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Banned on publication in 1928, a classic of lesbian literature and a powerful novel of love between women, social isolation, rejection, and contradictionBorn into an aristocratic family at the end of the Victorian age, Stephen Gordon is so named by parents who had longed for a boy. So begins a life of contradiction and isolation. Attracted to girls and women from an early age, Stephen's masculine appearance is accentuated by her preference for men's...
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"After the death of her estranged father, artist Rita struggles with grief and regret. There was so much she wanted to ask him--about his childhood, their family, and the Mi'kmaq language and culture from which Rita feels disconnected. But when Rita's girlfriend Molly forges an artist's residency application on her behalf, winning Rita a week to paint at an isolated cabin, Rita is both furious and intrigued. The residency is located where her father...
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Vera Kelly stories volume 3
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English
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"It's spring 1971 and P.I. Vera Kelly and her girlfriend, Max, leave their cozy Brooklyn apartment for an emergency visit to Max's estranged family in Los Angeles. Max's parents are divorcing-her father is already engaged to a much younger woman and under the sway of an occultist charlatan; her mother has left their estate in a hurry with no indication of return. Max, who hasn't seen her family since they threw her out at the age of twenty-two, prepares...
4) The Bible in original languages is Not anti Gay: an essential guide for gay and lesbian Christians
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Pub. Date
2010
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1 online resource (63 p.)
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English
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"Do you want to know what the Bible really says about being gay? Do you want to know why Sodom really was destroyed? For homosexuality? Or something else entirely? You can be gay and a Christian! No guilt involved! You can be sure the Scriptures say nothing against homosexuality at all! You can live the life you were meant to lead. The Bible in the original languages is not anti-gay at all."--
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Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource.
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English
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"We've come a long way. But that doesn't mean that the process of coming out is clear-cut or without obstacles. Introducing an e-book for today's times-adapted from Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners-designed to help guide men, women, and teenagers navigate what can be uncertain territory. Packed with Q&As, polls, and "Straight Talk" from straight friends and family members), THE REAL-WORLD GUIDE TO COMING OUT covers it all. Why you...
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Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource.
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English
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"**In recognition of Quality, Excellence, and Design, this ebook has been granted a QED seal of approval from Digital Book World.** Finally, the first big book of manners for the more than 15 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and Canada and the people who love them, work with them, and live with them. Written by Steven Petrow, the go-to authority on the subjecthes the same-sex wedding expert at...
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Thorntree Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (352 pages)
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English
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Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain is the first of its kind: a book written for and by bisexuals in the UK. This accessible collection of interviews, essays, poems and commentary explores topics such as definitions of bisexuality, intersections of bisexuality with other identities, stereotypes and biphobia, being bisexual at work, teenage bisexuality and bisexuality through the years, the media's approach to bisexual celebrities, and fictional bisexual...
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"Based on detailed analysis of interviews with gay clergymen, and also with retired heterosexual clergymen whose ministries span the period since the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, Transcendent Vocation provides specific examples to back up the contention that the approach of the Church of England to homosexuals has increasingly been characterised by hypocrisy. It considers why gay men wish to work within an organisation that treats them with such negativity,...
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University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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English
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In this fascinating exploration--part memoir, part political discourse--Dennis Altman, one of the preeminent academics studying gay and lesbian culture around the world, connects the changes that have happened in the queer world over the last 40 years to larger social, political, and cultural trends. Written engagingly, this timely book explores the idea that major changes in the understanding of sexual and gender diversity reflect larger social and...
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Oak Lane Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource (304 pages)
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English
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Psychiatrist Loren A. Olson has frequently been asked two questions: "How could you not know that you were gay until the age of forty?" and "Wasn't your marriage just a sham to protect yourself at your wife's expense?" The author answers these questions by telling the inspiring story of his evolving sexuality, into which he intelligently weaves psychological concepts and gay history. This book is a powerful exploration of human sexuality, particularly...
