Kerry Eleveld: Don't Tell Me to Wait

How the Fight for Gay Rights Changed America and Transformed Obama's Presidency. USA 2015, 368 pp., hardbound, € 27.99
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Perseus Group
Gay rights has been a defining progressive issue of Barack Obama's presidency: Congress repealed »Don't Ask, Don't Tell« in 2010 with his strong support, and in 2011, he instructed his Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, helping to pave the way for a series of Supreme Court decisions that ultimately legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. This succession ... Weiterlesen

Deutsches Historisches Museum / Schwules Museum (e: Homosexualität_en

Companion volume to the exhibitions at Deutsches Historisches Museum and Schwules Museum Berlin. D 2015, 224 pp., brochure, € 25.70
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Sandstein
The Deutsches Historisches Museum and the Schwules Museum present the exhibition »Homosexuality_ies« from 26 June to 1 December 2015. »Homosexuality_ies« documents 150 years of the history, politics and culture of homosexual women and men in Germany. The exhibition shows how same-sex sexuality and non-conformist gender identities have been criminalized through legislation, pathologized in medicine and excluded from society. It traces ... Weiterlesen

Robert Beachy: Gay Berlin

Birthplace of a Modern Identity. USA 2015, 305 pp., brochure, € 21.95
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Vintage
A book about the ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation, and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity. Known already in the 1850s for the friendly company of its »warm brothers«, Berlin, before the turn of the 20th century, became a place where scholars, activists, and medical ... Weiterlesen

Stephen Snyder-Hill: Soldier of Change

From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement. USA 2014, 198 pp., hardcover, € 24.95
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University of Nebraska Press
When »Don't Ask, Don't Tell«, the official U.S. policy on gays serving in the military, was repealed in 2011, soldier Stephen Snyder-Hill (then Captain Hill) was serving in Iraq. Having endured years of this policy, which passively encouraged a culture of fear and secrecy for gay soldiers, Snyder-Hill submitted a video to a Republican primary debate (held two days after ... Weiterlesen

Ryan R. Thoreson: Transnational LGBT Activism

Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide. USA 2014, 281 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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University of Minnesota Press
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was founded in 1990 as the first NGO devoted to advancing LGBT human rights worldwide. How, this book asks, is that mission translated into practice? What do transnational LGBT human rights advocates do on a day-to-day basis and for whom? Understanding LGBT human rights claims is impossible, Ryan R. Thoreson contends, ... Weiterlesen

Various Artists: The Gay 90's (Popular music from Victorian musical shows and other favourites)

UK 2006, CD mit 20 Tracks, € 19.99
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1 Runaway Girl / The Singing Girl / Land Of My Home / Far Away Over The Sea / Society / Soldiers In The Park
2 Robin Hood
3 Florodora / The Shade Of The Palm / Silver Star Of Love / Shade Of The Palm
4 Belle Of New York / They All Follow Me / We'll Stand And Die Together / ... Weiterlesen

Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon and Astrid Henry: Feminism Unfinished

A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movement. USA 2015, 256 pp. illustrated, pb., € 19.95
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W. W. Norton
Eschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women's movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, this book traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an expanded, historical narrative that dramatically rewrites a century of American women's history. Also challenging the contemporary lean-in, trickle-down feminist philosophy ... Weiterlesen

Robert Hofler: Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to »A Clockwork Orange«

How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos. USA 2014, 344 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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The years between 1968 and 1973 saw more sexual taboos challenged than ever before, and likely ever since. Film, literature, theater and music simultaneously broke through barriers previously unimagined, giving birth to what we still consider to be the height of sexual expression. In »Sexplosion«, Robert Hofler weaves a lively narrative linking many of the writers, producers, and actors responsible ... Weiterlesen

Suzanna Danuta Walters: The Tolerance Trap

How God, Genes, and Good Intentions Are Sabotaging Gay Equality. USA 2014, 333 pp., hardbound, € 39.95
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New York University Press
From »Glee« to gay marriage, from lesbian senators to out gay Marines, we have undoubtedly experienced a seismic shift in attitudes about gays in American politics and culture. Our reigning national story is that a new era of rainbow acceptance is at hand. But dig a bit deeper, and this seemingly brave new gay world is disappointing. For all of ... Weiterlesen

