economics and Antiracist Alliances 1993–2003 145 Epilogue. Feminist Remembering 179 Notes 195 Bibliography 241 Index 261
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Duke University Press Slaves to Fashion
Book SynopsisA work on the history of black dandyism. It examines the pivotal role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African diasporic identity formation.Trade Review“Miller’s study incites a much-needed dialogue between existing scholarship on the figure of the dandy—particularly its performative queering of modern narratives of masculinity and nationhood—and the legacies of imperialism and slavery that attest to the constant, if silent, presence of race and racializing discourse in those same narratives. . . . [A]n absorbing and timely study of the black dandy.” - Jaime Hanneken, Comparative Literature“Encompassing the genres of drama, fiction, photography, film, and sculpture, Miller's study highlights the ways in which diaspora can be located in the image and the imagination of the body and its garments. . . . The value of Miller's text is in its historical range.” - Alisa K. Braithwaite, Modern Fiction Studies“Monica L. Miller's book is the first of its kind: a lengthy written study of the history of black dandyism and the role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African and African American identity. She draws from literature, film, photography, print ads, and music to reveal the black dandy's underground cultural history and generate possibilities for the future. . . . [U]ncanny feats of scholarship that illustrate ways in which the figure of the black dandy has been an elephant-in-the-room — albeit a particularly well-dressed one.” - D. Scot Miller, San Francisco Bay Guardian“A model for cultural studies, Slaves to Fashion brings the rich,interdisciplinary scholarship of the black dandy into the twenty-first century, serving the fields of both black and American studies.” - Pamela J. Rader, MELUS“Miller has performed a cultural excavation, sifting through fragments of visual and literary culture to trace a history of black style and assemble the first history of black dandyism. Her work deserves a place among the finer recent contributions to black performance studies. . . .” - Kristin Moriah, Callaloo“Monica L. Miller’s close readings dazzle, and her historical reach—confident and unforced—is as long as the transnational arc of black dandyism here is wide. Arresting, discerning, responsible, and urgent, Slaves to Fashion is path-breaking. Literary criticism, visual history, and black Atlantic studies never looked so good.”—Maurice O. Wallace, author of Constructing the Black Masculine: Identity and Ideality in African American Men’s Literature and Culture, 1775–1995“Revising and augmenting scholarship on minstrelsy, literary representations of blackness, and black sartorial aesthetics and visual culture, Slaves to Fashion is an impressive and meticulously researched treatise on the history of the black dandy. It fills a gap in the scholarship on the cultural politics of black self-fashioning.”—E. Patrick Johnson, author of Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity“Encompassing the genres of drama, fiction, photography, film, and sculpture, Miller's study highlights the ways in which diaspora can be located in the image and the imagination of the body and its garments. . . . The value of Miller's text is in its historical range.” -- Alisa K. Braithwaite * Modern Fiction Studies *“Miller has performed a cultural excavation, sifting through fragments of visual and literary culture to trace a history of black style and assemble the first history of black dandyism. Her work deserves a place among the finer recent contributions to black performance studies. . . .” -- Kristin Moriah * Callaloo *“Miller’s study incites a much-needed dialogue between existing scholarship on the figure of the dandy—particularly its performative queering of modern narratives of masculinity and nationhood—and the legacies of imperialism and slavery that attest to the constant, if silent, presence of race and racializing discourse in those same narratives. . . . [A]n absorbing and timely study of the black dandy.” -- Jaime Hanneken * Comparative Literature *“Monica L. Miller's book is the first of its kind: a lengthy written study of the history of black dandyism and the role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African and African American identity. She draws from literature, film, photography, print ads, and music to reveal the black dandy's underground cultural history and generate possibilities for the future. . . . [U]ncanny feats of scholarship that illustrate ways in which the figure of the black dandy has been an elephant-in-the-room — albeit a particularly well-dressed one.” -- D. Scot Miller * San Francisco Bay Guardian *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Stylin' Out 1 1. Mungo Macaroni: The Slavish Swell 27 2. Crimes of Fashion: Dressing the Part from Slavery to Freedom 77 3. W. E. B. Du Bois's "Different Diasporic Race Man 137 4. "Passing Fancies": Dandyism, Harlem Modernism, and the Politics of Visuality 176 5. "You Look Beautiful Like That": Black Dandyism and the Histories of Black Cosmopolitanism 219 Notes 291 Bibliography 347 Index 371
