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Palimpsest: A Memoir
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Palimpsest: A Memoir
by Gore Vidal

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One reviewer of this long-anticipated reminiscence of Gore Vidal's first 39 years warned that only readers "not put off by the mean-spiritedness of these self-serving memoirs" would enjoy Palimpsest. Put off? With Gore Vidal, isn't a little...
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Lesbian and Gay Richmond (Images of America)
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Lesbian and Gay Richmond (Images of America)
by Beth Marschak

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The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Richmond, Virginia, invokes a rich but uncelebrated past. From the first recorded sodomy prosecution in America in 1624 to the fight to repeal the acrimes against naturea laws, LGBTs...
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To Quote a Queer: A Compendium of Wit, Wisdom, and Devastating Remarks
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To Quote a Queer: A Compendium of Wit, Wisdom, and Devastating Remarks
by John Lessard

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We're here. We're queer. And we're hilarious Not to mention eloquent, bitchy, poetic, luminous, and dead-on brilliant To Quote a Queer features more than 2,500 quotations on a host of subjects, including: Body Image: To be gay and out of shape is almost...
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Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
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Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
by Dan Savage

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Out of the Ordinary is a truly unique anthology, a groundbreaking collection of essays by the grown children of lesbian, gay, and transgender parents. Ranging from humorous to poignant, the essays touch on some of the most important and complicated...
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Becoming a Man Half a Life Story
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Becoming a Man Half a Life Story
by Paul Monette

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The critically and popularly acclaimed coming of age/coming out story from the author of Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. "Witty as it is anguished and as full of understanding as of anger, this is Monette's best book...
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My Gender Workbook (98 Edition)
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My Gender Workbook (98 Edition)
by Kate Bornstein

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Whether she's using the USFDA's food group triangle to explain gender, or quoting one-liners from real "gender transgressors", Bornstein's first and foremost concern is making information on gender bending truly accessible. With quizzes and exercises...
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Queer Theory : an Introduction (96 Edition)
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Queer Theory : an Introduction (96 Edition)
by Annamarie Jagose

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"Annamarie Jagose knows that queer theory did not spring full-blown from the head of any contemporary theorist. It is the outcome of many different influences and sources, including the homophile movement, gay liberation, and lesbian feminism. In...
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Revenge of the Paste Eaters: Memoirs of a Misfit
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Revenge of the Paste Eaters: Memoirs of a Misfit
by Cheryl Peck

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The author of "Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs" is back with a funny and poignant new collection of personal stories about growing up a misfit....
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Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America
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Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America
by Mel White

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White examines his own life as a devout Christian, husband, father, and preacher, and details the extreme and painful measures he took to deny his natural sexual desires. He provides a shocking firsthand account of the methods and tactics the religious...
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Real Live Nude Girl (2ND 03 Edition)
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Real Live Nude Girl (2ND 03 Edition)
by Carol Queen

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Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeanette Howard Foster
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Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeanette Howard Foster
by Joanne Passet

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Jeannette Howard Foster was to lesbianism in the mid-twentieth century what out authors such as Gore Vidal and James Baldwin were to gay men. She unapologetically blew the lid off Cold War sexual repression in 1956 with her Sex Variant Women in...
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Female Masculinity
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Female Masculinity
by Judith Halberstam

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Masculinity without men. In Female Masculinity Judith Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two hundred years. Providing the first full...
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On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex
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On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex
by Diana Cage

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This remarkable volume showcases the best writing on lesbian sex and desire in the twenty-year history of On Our Backs Magazine....
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Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law
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Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law
by Nancy Polikoff

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Part of the Queer Ideas series, edited by Michael Bronski QUEER IDEAS--a new series of LGBT hardcovers that address important intellectual questions facing the movement. The debate over marriage equality for same-sex couples rages across the country...
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Bi Lives: Bisexual Women Tell Their Stories
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Bi Lives: Bisexual Women Tell Their Stories
by Kata Orndorff

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In-depth interviews with several dozen bisexual womenNwomen in monogamous relationships; women in open relationships; women in a group marriage; women who are very "out"; others still in the closet; an HIV+ woman; women into S&M; mothers...
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Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure
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Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure
by Todd G., Ph.d. (edt) Morrison

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Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure takes a straightforward look at what really goes on in the clubs, on the streets, on the Internet, and behind the scenes of the gay porn industry....
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Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
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Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
by Matt Houlbrook

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In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big city. He wrote, "I have only been queer since I came to...
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On the Meaning of Freindship Between Gay Men
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On the Meaning of Freindship Between Gay Men
by Andrew R., Ph.d. (edt) Gottlieb

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Is friendship more important than sex? On the Meaning of Friendship Between Gay Men takes readers beyond an exploration of gay sexuality into the importance of friendship, providing deep insights into a range of dimensions, including Mentorship...
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To Serve and Protect
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To Serve and Protect
by T. Mitchell

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Cops, correction officers and firemen are the guys who keep us safe. They serve and protect the citizens of the world, and give us some serious heat at the same time. Chris Owen gives us cops with On the Clock, where Detective Strang has a murder to...
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Born to Be Gay: A History of Homosexuality
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Born to Be Gay: A History of Homosexuality
by William Naphy

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There has long been an assumption in the West that views on sex and sexuality are basically similar worldwide. This has never been the case. Many ancient cultures actively promoted same-sex relationships as an integral part of adolescence or even worship....
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