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Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History: Critical Readings
is an authoritative four-volume survey of the seminal essays on the
subject from the last half century. It traces both the intellectual
arc and larger theoretical implications of the field, including
Queer Theory, which emerged from this scholarship in the early
1990s. Edited by Michael Bronski, a world-renowned, leading scholar
in the field, the four volumes cover theory, the pre-modern period,
the modern era and contemporary times. As well as substantial
contextualizing editor introductions for each book, there are 64
individual essays included across the set, with relationships,
identity, community, politics and LGBT around the world all key
topics at the heart of this vital collection. This is an essential
resource for all scholars interested in lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender history and LGBT studies more generally.
Both comprehensive and accessible, this book restores the
visibility of people relegated to the margins of history to make
the provocative claim that LGBT history is American history.
"Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage" reframes the family-rights
debate by arguing that marriage shouldn't bestow special legal
privileges upon couples because people, both heterosexual and LGBT,
live in a variety of relationships-including unmarried couples of
any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended
biological family units, and myriad other familial configurations.
Nancy D. Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why
it must.
2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist: LGBT Nonfiction
Breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives
In ""You Can Tell Just by Looking"" three scholars and activists
come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths
about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and
life in America. Myths, such as "All Religions Condemn
Homosexuality" and "Transgender People Are Mentally Ill," have been
used to justify discrimination and oppression of LGBT people.
Others, such as "Homosexuals Are Born That Way," have been embraced
by LGBT communities and their allies. In discussing and dispelling
these myths--including gay-positive ones--the authors challenge
readers to question their own beliefs and to grapple with the
complexities of what it means to be queer in the broadest social,
political, and cultural sense.
Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring, mostly between the covers of the cheaply produced pulp paperbacks of the post-World War II era. Cultural critic Michael Bronski collects a sampling of these now little-known gay erotic writings—some by writers long forgotten, some never known and a few now famous. Through them, Bronski challenges many long-held views of American postwar fiction and the rise of gay literature, as well as of the culture at large.
Engaging and largely untold, "From the Closet to the Courtroom"
explores how five pivotal lawsuits have altered LGBT history.
Beginning each case narrative at the center--with the litigants and
their lawyers--law professor Carlos Ball follows the stories behind
each crucial lawsuit. He traces the parties from their communities
to the courtroom, while deftly weaving in rich sociohistorical
context and analyzing the lasting legal and political impact of
each judicial outcome.
A panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience
around the world. In Global Gay, Frederic Martel visits more than
fifty countries and documents a revolution underway around the
world: the globalization of LGBT rights. From Saudi Arabia to South
Africa, from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv, from Singapore to the United
States, activists, culture warriors, and ordinary people are part
of a movement. Martel interviews the proprietor of a "gay-friendly"
cafe in Amman, Jordan; a Cuban-American television journalist in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida; a South African jurist who worked with
Nelson Mandela to enshrine gay rights in the country's
constitution; an American lawyer who worked on the campaign for
marriage equality; an Egyptian man who fled his country after
escaping a raid on a gay club; and many others. He tells us that in
China, homosexuality is neither prohibited nor permitted, and that
much Chinese gay life takes place on social media; that in Iran,
because of the strict separation of the sexes, it seems almost
easier to be gay than heterosexual; and that Raul Castro's
daughter, a gay rights icon in Cuba, expressed her lingering
anti-American sentiments by calling for Pride celebrations in May
rather than June. Ten countries maintain the death penalty for
homosexuals. "Homophobia is what Arab governments give to Islamists
to keep them calm," one activist tells Martel. Martel finds that
although the "gay American way of life" has created a global
template for gay activism and culture, each country offers
distinctly local variations. And around the world, the status of
gay rights has become a measure of a country's democracy and
modernity. This English edition, which has been thoroughly revised
and updated, has received the French Voices Award for excellence in
publication and translation, supported by a grant from the
French-American Book Fund.
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