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Duke University Press IsraelPalestine and the Queer International
Book SynopsisAt once a memoir, a call to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, and an argument for queer solidarity across borders, this book tells the story of how novelist and activist Sarah Schulman's became aware of how issues of the Israeli occupation of Palestine were tied to her own gay and lesbian politics.Trade Review"Al-Shulman has written an honest, warm, and moving book. This is a book about how the political heart expands to encompass the rights of queers and the rights of Palestinians, the rights of you and the rights of me, the rights of individuals and the rights of collectivities. This vision is neither stingy nor utopian, but deeply realistic. A must-read."—Vijay Prashad, author of Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today"This is a great book, brave, and compassionate. A journey of discovery, a coming of age, and more important, a search for justice. Our world is a better place for its existence. Read it, please."—Rabih Alameddine, author of The Hakawati"This is an extraordinary, challenging, and moving book. It is both an honest account of the work Sarah Schulman had to do to allow the full reality of the occupation of Palestine to be registered in her consciousness, and a story—told firmly yet gently, with patience and care—of the shared labor of building activist worlds on occupied grounds. We embark on a journey with Sarah Schulman and many other activists, from Palestine, the U.S. and beyond, as they persist in the effort to make the liberation of Palestine essential to queer politics. We follow their footsteps, we trace the paths; we hear the conversations; we share the meals. If activism involves hard often painstaking work, if it involves mundane and ordinary tasks, we learn that it can also create connections that nourish and sustain. I hope this book becomes a teacher. I hope we join the invitation to become part of a new queer international where liberation for all is the common goal."—Sara Ahmed, author of On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life“Solidarity, reciprocity, and recognition here reinforce each other, broadening the range of human rights that each movement affirms. The queer activist learns about colonialism and the anti-occupation activist learns about feminism. It is a remarkable testament to the value of the risk that Schulman ran in agreeing to deny her lesbian and gay constituency in Israel in favour of a broader human rights agenda in which their rights too might find validation and defence.” -- Gerry Kearns * Dubin Review of Books *“Written with verve and grace, Israel/ Palestine and the Queer International is eye-opening, courageous, investigative, an activists’ how-to manual, and a shining example of the best in contemporary gay liberation thinking of the sort we have come to expect from Sarah Schulman. The book is by turns hard-headed (in the best sense), clear-sighted, and tender and moving.” -- Doug Ireland * Gay City News *“[A] provocative argument against Israel’s recent attempt to market itself as a gay tourist destination. . . . [H]er skepticism regarding power is bracing. Schulman not only upends many of her own unquestioned assumptions, she also clarifies the connection between seemingly innocuous acts, like an effusive travel-section article extolling Tel Aviv’s gay-friendly cafes, and imperialism, racial prejudice and class struggle.” -- Raymond Simon * Philadelphia Weekly *“[Schulman] eloquently and cogently describes how her awareness and transformation happened. She presents interesting stories about the queer Palestinians she meets, and bonds with, including anti-occupation activists, as well as details about the unique coming-out process for Palestinians.” -- Gary Kramer * Philadelphia Gay News *“Schulman offers an honest and unflinching look at her step-by-step process for challenging her own biases. It's courageous work, and something we don't see nearly enough of, especially when it comes to hot-button issues.” -- Kel Munger * Colorado Springs Independent *“Schulman’s ‘willful ignorance regarding Israel and Palestine’ is both acknowledged and interrogated through her own self-questioning and activism in this concise yet powerful activist-roman. . . . Is homonationalism the activist’s cry of the 21st century? Are you ready to interrogate your privilege? It is this call to acknowledge and interrogate our privilege and our ignorance that concludes Schulman’s fine work. . . .” -- Marcie Bianco * Lambda Literary Review *“Schulman’s greatest strength in this moving accuont of her politicization around Palestine is her personal exploration of how Jewish historical trauma is linked to the Israeli oppression of Palestinians. . . . This powerful narrative will be particularly helpful for folks struggling to understand the intersection of Jewish identity, queerness, and anti-occupation work.” -- Wendy Elisheva Somerson * Bitch *“A great introduction to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and to the role of queers in that struggle. Schulman offers a thoughtful, if somewhat uneven, presentation of the relationship between the two struggles, the impact of identity politics, and