"Health Hazards describes the baneful nature of the homosexual lifestyle and its high-risk sexual practices that invite illness. The book brings together widely dispersed facts, carefully documenting the disproportionate incidence of disease and mental disorders in the GLB commu…
Annotation
A collection of essays by a pioneering queer anthropologist.
This book is the intellectual autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. It covers a range of topics such as why we need more precise sexual vocabularies, why there have been fewer women doing drag than men, and how academia can…
The largest massacre of gay people in American history -- The gay religious movement -- The biography of a bookstore -- Gay American history -- The body politic -- "Prison sounds"--Body language
Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in 1969. The 1970s represented a moment of…
"Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in 1969. The 1970s represented a moment o…
In the spirit of Stonewall
Peter Ackroyd is our preeminent chronicler of London. In Queer City, he looks at the metropolis in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population. In Roman Londinium the penis was worshipped and homosexuality was considered admirable. The city was do…
Peter Ackroyd is our preeminent chronicler of London. In Queer City, he looks at the metropolis in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population. In Roman Londinium the penis was worshipped and homosexuality was considered admirable. The city was do…
Peter Ackroyd is our preeminent chronicler of London. In Queer City, he looks at the metropolis in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population. In Roman Londinium the penis was worshipped and homosexuality was considered admirable. The city was do…