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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > Gay studies (Gay men)
March 2008. Having put the heartache and loss of seven years ago
behind him, 62-year-old artist Alex Morgan lives comfortably behind
high walls in his Venice Beach compound. With a devoted
housekeeper, a loyal studio assistant, a compliant male lover and a
badly behaved dog, his life is totally under control ... apart from
the dog. But a heart attack during his morning swim shatters his
pleasant existence. The brush with death raises ghosts of repressed
grief, unresolved hurts and self-doubt. During a period of enforced
recuperation, Alex discovers not everyone in his little kingdom is
as content as he thought. The palm trees, fiery sunsets and clack
of skateboards on concrete may be the sights and sounds of home to
him, but he suspects his lover's heart lies elsewhere. And when the
re-emergence of a familiar nemesis pressurizes the crack in his
long-term relationship into a split, should Alex let go of the past
and pursue a new love in LA, or venture to a place he vowed never
to tread and fight for an old one? We re-join the well-loved
characters from The Summer of '74 as they negotiate reality TV, gay
marriage, a Presidential election and an unfolding financial crisis
during a very different summer - the summer of 2008. Moving between
LA, New York and Italy, Until the Fall of '19 is a seductive,
warm-hearted, gay romantic drama about addressing your faults,
embracing your dreams and never being afraid to shout 'I love you'
right out loud - no matter what age you are.
If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a
Gay Dad This Book is for You!Are you ready to have kids? More and
more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their
own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would
like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living
with a gay parent. In 2016, The Chicago Tribune reported that 10 to
20 percent of donor eggs went to gay men expanding their families
via surrogacy, and in many places the numbers were up 50 percent
from the previous five years. Gay parenting. Having a kid is like
coming out all over again, on a daily basis, especially if you have
an infant. Was coming out stressful for you? It's about to get more
intense and you will have a child watching your every move and
listening to your every word. If you stutter or pause, they may
pick up on your discomfort and could start to feel like something
is wrong about their family unit. The Ultimate Guide For Gay Dads
is jam packed with parenting tips and advice to help you build
confidence and become the awesome gay dad you were meant to be! How
Is This Parenting Guide Different From Others? Unlike other
parenting books that have whole chapters focusing on things
specifically related to mothers (such as how to get the perfect
latch when breastfeeding), this parenting book replaces those
sections with things relevant to gay dads. It covers topics like
how to find LGBT friendly pediatricians, how to find LGBT friendly
schools, how to childproof your home with style, how to answer
awkward and prying questions about your family from strangers,
examples for what two-dad families can do on Mother's Day, and much
more. The book also includes parenting tips and advice from
pediatricians, school educators, lawyers, and other same-sex
parents. Top LGBT parenting expert. Bestselling author Eric
Rosswood covers every aspect of fatherhood for gay men in this
essential guide to growing your family in the post-DOMA era. He is
a major influencer on social media with over 100,000 followers on
Twitter alone, as well as thousands on other platforms. Exploring
LGBTQ issues. Rosswood is an in-demand authority and commentator on
LGBTQ issues, including civil rights, parenting, marriage and
politics. The author has been featured in major media including The
Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, CBS News, The Huffington Post, Elite
Daily, Yahoo! News, AOL News, NY Daily News, IB Times, and regional
LGBTQ press.
A photo journal that shows the world of men and presents a great
photo book for the man who loves men, this book is a must have.
He grew up in a small town in New England in the 1950's, watching
lassie, going to church, getting straight A's at school, a scholar
destined for success. But he already had a secret, and his public
life with family and friends was already a constant round of
ventriloquism as he played the joker and pretended to be the same
as everyone else. For Paul Monette was gay. BECOMING A MAN is about
growing up gay, and about the tyranny and self denial of the closet
- one man's struggle, for half his life, to come out. From the
white-bread 1950's through the rebellious 1960's to the
self-creating 1970's and beyond, it forms a passionately honest and
unsparing account of the tortures of living a lie, a naked protrait
of one man's fight for freedom in a time of ignorance and bigotry.
With Pathways of Desire, Hector Carrillo brings us into the lives
of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue
greater sexual autonomy and sexual freedom in the United States.
The groundbreaking ethnography brings our attention to the full arc
of these men's migration experiences, from their upbringing in
Mexican cities and towns, to their cross-border journeys, to their
incorporation into urban gay communities in American cities, and
their sexual and romantic relationships with American men. These
men's diverse and fascinating stories demonstrate the intertwining
of sexual, economic, and familial motivations for migration.
Further, Carrillo shows that sexual globalization must be regarded
as a bidirectional, albeit uneven, process of exchange between
countries in the global north and the global south. With this
approach, Carrillo challenges the view that gay men from countries
like Mexico would logically want to migrate to a "more sexually
enlightened" country like the United States a partial and limited
understanding, given the dynamic character of sexuality in
countries such as Mexico, which are becoming more accepting of
sexual diversity. Pathways of Desire also provides a helpful
analytical framework for the simultaneous consideration of
structural and cultural factors in social scientific studies of
sexuality. Carrillo explains the patterns of cross-cultural
interaction that sexual migration generates and at the most
practical level shows how the intricacies of cross-cultural sexual
and romantic relations may affect the sexual health and HIV risk of
transnational immigrant populations.
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