the devastation caused by colonialism and nationalism. She has generously taken us on her journey of self-examination and inspires others to do the same.” -- Jody Raphael * Women's Review of Books *"Israel/Palestine and the Queer International offers an insightful, critical and personal interpretation of the issues surrounding movements to divest from Israel, boycott Israel’s official economy and draw attention to Israel’s supposed pinkwashing. As always, Schulman’s writing is sophisticated, intelligent and yet accessible." -- David Gorshein * Journal of Modern Jewish Studies *“I am hopeful that Schulman's book can help more queer folks understand the link between queer issues and Palestine solidarity, as well as how to combat pinkwashing efforts. This book can help us learn how to respond to arguments that use the concepts of dialogue, discrimination, and diversity to promote a narrow vision of gay rights aligned with state rights. By insisting on a power analysis as part of her critique of global politics, Schulman demands that we consider who is being excluded when we focus on the ‘safety’ and ‘rights’ of some LGBT folks without linking these rights to anti-colonial struggle.” -- Wendy Elisheva Somerson * Tikkun *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Before 1 Part I. Solidarity Visit 1. Awareness 23 2. Preparation: Learning from Cinema 40 3. Maps 48 4. The Jewish Embrace 58 5. Solidarity Visit 67 6. Palestine 77 7. Finding the Strategy 86 Part II. Al-U.S. Tour 8. Homonationalism 103 9. Amreeka 133 10. Backlash 156 11. Understanding 172 Conclusion: There Is No Conclusion 175 Appendix; Brand Israel and Pinkwashing: A Documentary Guide 179 Index 187
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Duckworth Books David Bowie Made Me Gay 100 Years of LGBT Music
Book SynopsisThe definitive book on the influence of LGBT performers on modern music: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversaryTrade Review‘Lovingly detailed and exhaustively researched – easily the most readable and comprehensive guide I've seen to this fascinating hidden history’ Tom Robinson, musician, broadcaster and long-time LGBT rights activist‘An excellent book’ GayStarNews'Darryl W. Bullock leaves no stone unturned in his analysis of this crucial part of LGBT culture' Men 24 Magazine'A thorough and enjoyable tour through LGBT history that underlines how important music is to us, and how important we are to music' Rod Thomas, Bright Light Bright Light'An important volume. One that deserves to be read. One that deserves to be taught’ New York Journal of Books
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Intellect Books Fat Activism (Second Edition): A Radical Social
Book SynopsisIn this new edition of her accessible autoethnography of fat feminist activism in the West, Charlotte Cooper revisits and discusses her activism in the context of recent shifts in the movement. The new preface explores the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on fat people and fat activism and how Black Lives Matter is inspiring new forms of activism. Cooper issues a call to action in Fat Studies and offers alternatives to current public health approaches to Diabetes. What is fat activism and why is it important? To answer this question, Charlotte Cooper presents an expansive grassroots study that traces the forty-year history of international fat activism and grounds its actions in their proper historical and geographical contexts. She details fat activist methods, analyses existing literature in the field, challenges long-held assumptions that uphold systemic fatphobia, and makes clear how crucial feminism, queer theory and anti-racism are to the lifeblood of the movement. She also considers fat activism’s proxy concerns, including body image, body positivity, the obesity epidemic and fat stigma. Combining rigorous scholarship with personal, accessible writing, Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is a rare insider’s view of fat people speaking about their lives and politics on their own terms. This is the book you have been waiting for.Trade Review'Cooper's writing style is refreshingly accessible, in a conversational tone that will ensure this book manages to appeal to activist readerships well beyond the narrow scope of academia. [...] It will be of particular interest to feminist scholars how Cooper manages to develop sharp critical analysis of what she identifies as problematic elements of the movement, including cultural imperialism, white supremacy, homogeneity and moralism, whilst still championing its value and necessity. The nuance with which Cooper navigates this thorny terrain is valuable for thinking about ongoing conflict within feminist debates on how we can reconcile the varied and often contradictory strands of past and present feminist thinking. [...] [The book's] contributions go well beyond the specificity of fat, making it a useful resource for anyone, inside or outside of academia, who is interested in activism, social movements, feminism and intersectionality.' -- Vikki Chalklin, Feminist Review'Explores a long-standing social movement, revealing complex relationships with feminism, class and capitalism. [...] Cooper provides both an account of a radical social movement and a