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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies

Seeking Sanctuary - Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration (Paperback): John Marnell Seeking Sanctuary - Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration (Paperback)
John Marnell; Foreword by Kapya Kaoma
R380 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Seeking Sanctuary brings together poignant life stories from fourteen lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) migrants, refugees and asylum seekers living in Johannesburg, South Africa. The stories, diverse in scope, chronicle each narrator’s arduous journey to South Africa, and their corresponding movement towards self-love and self-acceptance.

The narrators reveal their personal battles to reconcile their faith with their sexuality and gender identity, often in the face of violent persecution, and how they have carved out spaces of hope and belonging in their new home country. In these intimate testimonies, the narrators’ resilience in the midst of uncertain futures reveal the myriad ways in which LGBT Africans push back against unjust and unequal systems.

Seeking Sanctuary makes a critical intervention by showing the complex interplay between homophobia and xenophobia in South Africa, and of the state of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) rights in Africa. By shedding light on the fraught connections between sexuality, faith and migration, this ground-breaking project also provides a model for religious communities who are working towards justice, diversity and inclusion.

Figuring Sex between Men from Shakespeare to Rochester (Hardcover): Paul Hammond Figuring Sex between Men from Shakespeare to Rochester (Hardcover)
Paul Hammond
R5,333 Discovery Miles 53 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Paul Hammond explores how sexual relationships between men were represented in English literature during the seventeenth century. Figuring Sex between Men from Shakespeare to Rochester is built around two principal themes: firstly the literary strategies through which writers created imagined spaces for the expression of homosexual desire; and secondly the ways in which such texts were subsequently edited and adapted to remove these references to sex between men. The author begins with a wide-ranging analysis of the forms in which both homosexual desire and homophobic hatred were expressed in the period, focusing on the problems of defining male relationships, the erotic dimension to male friendships, and the uses of classical settings. Subsequent chapters offer four case studies. The first focuses on how Shakespeare adapted his sources to introduce the possibility of sexual relations between male characters, with special attention to Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, and the Sonnets, and shows how these elements were removed in later adaptations of his plays and poems. Subsequent chapters chart the often satirical representation of homosexual rulers from James I to William III; the ambiguous sexuality figured in the poetry of Andrew Marvell; and the libertine homoeroticism of the poetry of the Earl of Rochester. Paul Hammond draws on a wide range of poems, plays, letters, and pamphlets, and discusses a substantial amount of previously unknown material from both printed and manuscript sources.

They Came to Slay - The Queer Culture of D&D (Paperback): Thom James Carter They Came to Slay - The Queer Culture of D&D (Paperback)
Thom James Carter
R230 R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Save R22 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Since its inception decades ago, the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons has offered an escape from the real world, the chance to enter distant realms, walk in new shoes, and be part of immersive, imaginative tales as they unfold. More so, in Thom James Carter’s opinion, it’s a perfect vessel for queer exploration and joy. Journey on, adventurer, as Dungeon Master Thom invites readers into the game’s exciting queer, utopian possibilities, traversing its history and contemporary evolution, the queer potential resting within gameplay, the homebrewers making it their own, stories from fellow players, and the power to explore and examine identity and how people want to lead their lives in real and imagined worlds alike. Grab a sword and get your dice at the ready, this queer adventure is about to begin. (This book is unofficial and unaffiliated with properties Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons & Dragons.)

Judaism and Homosexuality - An Authentic Orthodox View (Paperback): Rabbi Chaim Rapoport Judaism and Homosexuality - An Authentic Orthodox View (Paperback)
Rabbi Chaim Rapoport; Introduction by Jonathan Sacks; Preface by Berel Berkovits
R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In light of modern changes in attitude regarding homosexuality, and recent controversy surrounding Government legislation, Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Rapoport, Chief Medical Advisor in the Cabinet of the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, explores the Jewish stance on homosexuality. values with a balanced, understanding perspective that has, arguably, been lacking among many in the Orthodox Jewish establishment. great deal of debate, not to mention prejudice and discrimination. It will undoubtedly be a vehicle for future discussion and will serve as a brick in the wall of an increasingly harmonious World Jewish Community. exhaustive endnotes for all those who wish to explore the issue further.

