Wim Peumans: Queer Muslims in Europe : Sexuality, Religion and Migration in Belgium

GB 2019, 304 pp., pb., € 49.95
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I.B. Tauris
Belgium was the second country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage. It has an elaborate legal system for protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual individuals in general and queer asylum seekers in particular. At the same time, since 2015 the country has become known as the »jihadi centre of Europe« and criticized for its »homonationalism« where ... Weiterlesen

Frédéric Martel: In the Closet of the Vatican

Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy. UK 2019, 555 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Bloomsbury
The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of the use of contraceptives, the cover up of countless cases of sexual abuse, the resignation of Benedict XVI, misogyny among the clergy, the dramatic fall in Europe of the number of vocations to the priesthood, the plotting against Pope Francis - all these issues are clouded in mystery and secrecy. This book reveals ... Weiterlesen

Ana Hoffner: The Queerness of Memory

D 2018, 152 pp., brochure, € 18.50
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»The Queerness of Memory« proposes ways of remembering a past that cannot be clearly seen, one which is loaded with affective confusion, historical disorientation and the desire to return to that which still hurts. Ana Hoffner's series of art works and writings that are assembled in this book explore the politics of trauma and post '89 memory through the lens ... Weiterlesen

Frédéric Martel: Global Gay

How Gay Culture Is Changing the World. USA 2018, 296 pp., hardback, € 24.95
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MIT Press
In »Global Gay«, Frédéric Martel visits more than fifty countries and documents a revolution underway around the world: the globalization of LGBT rights. From Saudi Arabia to South Africa, from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv, from Singapore to the United States, activists, culture warriors, and ordinary people are part of a movement. Martel finds that although the »gay American way of ... Weiterlesen

Rusty Barrett: From Drag Queens to Leathermen

Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures. UK 2017, 251 pp., brochure, € 34.95
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Oxford University Press
This book examines gendered language use in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. Within each subculture, unique patterns of language use challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexual identity. Rusty Barrett's analyses of these subcultures emphasize the ways in which gay male constructions of gender are intimately linked to other forms of ... Weiterlesen

Frank Browning: The Fate of Gender

Nature, Nurture, and the Human Future. USA 2017, 320 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Bloomsbury
This investigation on the modern fluidity of gender asks how people question what masculinity and femininity are, and how much of that is the result of biology and social conditioning. Social trends towards more gender fluidity were assisted by the separation of sex and reproduction after the introduction of contraceptives, and the spread of the idea of gender as performance. ... Weiterlesen

Bennett Singer and David Deschamps: LGBTQ Stats

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People by the Numbers. USA 2017, 224 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Perseus Group
20 years ago it was impossible to imagine the president of the United States embracing same-sex marriage or Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn Jenner, an open transgender woman. »LGBTQ Stats« chronicles the ongoing LGBTQ revolution, providing the critical statistics, and draws upon and synthesizes newly collected data. The authors provide chapters on family and marriage, workplace discrimination, education, youth, criminal ... Weiterlesen

Phillip M. Ayoub: When States Come Out

Europe's Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility. USA/UK 2016, 275 pp., brochure, € 38.99
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Cambridge University Press
In the last two decades, the LGBT movement has gained momentum that is arguably unprecedented in speed and suddenness when compared to other human rights movements. This book investigates the recent history of this transnational movement in Europe, focusing on the diffusion of the norms it champions and the overarching question of why, despite similar international pressures, the trajectories of ... Weiterlesen

Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel and others (eds.): Trans Studies

The Challenge to Hetero/Homo Normativities. USA 2016, 270 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Transgender people have rapidly gained public visibility, contesting many basic assumptions about what gender and embodiment mean. The vibrant discipline of Trans Studies explores such challenges in depth, building on the insights of queer and feminist theory to raise provocative questions about the relationships among gender, sexuality, and accepted social norms. »Trans Studies« is an interdisciplinary essay collection, bringing together ... Weiterlesen

Jemimah Steinfeld: Little Emperors and Material Girls

Sex and Youth in Modern China. UK 2015, 256 pp., brochure, € 19.99
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I.B. Tauris
Behind the headlines a once-in-a-generation sexual and cultural revolution is taking place in the bars, cafes and streets of China's mega-cities. The author meets the young people behind the world's fastest-moving nation to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Young Chinese have new words to describe the world they live in: »little emperors« - bossy and selfish single ... Weiterlesen

John Browne: The Glass Closet

Why Coming Out Is Good Business. USA 2015, 240 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Random House
Today gay men and women in the Western world enjoy greater acceptance and more legal protection than ever before. Yet an alarming number of businessmen and women choose to remain closeted at work. In »The Glass Closet«, John Browne argues that whether you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or straight, it's better for you, your business and the economy when you ... Weiterlesen

David M. Halperin: How to Be Gay

USA 2014, 549 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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Harvard University Press
If you assert that male homosexuality is a cultural practice, expressive of a unique subjectivity and a distinctive relation to mainstream society, people will immediately protest. Such an idea is just a stereotype - ridiculously simplistic, politically irresponsible, and morally suspect. The world acknowledges gay male culture as a fact but denies it as a truth. The author - pioneer ... Weiterlesen

Noelle M. Stout: After Love

Queer Intimacy and Erotic Encounters in Post-Soviet Cuba. USA 2014, 272 pp. with photographs, brochure, € 34.95
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Duke University Press
The anthropologist author arrived in Havana in 2002 to study the widely publicized emergence of gay tolerance in Cuba but discovered that the sex trade was dominating everyday discussions among gays, lesbians, and »travesties«. Largely eradicated after the Revolution, sex work, including same-sex prostitution, exploded in Havana when the island was opened to foreign tourism in the early 1990s. The ... Weiterlesen

Martin F. Manalansan, Chantal Nadeau, Richard T. R: Queering the Middle

Race, Religion, and a Queer Midwest. A Special Issue of GLQ. USA 2014, 228 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 15.99
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Duke University Press
When imagined in relation to other regions of the United States, the Midwest is often positioned as the norm, the uncontested site of white American middle-class heteronormativity. This characterization has often prevailed in scholarship on sexual identity, practice, and culture, but a growing body of recent queer work on rural sexualities, transnational migration, regional identities, and working-class culture suggests the ... Weiterlesen

Elisabeth Sheff: The Polyamorists Next Door

Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families. USA 2015, 325 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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Rowman and Littlefield
Marriage and monogamy are not what they used to be, and today many couples are opting to start families before getting married, or deciding not to get married at all. At the same time, gay couples in states that recognize same-sex marriage are getting married in droves. Some people prefer non-monogamy and have relationships that include swinging and polyamory. The ... Weiterlesen

Mark McCormack: The Declining Significance of Homophobia

How Teenage Boys Are Redefining Masculinity and Heterosexuality. USA 2013, 166 pp., brochure, € 43.95
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Oxford University Press
Research has traditionally shown high schools to be hostile environments for LGBT youth. Boys have used homophobia to prove their masculinity and distance themselves from homosexuality. Despite these findings over the last three decades, »The Declining Significance of Homophobia« tells a different story. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews of young men in three British high schools, the author shows how ... Weiterlesen

Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, Michael Amico (ed: »You Can Tell Just by Looking«

And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People. USA 2013, 190 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Beacon
This book breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives. In »You Can Tell Just by Looking« three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Myths, such as »All Religions Condemn Homosexuality« and ... 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