consideration of how we might come to a broad but useful understanding of the nature of activism, through an examination of one of the less-prominent struggles of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.' -- Elaine Graham-Leigh, Counterfire'Cooper guides the reader into a fertile place of growth a million miles from timebombs and epidemics, and gives a human face to a large segment of the population who are too often dehumanised.' -- Tania Glyde, The Lancet'Cooper creates an arena for a more dynamic, comprehensive discourse that makes space for all types of experiences and voices in fat activist communities. [...] She is making space for fat activists to re-occupy the fat discourse.' -- Cassandra Kuyvenhoven, Canadian Food Studies'Charlotte Cooper’s Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement may not be the final volume on fat history, but it is, without doubt, an essential one, and should be required reading for all generations of fat activists, both in the academy and beyond it.' -- Elliot Director, Fat Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society'Not only offers a thorough history of the fat acceptance movement, which seeks to change societal attitudes towards fat people, but also provides insight into activist practices more broadly. [...] This accessible book [is] an important read for those working in the field of critical weight studies and fat studies and [...] show[s] how academic research can be mobilised to reach audiences beyond the academy.... Invaluable.' -- Rose Deller, LSE Review of Books'Charlotte Cooper’s fierce new book Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement should be required reading for scholars and activists. Cooper draws on extensive interviews with fat activists to render a trenchant analysis of our field of motion. She takes a penetrating look at activist efforts and self-understandings, eschewing easy praise in favor of discernment that ultimately promises to invigorate the movement.' -- Kathleen LeBesco, Marymount Manhattan College (Associate Dean)'Charlotte Cooper is once again in the vanguard of radical social change with this book about fat activism. She has captured the history of the fat rights movements, interviewed fat activists, and demonstrated the extensive and exciting breadth of fat activism in a global setting. Fat activism is often portrayed as ineffective when in fact its lack of conformity and interdisciplinarity can serve as a model for other social movements.' -- Esther Rothblum, Editor / Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society'For any civil rights movement to succeed, it must know its history; to build on its strengths and learn from its mistakes. With the ubiquity of the Internet, the historical knowledge and record of activism can be rewritten with 140 characters. That is one of the many reasons that Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is important. Anyone interested in the epistemology, ontology, and methodology, (not to mention history) of fat activism should make this a central text of their library.' -- Cat Pausé, Massey University / Co-Editor of Queering Fat Embodiment'It is in the interest of the ethically and intellectually dubious field of “Obesity Research” to flatten fat subjects; rendering our voices narrowly defined by punchy rhetoric, our activist interventions reduced to child-like flailing against the big bad thin-dominated world. Charlotte Cooper’s book resists this myopic view of resistance to fat oppression in form and content. Fat Activists need more researchers and writers examining and reflecting on our work from within, and this book stands as an offering and opening in that vein.' -- Naima Lowe, Artist and Member of the Faculty at The Evergreen State CollegeTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Undoing 2. Doing 3. Locating 4. Travelling 5. Accessing 6. Queering Bibliography Index
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New York University Press Queer Times Black Futures
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2019 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ StudiesA profound intellectual engagement with Afrofuturism and the philosophical questions of space and time Queer Times, Black Futures considers the promises and pitfalls of imagination, technology, futurity, and liberation as they have persisted in and through racial capitalism. Kara Keeling explores how the speculative fictions of cinema, music, and literature that center Black existence provide scenarios wherein we might imagine alternative worlds, queer and otherwise. In doing so, Keeling offers a sustained meditation on contemporary investments in futurity, speculation, and technology, paying particular attention to their significance to queer and Black freedom.Keeling reads selected works, such as Sun Ra's 1972 film Space is the Place and the 2005 film The Aggressives, to juxtapose the Afrofuturist tradition of speculative imagination with the similar speculations Trade ReviewJust when the world seems to be collapsing, Queer Times, Black Futures guides us towards an anti-fragile future that exists here and now. The key? Embracing and holding in tension: Afro-futurist freedom dreams, the queer temporalities that animate Black Swans, and the radical