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Tory Pride and Prejudice is an authoritative but highly accessible account of the Conservative Party's attitude towards homosexual law reform and gay rights, from the 1950s to the present day.Presented in the context of contemporary social and political developments it draws upon extensive primary research and exclusive interviews to chart the party's progress from an unwillingness to decriminalise homosexuality, via Section 28 in the 1980s, to the current Liberal-Conservative government, which...

In the 1970s, Manhattan’s west side waterfront was a forgotten zone of abandoned warehouses and piers. Though many saw only blight, the derelict neighborhood was alive with queer people forging new intimacies through cruising. Alongside the piers’ sexual and social worlds, artists produced work attesting to the radical transformations taking place in New York. Artist and writer David Wojnarowicz was right in the heart of it, documenting his experiences in journal entries, poems, photographs, fil...

This volume explores education in the Deep South, with a focus on LGBTQ students and educators, and on queer theoretical perspectives in education. The topics in this volume include teaching LGBTQ issues and queer studies in the Deep South, educational policy and practice in the Deep South as related to queer issues, and efforts to introduce queer literature to libraries and queer collections to archives. Authors in this volume examine what realities exist in education in the U.S. South currentl...

This accessible and informative overview of issues relating to condom use specifically by gay men provides the reader with all the information he will need on choosing and using condoms. Coverage includes: why you should use condoms; how to choose between different brands; how to rubber up; use with toys; lubes; a traveller's guide to condoms; condom politics. An appendix supplies details for obtaining appropriate condoms and advice on HIV and other STDs. A technical appendix examines condom man...

Celebrate the LGBT Community "For all LGBTQ teens and young adults, this book will help inspire and empower you to become your best selves." Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning Screenwriter, "Milk #1 Bestseller in LGBT Studies, Lesbian Studies LGBT history is as old as history itself. In that time, LGBT people have positively impacted their communities, made advancements for society, and changed the world! We Make It Better profiles all the people, places, and events that show just how...

Tres historias de intriga y amor lesbico, en donde grandes mujeres mezclan sus grandes talentos para ser exitosas, al mismo tiempo que encuentran el amor junto a otras grandes mujeres.

Something as beautiful as love can never be wrong. Love in the 1760's between John Thomas and Bryon O'Neil is hard to admit. Yet when it blooms, it's deep enough to last forever.

This is from the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Baghdad. The official silence mandated by the 1993 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy continued a collective amnesia about the patriotic service and courageous sacrifices of homosexual troops. ""Ask and Tell"" recovers these lost voices, offering a rich chronicle of the history of gay and lesbian service in the U.S. military from World War II to the Iraq War.Drawing on more than 50 interviews with gay and lesbian veterans, Steve Estes charts the...

Crossfire collects Staceyann Chin's empowering, feminist-LGBTQ-Caribbean, activist-driven poetry for the first time in a single book. According to The New York Times, Chin is "sassy, rageful and sometimes softly self-mocking." The Advocate says that her poems, "combine hilarious one-liners with a refusal to conform" and note "Chin is out to confront more than just the straight world."