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Between 1961 and 1971 James Baldwin spent extended periods of time in Turkey, where he worked on some of his most important books.

"e;A diverse and extremely useful set of chapters at the cutting edge of thinking on work with sexual minorities.

100 Queer Films identifies 100 films that shaped the trajectory of queer cinema, connected with larger movements, and showcased the artistry of queer filmmaking.

Examine the impact of disclosure on sons whose fathers are gay!

Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, "e;my friend whom I loved dearly.

Despite growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area as the daughter of four lesbians, Kellen Kaiser envisioned her life working out, fairy tale–like, with a Prince Charming.

One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia, and Modern Manhood takes a fresh look at the formation of modern male sexual identities.

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In this provocative book, retired porn star Scott O'Hara (known as "e;Spunk"e; by many of his fans from an early punk photospread) gives a backstage look at the world of pornography, revealing why he loved it, what he got out of it, and why he left it.

The Classics were core to the curriculum and ethos of the intensely homosocial Victorian and Edwardian public schools, yet ancient homosexuality and erotic pedagogy were problematic to the educational establishment, which expurgated classical texts with sexual content.

The second edition of Reclaiming the Sacred: The Bible in Gay and Lesbian Culture continues the groundbreaking work of the original, exploring the territory between gay/lesbian studies, literary criticism, and religious studies.

"e;Intersectionality and LGBTQ+ Rights: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Turkey, and Egypt"e; delves into the multifaceted landscape of LGBTQ+ rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Research has shown that since the turn of the millennia, matters have rapidly improved for gays and lesbians in sport.

Poised on the edge of the United States and at the center of a wider Caribbean world, today's Miami is marketed as an international tourist hub that embraces gender and sexual difference.

Sigmund Freud spent the final year of his life at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, surrounded by all his possessions, in exile from the Nazis.

Against My Better Judgment: An Intimate Memoir of an Eminent Gay Psychologist is an extraordinary and moving account of the life of a gay man in his late 60s after he loses his companion of 40 years to cancer.

Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Edouard Roditi (1910-1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century.

Queer(y)ing Civil Law Responses to Domestic and Family Violence offers unique, in-depth insights into the experiences of LGBTQ+ victim-survivors who have engaged with civil protection order systems.

This vital teachers' guide to challenging homophobic and biphobic bullying offers unique insights to address the issue at its core.

Three plays about transformation, intimacy and power from award-winning American Playwright Jen Silverman.

Ever since they were young, Peggy Cryden noticed her children's gender expression did not correspond with society's expectations of their biological gender.

In the world of early Byzantine Christianity, monastic rules acknowledged but discouraged the homosexual impulses of adult males.

A distinctly queer presence permeates the history of the visual arts from Michelangelos David and homoerotic images on ancient Greek vases to Frida Kahlos self-portraits and the photography of Claude Cahun and Robert Mapplethorpe.

STAY is a hybrid visual story of a British tomboy & clown negotiating place/identity, trauma/neurodiversity, friendship/play, sexuality, and violence.

How I Made My Husband Gay is a self-help book for women who learn or suspect that they may be married to a gay/bisexual man.

Best Gay Erotica 2015 is filled to the page-turning brim with fantastic tales of fire dancers and TV repairmen, of hunky painters and electricians and magicians, solo sex, duo sex, and sweat-soaked triple onslaughts.

An urgent and elegant book excavating the many meanings of cuddling under racial capitalism .

In 1967, after a ten-year campaign, the laws which treated all homosexual acts between males as crimes in England and Wales were altered to permit such behavior between two consenting men aged over twenty-one in private.

The writings that shocked America out of the 1950s Blasting through the crew-cuts and conformism of their day, the Beat writers were queer in the fullest sense of the word: their fluid sexuality challenged all sexual and romantic conventions.

From the award-winning author of The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov comes the brilliantly conceived and precisely rendered novel Immaculate Blue, which explores the lives of four people Anatole, Leigh, Chris, and Lydia and their intermingled and unwinding desires.

Well before the June 1969 Stonewall riots threw open the closet doors to unleash and proclaim an unmistakable gay mantra, myriad clues some subliminal, others overt clearly ingrained the notion of homosexuality in advertisements appearing on the pages of many American periodicals.

Cleis Press' most lauded editor, Sacchi Green assumes the helm of one the most-heralded and best-selling series, Best Lesbian Erotica.

What is an ultimate orgasm?

Benjamin Law considers himself pretty lucky to live in Australia: he can hold his boyfriends hand in public and lobby his politicians to recognize same-sex marriage.

These fierce stories of love on the front lines grab and hold readers' attention as they travel the world with these soldier on Active Duty.

In his own voice, the history of the civil right movement told by the black gay adviser to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Best Gay Erotica 2015 is filled to the page-turning brim with fantastic tales of fire dancers and TV repairmen, of hunky painters and electricians and magicians, solo sex, duo sex, and sweat-soaked triple onslaughts.

When Madian Al Jazerah came out to his Arab parents, his mother had one question.

The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians covers everything you need to make the thrilling and challenging journey to motherhood: from choosing a donor to tracking fertility to signing the right papers on the dotted lines.

When She Was Good journeys into the world of lesbian sex with uncommon, edgy stories that push lesbian lust and desire to new heights.

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book,was the first-ever sex guide to offer information and encouragement for all women who desire women lesbian, bisexual, butch, femme, androgynous, and transgender.

If you are an honorable member of the P club, you will find here something of yourself.

Lucky Jimis the memoir of writer Jim Hart, the story of how he survived a violent childhood home, created a love that was both so right and so wrong, overcame obsessive dependencies, and finally found the strength to be his true self.

Join the legions of couples and singles who are making their hottest sexual fantasies come true.

Writing on Raving is the definitive mix of voices from the Brooklyn underground rave scene and beyond, providing fresh language for the shared and infinitely varied experience of dancing through the night until the morning.

This memoir doesn't focus solely on the past; rather, it gives the reader an inside look at what the author is going through as it happens.

A Queer Film Classic on the 1992 feature documentary on lesbian experience from the 1940s to the 1960s as seen through the lens of lesbian pulp fiction.

First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation.

From Hollywood films to TV soap operas, from Vegas extravaganzas to Broadway theater to haute couture, this comprehensive encyclopedia contains over 200 entries and 200 photos that document the irrepressible impact of queer creative artists on popular culture.