refusal and opacity of Herman Melville's Bartleby and Eduoard Glissant's philosophy. If we haven't realized the possibilities that lie waiting in the present, its because the frame of black experience has not yet registered. Moving seamlessly from James Snead to Sun Ra, from Gilbert Simondon to Beth Coleman, Audre Lorde to Gilles Deleuze, Keeling helps us imagine the (im)possible. Stop reading this blurb and start reading this book. Now. -- Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, author of Updating to Remain the SameFor its contributions to queer constructions of temporality and futurity, in particular in the context of Black media and existence, the text is valuable for queer of color theorists. Professors and students of media, cultural, and/or communication studies would also find the text useful as it provides analyses of various Black and queer media—transnational films, avantgarde music, and digital technologies. * QED *Not satisfied to leave readers in the abyss of endless critique, Keeling is concerned with alternative futures and the ethical imagination of 'the time after the future.' Queer Times, Black Futures is masterful--deeply engaging, wide ranging, carefully researched, and creative in its use of allegory to demonstrate the potential and effect of opacity for black futures and possibilities. -- Herman Gray, Emeritus Professor, UC Santa Cruz...an incredible, (im)possible work that is invested in worlds to come with the necessary caveat that its readers divest from a critical project that is measured in immediate returns. -- Courtney R. Baker * Journal of Cinema and Media Studies *
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Manchester University Press As Good as a Marriage: The Anne Lister Diaries
Book SynopsisThe BBC and HBO series Gentleman Jack brought Anne Lister to international attention, awakening tremendous interest in her diaries, which run to nearly five million words and are partly written in her secret code. They record in intimate detail Anne’s intellectual energy and her challenges to so many of society’s expectations of women at the time.In As Good as a Marriage, the sequel to Female Fortune, Jill Liddington’s edited transcriptions of the diaries show us Anne from 1836–38. She guides the reader through life at Shibden Hall after Anne’s unconventional ‘marriage’ to wealthy local heiress Ann Walker. The book explores the daily lives of these two women, from convivial evenings together to her ruthless pursuit of her own business and landowning ambitions.Yet the diaries’ coded passages also record tensions and quarrels, with Ann Walker often in tears. Was their relationship really as fragile as Anne’s coded writing suggests? This question is at the heart of As Good as a Marriage.Trade Review'This meticulous study of a key two-year period in the marriage of Anne Lister and Ann Walker is a must-read for scholars and fans alike. Liddington highlights key passages of the diaries and letters while providing invaluable context and commentary.'Jen Manion, author of Female Husbands ‘Jill Liddington delivers a thorough analysis of the critical years following Anne Lister and Ann Walker’s union. Utilizing her own transcription of Lister’s famously challenging “crypthand”, Liddington brings us into the room as the couple struggles against challenges from within and without. Whether you’re a fan of the BBC’s Gentleman Jack or an Anne Lister scholar, this book is not to be missed.’Pat Esgate, organiser of the Anne Lister Birthday Weekend'As Good as a Marriage continues the amazing Anne Lister/Gentleman Jack story. Jill Liddington’s excellent introduction and careful editing of letters and diaries for the mid-1830s gives access to the personal, business and political life of this powerful lesbian couple.'Catherine Hall, co-author of Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780–1850 -- .Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionNote on the Text I. Living married life at Shibden: May-August 1836II. The last of the generation: September-October 1836III. Mariana visits Shibden: November-December 1836IV: maintaining the upper hand: January-May 1837V: Getting Stuart Wortleys in Parliament: June-December 1837VI: How to get off ~ & to where? January-May 1838EpilogueAfterwordIndex
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Hirmer Verlag To Be Seen: Queer Lives 1900 - 1950
Book SynopsisThe contributions that have been assembled in this volume present the story of queer lives – from the first emancipation movements around the turn of the (last) century via attempts at self-empowerment in the Weimar Republic to the destruction of queer subcultures under the National Socialist regime and the continued discrimination of LGBTIQ* persons in the postwar period. Since the late 19th century, increasing numbers of people have self-assuredly championed the recognition of queer lifestyles. These pioneers formed collectives, made their voices heard and questioned dominant gender categories politically, scientifically and artistically. Through essays, interviews and artworks the authors and artists illustrate this struggle for recognition which was forcefully prevented and destroyed following the seizure of power by the National Socialists and almost forgotten after 1945.