Queer Singapore - Illiberal Citizenship and Mediated Cultures (Paperback): Audrey Yue, Jun Zubillaga-Pow Queer Singapore - Illiberal Citizenship and Mediated Cultures (Paperback)
Audrey Yue, Jun Zubillaga-Pow
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Singapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalise homosexuality. Yet it has also been hailed by many as one of the emerging gay capitals of Asia. This book accounts for the rise of mediated queer cultures in Singapore's current milieu of illiberal citizenship. This collection analyses how contemporary queer Singapore has emerged against a contradictory backdrop of sexual repression and cultural liberalisation. Using the innovative framework of illiberal pragmatism, established and emergent local scholars and activists provide expansive coverage of the impact of homosexuality on Singapore's media cultures and political economy, including law, religion, the military, literature, theatre, photography, cinema, social media and queer commerce. It shows how new LGBT subjectivities have been fashioned through the governance of illiberal pragmatism, how pragmatism is appropriated as a form of social and critical democratic action, and how cultural citizenship is forged through a logic of queer complicity that complicates the flows of oppositional resistance and grassroots appropriation.

Gay and Lesbian San Francisco (Paperback): Dr William Lipsky Gay and Lesbian San Francisco (Paperback)
Dr William Lipsky; Foreword by Supervisor Tom Ammiano
R643 R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Save R64 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In recent years, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are personified in the city by the bay. The tumultuous and ongoing struggles for this community's civil rights from the 1950s to the present are well documented, but queer culture itself goes back much further than that, in fact all the way back to the California gold rush.

Rust Belt Femme (Paperback): Raechel Anne Jolie Rust Belt Femme (Paperback)
Raechel Anne Jolie
R437 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Visceral: The Poetry of Blood (Hardcover): RJ Arkhipov Visceral: The Poetry of Blood (Hardcover)
RJ Arkhipov
R1,049 Discovery Miles 10 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Callin' Out the Gays - And the Straights and Everyone In-Between (Paperback): Larkin Ellzey Callin' Out the Gays - And the Straights and Everyone In-Between (Paperback)
Larkin Ellzey
R637 R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Save R58 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gay Awareness - Discovering the Heart of the Father and the Mind of Christ on Sexuality (Paperback): Landon Schott Gay Awareness - Discovering the Heart of the Father and the Mind of Christ on Sexuality (Paperback)
Landon Schott; Foreword by Michael L Brown
R320 R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Save R26 (8%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Homosexuality has taken center stage in our nation, churches, and homes. Everyone knows or cares deeply for someone who experiences same-sex attraction, sexual confusion, or practices homosexuality. While the entire world talks about homosexuality, the subject remains taboo in many churches. The fear of being labeled as hateful, a bigot, or ignorant has kept many Christians out of the conversation. The church remains silent, leaving many people who love God confused about what the Bible really says about sexuality.

Did God make people gay? Does God love homosexuals? Will people have to deal with same-sex attraction their entire lives? Landon Schott brings truth and clarity to sexual confusion, using over 400 scripture references to reveal the heart of the Father and mind of Christ.

Gay Awareness exposes false teaching and deception that have created a false identity through the lens of sexuality instead of the eyes of God's Word. Gay Awareness will stretch you and challenge you, but with relentless love bring you comfort and healing.

In Gay Awareness: Discovering the Heart of the Father and the Mind of Christ, top-selling author and nationally known speaker Landon Schott addresses:

- What the Bible actually says about marriage, sexuality, and homosexuality.

- Mistakes the Church makes when addressing homosexuality and the gay community.

- Contradictions between the gay lifestyle and the Christ-centered lifestyle.

- Clear insight into how to genuinely show Christian love to those who practice homosexuality.

- How people can experience deliverance and freedom.

Featuring an extensive interview with highly respected authority Dr. Michael L. Brown, a multiple book best-selling author and expert on spiritual renewal and cultural reformation, Gay Awareness is the book you've been looking for to find clarity, teach you what Scripture says about homosexuality and how to respond to people with love, grace, and truth.

