General encyclopaedias

In 1864, the German jurist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs coined the term "e;urning"e; as a word for same-sex attracted men.

Effective treatment for HIV and AIDS came in 1996.

This is the first full-length book to provide an introduction to badhai performances throughout South Asia, examining their characteristics and relationships to differing contexts in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.

The second edition contains updated resources, research institution information and a listing of treatment and care facilities in the United States.

Semiotics, Media Studies and Communication Studies are three closely interlinked fields.

A companion volume to the author's Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases (2002), this reference work chronicles 298 cases of what can be broadly defined as "e;celebrity"e; homicides from the early twentieth century onward.

In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women s sports, declared he was now living as a man.

Tech companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft promote the free flow of data worldwide, while relying on foreign temporary IT workers to build, deliver, and support their products.

The final title in the Queer Film Classics series, on Kenneth Anger’s remarkable 1963 film about a gay biker gang.

Marriage in the Bible: What Do the Texts Say?

A study of the roles community, financial support, texts, information structures, interfaces, and technology play in collaborative worksWikipedia is arguably the most famous collaboratively written text of our time, but few know that nearly three hundred years ago Ephraim Chambers proposed an encyclopedia written by a wide range of contributors-from illiterate craftspeople to titled gentry.

A first edition of The Halloween Encyclopedia was published by McFarland in 2003 (Booklist: "e;a worthy addition to public and school libraries as well as the reference shelves of journalists and leaders of community events"e;); it was the first encyclopedic reference book on the cultural phenomenon (which also deals with such related holidays as Britain's Guy Fawkes Day, Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, and the Celtic celebration Samhain).

In 1930 Danish artist Einar Wegener underwent a series of surgeries to live as Lili Ilse Elvenes (more commonly known as Lili Elbe).

World Book Night 2022A visionary, moving and one-of-a-kind anthology of writing on what it means to be trans today and every day.

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A humane and heart-rending memoir exploring what it means to live outside the normative boundaries imposed by society, from an award-winning trans writer and performer (The Guardian).

Unter dem Titelstichwort Lexika sollen hier sowohl Sachnachschlagewerke (auch Enzyklopädien genannt, vom Typ des ‚Brockhaus‘) als auch Sprachnachschlagewerke (Wörterbücher genannt, vom Typ des ‚Duden‘) zusammengefasst werden – so entspricht es auch dem allgemeinen Lexikon-Verständnis, das kaum zwischen Informationen über Sachen und Informationen über Wörter und deren Bedeutung unterscheidet.

In this eagerly anticipated second edition of The Stalled Revolution, authors Tutchell and Edmonds build upon their groundbreaking exploration of the Votes for Women campaign and the Women's Liberation movement, by focusing on the dramatic activities of the #MeToo movement and on the passionate debate about trans and gender identity.

Udo Rauchfleisch plädiert seit vielen Jahren für eine Entpathologisierung von Transsexualität beziehungsweise Transidentität, die für ihn keine psychische Krankheit ist.

Putting Deleuze and Guattari's concepts to wide-ranging use, leading trans theorists and activists develop innovative ways of thinking about trans identities, and the processes involved in liberating desires from the gendered ego.

A classic of New Mexican Cinema, Y Tu Mama Tambien courted controversy with its explicit depictions of teenage sexuality and its forthright perspective on the country's inequality.

A trans woman sets out to exploit a group of wealthy roommates, only to fall under the spell of their glamorous, hedonistic lifestyle in tech-bubble San Francisco.

From the Flint water crisis to the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy, environmental threats and degradation disproportionately affect communities of color, with often dire consequences for peoples lives and health.

Most people have heard of Lady Godiva and her horseback tax protest in the 11th century and Joan of Arc who in the 15th century fought against the English for the French gaining sainthood in 1920.

Ephraim Katz's The Film Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive single-volume encyclopedia on film and is considered the undisputed bible of the film industry.

Exploring clinical examples of the lived experiences of trans people across the lifespan, this unique and authoritative book addresses topics such as attending school, puberty, employment issues, suicide, bullying, autism and intersecting identities.

A complete guide to snipers, rifles, techniques, battles, and campaigns throughout history and around the world, by the author of The Hand Gun Story.

Explore queer cinema over time with this comprehensive encyclopedia, helping readers understand films, directors, actors, themes, and other topics related to LGBTQ cinema history.

A hermeneutics of cispicion challenges cisnormative presuppositions that shape and, at times, occlude the variations in gender and sex exhibited by key characters in the ancestral narrative of Genesis 12 50.

Entspannung, Meditation und Selbsthypnose werden in einen gemeinsamen, psychologischen Rahmen gestellt.

This masterful six-volume encyclopedia provides comprehensive, global coverage of religion, emphasizing larger religious communities without neglecting the world's smaller religious outposts.

Women have been involved in baseball from the game's early days, in a wide range of capacities.

In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "e;The Monkey Girl"e; at the Canadian National Exhibition.

Die Reihe "ARBEITSRECHT effektiv" konzentriert sich auf die klausurrelevanten Grundlagen des Individualarbeitsrechts.

The crooner Rudy Vallee's soft, intimate, and sensual vocal delivery simultaneously captivated millions of adoring fans and drew harsh criticism from those threatened by his sensitive masculinity.

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Charles Darwin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works provides an important new compendium presenting a detailed chronology of all aspects Darwin's life.

Discover the stories of 25 North American fashion entrepreneurs who have created queer- and trans-focused fashion brands in the 21st century.

Sexuality, Human Rights, and Public Policy explores the intersection of public policy, human rights, and sexuality as they relate to inclusion and exclusion across diverse cultural settings.

The detective genre has explored supernatural and paranormal themes throughout its colorful history.

In its greatly expanded second edition, this definitive reference work on the sport of Polo includes more than 18,000 alphabetical and cross-referenced entries covering players, teams, national and international tournaments, rules of the game, books on polo and their authors, as well as painters and sculptors of polo subjects.

A book in two halves, Kissing Other People or the House of Fame opens with a sequence of poems that roam the grotty, sublime streets: patting rats, reading pamphlets, enduring labour, acquiring falafel, waving to friends.

In The Terrible We Cameron Awkward-Rich thinks with the bad feelings and mad habits of thought that persist in both transphobic discourse and trans cultural production.

An essential reference to all facets of the world economyIncreasing economic globalization has made understanding the world economy more important than ever.