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Atlantic Books Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation
Book Synopsis'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' Hannah Gadsby, NanetteMulti-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life that led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth - no matter the cost.Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. But while her worldwide fame might have looked like an overnight sensation, her path from open mic to the global stage was hard-fought and anything but linear.Ten Steps to Nanette traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person from Tasmania - where homosexuality was illegal until 1997 - to her ever-evolving relationship with comedy, to her struggle with adult diagnoses of autism and ADHD, and finally to the backbone of Nanette - the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling.Equal parts harrowing and hilarious, Ten Steps to Nanette continues Gadsby's tradition of confounding expectations and norms, properly introducing us to one of the most explosive, formative voices of our time.Trade ReviewAs a document of what can happen when a different kind of voice seizes the conversation, Ten Steps to Nanette shows Gadsby taking control of the page along with the stage. * Sunday Times *A serious book about comedy...there is real merit in this deep exploration of a complex work and its creator * Irish Times *Here, she reveals the winding road that led her [to Nanette]...with her unique mix of humour and fury * Stylist *In this stunning debut, Emmy Award-winning comedian Gadsby guides readers on a tour of her life that's every bit as intimate, gutting,and untidy as the performance referenced in the title...[a] stirring tale of resilience. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Similar to her groundbreaking comedy specials Douglas and Nanette, Gadsby's memoir reads like a conversation with a longtime friend...A can't-miss memoir that will make readers laugh, cry, and everything in between * Library Journal (starred review) *A witty and provocatively written life story * Kirkus Reviews *Hannah is a Promethean force, a revolutionary talent... This hilarious, touching, and sometimes tragic book is all about where her fires were lit. -- Emma ThompsonAs uproariously funny as it is profoundly furious. * New Yorker on NANETTE *Table of Contents1: Epilogue 2: Foundation Mythology 3: The Formative Years 4: The Wilderness Years 5: The Bell Curve Jar 6: Whirl, Interrupted 7: All Part of the Soup 8: Gathering Strands 9: Women's Work 10: Nanette
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc All That Heaven Allows
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Griffin has written a definitive biography, one that effectively toggles between gleeful gossip-dishing (as befits Hudson’s era of film-world glitz) and a genuine affection and admiration for the man behind the screen presence.” — Boston Globe “At once the luckiest and unluckiest of men, Rock Hudson finally has the book that his fans have long been waiting for. This richly detailed biography is a revelation. Mark Griffin’s thoughtful and compelling All That Heaven Allows isn’t simply a book about one of the most determined and hard-working movie stars in the history of Hollywood, it also happens to be an insightful look at America in the second half of the 20th Century. Read it and weep.” — Sam Kashner, co-author of The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters and the New York Times bestseller Furious Love “Exhaustive and empathetic…. Griffin fills in what’s left to say [about Hudson’s life] in between the lines with an impressive list of interviews with movie star friends, acquaintances and co-stars and also digs deep into private journals and correspondence.” — USA Today “Mark Griffin paints a vivid portrait of a man who lived a double life in order to maintain his status as a movie star. Griffin’s sources are candid but credible, which makes the book a real page-turner. I came away admiring Hudson all the more, and feeling sad for the secret existence that Hollywood demanded of its leading men in the 1950s and 60s.” — Leonard Maltin, author of Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom “All That Heaven Allows is by far the definitive biography Rock Hudson and his fans deserve. . . . Griffin offers an unforgettable, richly nuanced and psychologically intriguing