Weerlose Weerstand - Die Gaydebat in die NG Kerk (Afrikaans, Paperback): Andre Bartlett Weerlose Weerstand - Die Gaydebat in die NG Kerk (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Andre Bartlett
R85 Discovery Miles 850 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

In Oktober 2015 het die Algemene Sinode van die NG Kerk ’n merkwaardige besluit oor selfdegeslagverhoudings geneem. Die besluit het erkenning gegee aan sulke verhoudings en dit vir predikante moontlik gemaak om gay en lesbiese persone in die eg te verbind. Ook die selibaatsvereiste wat tot op daardie stadium vir gay predikante gegeld het, is opgehef. Met hierdie besluit het die NG Kerk die eerste hoofstroomkerk in Suid-Afrika en Afrika geword wat totale gelykwaardige menswaardige behandeling van alle mense, ongeag seksuele oriëntasie, erken – en is gedoen wat slegs in ’n handjievol kerke wêreldwyd uitgevoer is. Die besluit het egter gelei tot groot konsternasie. Verskeie appèlle en beswaargeskrifte is ingedien, distriksinodes het hulle van die besluit distansieer, en in die media was daar volgehoue kritiek en debat.

Queer Bangkok - 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights (Paperback): Peter Jackson Queer Bangkok - 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights (Paperback)
Peter Jackson
R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book analyses the roles of the market and media -- especially cinema and the Internet -- in these transformations, and considers the ambiguous consequences that the growing commodification and mediatisation of queer lives have had for LGBT rights in Thailand. A key finding is that in the early 21st Century processes of global queering are leading to a growing Asianisation of Bangkok's queer cultures. This book traces Bangkok's emergence as a central focus of an expanding regional network linking gay, lesbian and transgender communities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines and other rapidly developing East and Southeast Asian societies.

Wrestling with God and Men - Homosexuality and the Jewish Tradition (Hardcover): Steven Greenberg Wrestling with God and Men - Homosexuality and the Jewish Tradition (Hardcover)
Steven Greenberg
R1,087 R1,008 Discovery Miles 10 080 Save R79 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For millennia, two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abhorrent that it is punishable by death. Traditionally Orthodox Jews, believing the scripture to be the word of God, have rejected homosexuality in accordance with this interpretation. In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg challenged this tradition when he became the first Orthodox rabbi ever to openly declare his homosexuality.
"Wrestling with God and Men" is the product of Rabbi Greenberg's ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. In this compelling and groundbreaking work, Greenberg challenges long held assumptions of scriptural interpretation and religious identity as he marks a path that is both responsible to human realities and deeply committed to God and Torah. Employing traditional rabbinic resources, Greenberg presents readers with surprising biblical interpretations of the creation story, the love of David and Jonathan, the destruction of Sodom, and the condemning verses of Leviticus. But Greenberg goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable to ask how such relationships can be sacred. In so doing, he draws on a wide array of nonscriptural texts to introduce readers to occasions of same-sex love in Talmudic narratives, medieval Jewish poetry and prose, and traditional Jewish case law literature. Ultimately, Greenberg argues that Orthodox communities must open up debate, dialogue, and discussion--precisely the foundation upon which Jewish law rests--to truly deal with the issue of homosexual love.
This book will appeal not only to members of the Orthodox faith but to all religious people struggling to resolve their belief in thescriptures with a desire to make their communities more open and accepting to gay and lesbian members.

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers - A Memoir (Paperback): Jenn Shapland My Autobiography of Carson McCullers - A Memoir (Paperback)
Jenn Shapland
R444 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Little Book of LGBTQ+ - An A-Z of Gender and Sexual Identities (Paperback): Harriet Dyer The Little Book of LGBTQ+ - An A-Z of Gender and Sexual Identities (Paperback)
Harriet Dyer
R181 Discovery Miles 1 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Feel confident in the ABCs of LGBTQ+ Language is a key path to awareness, acceptance and empowerment. It's central to understanding the world and the communities we live in, but it can often be tricky to keep up with correct and ever-evolving terminology. This easy-to-use dictionary introduces the most essential vocabulary surrounding LGBTQ+ identities. Whether you're questioning your own identity or simply interested in learning more, this useful guide will help you navigate the world with knowledge, understanding and kindness.