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Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (224 pages)
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English
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Over the decades, gay cinema has reflected the community's journey from persecution to emancipation to acceptance. Politicized dramas like Victim in the 60s, The Naked Civil Servant in the 70s, and the AIDS cinema of the 80s have given way in recent years to films which celebrate a vast array of gay lifestyles. Gay films have undergone a major shift, from the fringe to the mainstream and 2005's Academy Awards were dubbed "the Gay Oscars" with awards...
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Documentary Educational Resources
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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This film follows Burmese human rights and LGBT activist, Aung Myo Min, as he returns home after 24 years in exile. Set against Myanmar's historical transition from half a century of brutal military rule, Myo shares his vision for equality for all - from children to transgender people to ethnic nationalities with his countrymen, to be part of his homeland's emergence from the darkness of dictatorship. Myo's story celebrates his belief that community...
13) Double Play: The Hidden Passions Behind the Double Assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk
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Vince Emery Productions
Pub. Date
2010.
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Second edition.
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1 online resource (496 pages)
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English
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"After assassinating San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, killer Dan White was given only a mild sentence for manslaughter. This true crime thriller explains why White killed the two politicians, and how he got away with murder. This new expanded edition reveals for the first time how after his release from prison White confessed his true murderous intent and his secret plan to kill two more politicians. A companion DVD provides...
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Frameline
Pub. Date
2005.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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As the grandiose issues of the LGBTQ movement become part of the political theatrics and under debate in the highest courts in the land, it is the stories of those most directly impacted that can be the most moving.In this short documentary, young people who are children of LGBTQ parents provide a chance to walk in their shoes - to hear their own views on marriage, making change, and what it means to be a family. This film was produced by the COLAGE...
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Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing his wife and the repercussions of neglecting his son. His novel, Naked Lunch, was one of the last books to be banned by the U.S. government....
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Jacana Media
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 online resource (162 pages)
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English
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"Describing the dichotomy of being both revered and reviled, this memoir traces the story of a sangoma-a traditional healer-who is also a lesbian. Descriptions of traditional African healing practices and rituals are provided alongside the personalized account of one woman acting as a mirror to the daily hardships and indignities felt by members of the gay community in Africa."--
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Vince Emery Productions
Pub. Date
2012.
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1 online resource (360 pages)
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English
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"The unrehearsed and unguarded conversations in this collection reveal Harvey Milk's sense of humor, outrage over injustice, and love of dramatic confrontation. This volume contains the texts of 39 interviews Milk did for newspapers, radio, and television, in which he describes his life, struggles, strategies, and dreams. It includes transcripts from three famous debates between Milk and John Briggs over the notorious Proposition 6 Briggs Initiative....
Publisher
Frameline
Pub. Date
2002.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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James Wentzy's in-your-face Fight Back, Fight AIDS is a compilation of footage documenting the first ACT UP meeting in 1987 on New York City's Wall Street and continues to 2002. Amateur video recording - at the demonstration level and from the private, behind-the-scenes meetings and training - reveals the astonishing camaraderie that united a politically enraged community, regardless of age, race, ethnicity or gender.. Recognizable faces among the...
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Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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TWO: The Story of Roman & Nyro documents the 12-year journey of legendary songwriter Desmond Child and his lifelong partner Curtis Shaw, and the extraordinary way they met and connected with Angela Whittaker, the woman who would carry their twin sons, Roman and Nyro, into the world. From pre-conception through the boys' first 10 years, TWO is the personal and powerful story of these unique individuals whose lives become inextricably woven together...
20) Jobriath A.D
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Factory 25
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Seventies glam rock musician Jobriath was known as "The American Bowie,"The True Fairy of Rock & Roll,"and "Hype of the Year."The first openly gay rock star, Jobriath’s reign was brief, lasting less than two years and two albums. Done in by a over-hyped publicity machine, shunned by the gay community, and dismissed by critics as all flash and no substance, Jobriath was excommunicated from the music business. He retreated to the Chelsea Hotel where...
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