portrait.” — Shelf Awareness “Like Rock Hudson’s life — marked by glory as a Hollywood star and pinup but also the lifelong shame of the closet and his AIDS-related death — his afterlife was blessed and cursed in equal measure. Mark Griffin sets the balance right in a full, empathetic biography, sparing few details about the complicated life of a man who was born (and died) too soon.” — Vulture “In Mark Griffin’s excellently captured biography of Rock Hudson, he offers not a sensationalistic portrait; but one that carries a heartfelt and realistic view of this actor, gay man, and glorious star of motion pictures. This is the best and most researched of the biographies on Hudson. Truly an expansive and honest book.” — Rage Monthly “Mark Griffin’s perceptive and sympathetic biography All That Heaven Allows gives Hudson, both the movie star and the man, the kind of reassessment only time can allow.” — Associated Press “A rich and complex story of Hollywood’s biggest star in its most golden age.” — New York Journal of Books “Mark Griffin paints a vivid portrait of a man who lived a double life in order to maintain his status as a movie star. Griffin’s sources are candid but credible, which makes the book a real page-turner. I came away admiring Hudson all the more, and feeling sad for the secret existence that Hollywood demanded of its leading men in the 1950s and 60s.” — Patrick McGilligan, author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane “Rock Hudson was the last machine-made movie star, and it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Audiences sensed Hudson’s basic kindness and responded with a loyalty that never wavered despite his predominantly passive career choices. All That Heaven Allows breaks new ground in its revelatory reporting on Hudson’s private life and, most important, in empathy for its subject.” — Scott Eyman, author of John Wayne: The Life and Legend and Hank and Jim “The hardest role Rock Hudson ever played was Rock Hudson. And he played it brilliantly. . . . Mark Griffin’s All that Heaven Allows goes behind the scripted characters to tell the real story.” — New York Daily News “This juicy biography explores Hudson’s rise to Hollywood fame, the extraordinary efforts to keep his sexuality a secret and the bombshell news of his AIDS diagnosis in the 1980s.” — Newsday “All That Heaven Allows dives into a lot of interesting phases of Rock’s life. . . . explain[ing] every facet of [his] life in extreme detail. Griffin touches on his life growing up, to making it onto the big screen, and everything in between.” — Closer Weekly “Griffin provides trenchant cinematic insight and social criticism along with an equally abundant trove of bon mots and anecdotes. Director Douglas Sirk, who worked with Hudson on eight films said, ‘The only thing which never let me down in Hollywood was my camera. And it was not wrong about Hudson.’ Griffin’s lens also puts Hudson in beautifully focused light.” — Library Journal (starred review) “Griffin provides trenchant cinematic insight and social criticism along with an equally abundant trove of bon mots and anecdotes. Director Douglas Sirk, who worked with Hudson on eight films said, ‘The only thing which never let me down in Hollywood was my camera. And it was not wrong about Hudson.’ Griffin’s lens also puts Hudson in beautifully focused light.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) and a Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 “Hudson’s rags-to-riches story is revealed by Griffin’s comprehensive overview of Hudson’s filmography as well as his frank but objective discussion of Hudson’s complicated personal life.” — Booklist “With sympathy for his subject, Griffin details the years of enforced hiding. . . . As he takes Hudson from tongue-tied novice to superstar, Griffin shows that [director Douglas] Sirk wasn’t wrong about his star’s essential qualities: the ones that colleagues loved, and the ones the neither the camera nor anyone else has ever lied about.” — Sight and Sound Magazine “With sympathy for his subject, Griffin details the years of enforced hiding. . . . As he takes Hudson from tongue-tied novice to superstar, Griffin shows that [director Douglas] Sirk wasn’t wrong about his star’s essential qualities: the ones that colleagues loved, and the ones the neither the camera nor anyone else has ever lied about.” — Brooklyn Digest
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