Love That Journey For Me - The Queer Revolution of Schitt's Creek (Paperback): Emily Garside Love That Journey For Me - The Queer Revolution of Schitt's Creek (Paperback)
Emily Garside
R206 Discovery Miles 2 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Love That Journey For Me dives deep into the cultural sensation of Canadian comedy-drama Schitt's Creek. Considering the fusion of existing sitcom traditions, references and tropes, this Inkling analyses the nuance of the show and its surrounding cultural and societal impact as a queer revolution. By discussing how the show reshapes LGBTQ+ narratives from the crafting of the town itself, and celebratory influences including Cabaret, to how writer-creator Dan Levy utilised and subverted expectations throughout his work, Emily Garside will showcase how one TV show became a watershed moment in queer representation and gay relationships on screen. Part analysis of Schitt's Creek's importance, part homage to a cultural landmark, this is a show that - in the words of David Rose himself - needs to be celebrated. This book is that celebration. This book is unofficial, and unaffiliated with Schitt's Creek and its brand.

Queer Bangkok - 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights (Hardcover): Peter Jackson Queer Bangkok - 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights (Hardcover)
Peter Jackson
R1,184 Discovery Miles 11 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book analyses the roles of the market and media -- especially cinema and the Internet -- in these transformations, and considers the ambiguous consequences that the growing commodification and mediatisation of queer lives have had for LGBT rights in Thailand. A key finding is that in the early 21st Century processes of global queering are leading to a growing Asianisation of Bangkok's queer cultures. This book traces Bangkok's emergence as a central focus of an expanding regional network linking gay, lesbian and transgender communities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines and other rapidly developing East and Southeast Asian societies.

Pretty Baby - A Memoir (Paperback): Chris Belcher Pretty Baby - A Memoir (Paperback)
Chris Belcher
R451 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
As a Woman - What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Paperback): Paula Stone Williams As a Woman - What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Paperback)
Paula Stone Williams
R461 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Of Fire Water Earth (Hardcover): Doody Richards Of Fire Water Earth (Hardcover)
Doody Richards
R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Young Christian in this Century - Pastoral Counseling (Hardcover): Abdenal Santos Carvalho The Young Christian in this Century - Pastoral Counseling (Hardcover)
Abdenal Santos Carvalho
R1,035 R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Save R162 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Music Saved My Life - How I Survived My Parents, A Difficult Marriage, Crazy Religion, and Being Gay (Hardcover): Grant H... Music Saved My Life - How I Survived My Parents, A Difficult Marriage, Crazy Religion, and Being Gay (Hardcover)
Grant H Reynolds
R787 R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Save R98 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books (Hardcover): Jennifer Miller The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books (Hardcover)
Jennifer Miller
R3,312 Discovery Miles 33 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books, Jennifer Miller identifies an archive of over 150 English-language children's picture books that explicitly represent LGBTQ+ identities, expressions, and issues. This archive is then analyzed to explore the evolution of LGBTQ+ characters and content from the 1970s to the present. Miller describes dominant tropes that emerge in the field to analyze historical shifts in representational practices, which she suggests parallel larger sociocultural shifts in the visibility of LGBTQ+ identities. Additionally, Miller considers material constraints and possibilities affecting the production, distribution, and consumption of LGBTQ+ children's picture books from the 1970s to the present. This foundational work defines the field of LGBTQ+ children's picture books thoroughly, yet accessibly. In addition to laying the groundwork for further research, The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books presents a reading lens, critical optimism, used to analyze the transformative potential of LGBTQ+ children's picture books. Many texts remain attached to heteronormative family forms and raced and classed models of success. However, by considering what these books put into the world, as well as problematic aspects of the world reproduced within them, Miller argues that LGBTQ+ children's picture books are an essential world-making project and seek to usher in a transformed world as well as a significant historical archive that reflects material and representational shifts in dominant and subcultural understandings of gender and sexuality.

Constellating Home - Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics (Hardcover): V Jo Hsu Constellating Home - Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics (Hardcover)
V Jo Hsu
R3,063 Discovery Miles 30 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hola Papi - How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons (Paperback): John Paul Brammer Hola Papi - How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons (Paperback)
John Paul Brammer
R460 R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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