Sean Straub: Body Counts

A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival. USA 2014, 420 pp. with b/w photographs, hardbound, € 28.99
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Scribner
As a politics-obsessed Georgetown freshman, Sean Strub arrived in Washington, D.C., from Iowa in 1976, with a plum part-time job running a Senate elevator in the U.S. Capitol. He also harbored a terrifying secret: his attraction to men. As Strub explored the capital's political and social circles, he discovered a parallel world where powerful men lived double lives shrouded in ... Weiterlesen

John D'Emilio: In a New Century

Essays on Queer History, Politics, and Community Life. USA 2014, 282 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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A pioneering scholar of gay history, John D'Emilio reflects in this wide-ranging collection of essays upon the social, cultural, and political changes provoked by LGBT activism. He offers provocative questions and historical analyses: What can we learn from a life-long activist like Bayard Rustin, who questioned the wisdom of »identity politics«? Was Richard Nixon a »gay liberationist«? How can knowing ... Weiterlesen

Andrea Weiss: Paris Was a Woman

Portraits from the Left Bank. USA 2013, 256 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 24.95
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Publishers Group West
Originally published more than twenty years ago and winner of a Lambda Literary Award, »Paris Was a Woman« is a rare profile of the female literati in Paris at the turn of the last century. Now with a new preface and illustrations, this »scrapbook« of their work - along with Andrea Weiss' lively commentary - highlights the political, social, and ... Weiterlesen

Jason E. Black and Charles E. Morris (eds.): Harvey Milk - An Archive of Hope

Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings. USA 2013, 256 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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University of California Press
Harvey Milk was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. »An Archive of Hope« is Milk in his own words, bringing together in one volume a substantial collection of his speeches, columns, ... Weiterlesen

Christina B. Hanhardt: Safe Space

Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence. USA 2013, 358 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 39.95
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Duke University Press
Since the 1970s, a key goal of lesbian and gay activists has been protection against street violence, especially in gay neighborhoods. During the same time, policymakers and private developers declared the containment of urban violence to be a top priority. The author examines how LGBT calls for »safe space« have been shaped by broader public safety initiatives that have sought ... Weiterlesen

Julia Serano: Excluded

USA 2013, 327 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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While many feminist and queer movements are designed to challenge sexism, they often simultaneously police gender and sexuality sometimes just as fiercely as the straight, male-centric mainstream does. Among LGBTQ activists, there is a long history of lesbians and gay men dismissing bisexuals, transgender people, and other gender and sexual minorities. In each case, exclusion is based on the premise ... Weiterlesen

Linda Hirshman: Victory

The Triumphant Gay Revolution. USA 2013, 444 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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Harper Collins
When the modern struggle for gay rights erupted - most notably at a bar called Stonewall in Greenwich Village - in the summer of 1969, most religious traditions condemned homosexuality, psychiatric experts labeled people who were attracted to others of the same sex »crazy«, and 49 states in the USA outlawed sex between people of the same gender. 40 years ... Weiterlesen
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Brian Merriman: Wilde Stages in Dublin

A Decade of Gay Theatre. Ireland 2013, 254 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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»Wilde« - a term that survived the constructed shame of criminalisation of love for over a century. The name Wilde allowed for some visibility and discussion of a human circumstance, that law intended to obliterate and punish. This book is a personal memoir of the various stages in law, religion, advocacy and campaign that overturned the repression in some countries ... Weiterlesen

Paul Schulz und Christian Lütjens: Positive Pictures

A Gay History. D 2013, 224 S. mit zahlreichen S/W- u. farb. Abb., engl./dt. Text, geb., € 40.99
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Bruno Gmünder
Aids ist eine Krankheit, ein Schock, ein Tabu - doch dieses Buch gibt Aids nun viele Gesichter und zeigt eine - unsere - Kultur, die sich um den Umgang mit der Krankheit gebildet hat. Im Lauf der Jahrzehnte wurden Entwicklungen deutlich: wie ging Gay Porn mit Aids um? Wie setzten sich Künstler und Filmemacher mit der Krankheit auseinander? Wie stellten ... Weiterlesen
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