This ethnography of the emergence and institutionalization of transgender as a category of collective identity and political activism shows how activists in the 1990s embraced the category. The category quickly gained momentum in public health, social service, scholarly, and legislative contexts. The author conducted ethnographic research among mostly male-to-female transgender-identified people at drag balls, support groups, cross-dresser organizations, clinics, ... Weiterlesen

Michael Thompson: Endowed

Regulating the Male Sexed Body. USA/UK 2008, 194 pp., brochure, € 35.30
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Taylor and Francis

Feminist legal scholars abd health care lawyers have long engaged with law's responses to the female reproductive body. Acknowledging this work and building upon it, �Endowed� considers the interaction of law and ideas of male productivity. In particular, it seeks to uncover what these regulatory moments can tell us about contemporary ideas and the ideas of masculinity and the male ... Weiterlesen

Susan Driver (ed.): Queer Youth Cultures

USA 2008, 307 pp., brochure, € 29.20
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Engaging a wide range of cultural practices, including zine-making, drag performance, online chatting, music, gay porn, and organizing resistance, the essays explore the creative, political, energetic, and artistic worlds of contemporary queer youth. The research in this collection bridges the perspectives of academics and queer youth, and the voices the youth resonate throughout the analyses of their communities and lives. ... Weiterlesen

Glyn Davis: Queer as Folk

UK 2007, 160 pp., brochure, € 19.99
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In the first critical study of this groundbreaking and controversial series - both the British original and the American remake - Glyn Davis examines in detail its conception, production, controversial content, marketing and reception. He situates �Queer as Folk� in relation to the history of �gay TV,� Channel 4's drama output, �New Labour� politics, and the �mainstreaming� of homosexuality in ... Weiterlesen

Khalil Amani: Hip-Hop Homophobes

USA 2007, 147 pp., brochure, € 16.99
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Khalil Amani has put homophobia on blast! 50 Cent, Eminem, DMX, Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, Elephant Man, Buju Banton, Tim Hardaway, TD Jakes, Creflo Dollar, Bishop Eddie Long - their homophobia has been officially dismantled. Do they even know why they're homophobic? Homophobia is rooted in their Judeo-Christian upbringing. It doesn't matter how gangsta they are. They have been religiously/culturally ... Weiterlesen

Tom Boellstorff: The Gay Archipelago

USA 2007, 282 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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The University Press Group

The lives of gay men in Indonesia are, for the first time, explored in this book. Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous nation and home to more Muslims than any other country. Based on a range of field methods, it shows how Indonesian gay and lesbian identities are shaped by nationalism and globalization. The author examines the history of ... Weiterlesen

Jamye Waxman: Women Loving Women

USA 2007, 128 pp., brochure, € 19.39
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�Women Loving Women� explores the phenomenon of the contemporary �bi-sexual� or �lesbian� experience for the heterosexual woman. However, while lesbianism is indeed an emerging trend, it is also an age-old obsession that this book also addresses and places in a historical perspective. The book investigates the reasons modern women are more open to same-sex encounters, how these experiences can connect ... Weiterlesen

Jeffrey P. Dennis: Queering Teen Culture

USA 2006, 221 pp., brochure, € 16.59
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Is the overwhelming boy-meets-girl content of popular teen movies, music, books, and TV just a cover for an undercurrent of same-sex desire? From the 1950s to the present, popular culture has involved teenage boys falling for, longing over, dreaming about, singing to, and fighting over teenage girls. But �Queering Teen Culture� analyzes more than 200 movies and TV shows to ... Weiterlesen

Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Charles Moser (eds.): Sadomasochism - Powerful Pleasures

USA 2006, 365 pp., brochure, € 98.95
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This book explores the entire sexual subculture that lies on the cutting edge of society. Though vilified by society at large - all the way from the religious right to the feminist left - these interdisciplinary discussions of the latest research shed surprising light on SM practitioners, and their out-of-the-mainstream activities. Leading experts reveal the latest valuable information, research findings, ... Weiterlesen

Gordon Waitt, Kevin Markwell: Gay Tourism: Culture and Context

USA 2006, 307 pp., brochure, € 28.49
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Gay male tourism: �selling out� or �coming out�? The pink tourism dollar now represents a highly profitable niche of the tourist market. This book critically investigates the emergence of a commercial gay tourism industry for male clients, the way it is organized, and how the tourism industry promotes cities, resorts, and nations as �gay� destinations. This examination critically questions the ... Weiterlesen

Brian Whitaker: Unspeakable Love

UK 2011, 280 pp., pb., € 19.95
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Homosexuality is still taboo in the Arab countries. While clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, newspapers, reluctant to address it directly, talk cryptically of �shameful acts� and �deviant behaviour�. Despite growing acceptance of sexual diversity in many parts of the world, attitudes in the Middle East have been hardening against it. In this absorbing account, journalist Brian Whitaker paints ... Weiterlesen

Peggy Drexler with Linden Gross: Raising Boys Without Men

USA 2006, 224 pp., brochure, € 12.39
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According to prevailing wisdom, a boy must be raised with a man in the house. Otherwise, he's bound to be a failure. That same wisdom tells us that mothers left to their own devices will smother their sons and turn them into sissies, and that sons of unmarried women are destined to a life of crime. The author wasn't quite ... Weiterlesen

Ritch C. Savin-Williams: The New Gay Teenager

USA 2006, 288 pp., cloth, € 16.59
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Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, the author argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health researchers - as depressed, isolated, drug-dependent, even suicidal - may have been exaggerated even ... Weiterlesen

Eric Anderson: In the Game

Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity. USA 2005, 208 pp., brochure, € 29.99
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SUNY

Using interviews with openly gay and closeted team-sport athletes, the author examines how homophobia is reproduced in sport, how gay male athletes navigate this, and how American masculinity is changing. By detailing individual experiences, the author shows how these athletes are emerging from their athletic closets and contesting the dominant norms of masculinity. From the locker rooms of high school ... Weiterlesen

Tim Riley: Fever

USA 2005, 237 pp., brochure, € 13.89
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Tim Riley lives in New York and is the author of �Tell Me Why� and �Hard Rain�. His commentary on pop culture appeared in �The Washington Post�, �Boston Magazine�, �The Boston Phoenix�, �Salon� and �Feed�. He is currently the pop critic for NPR's �Here and Now�. In �Fever�, the music critic agues that while political and athletic role models have ... Weiterlesen

Michel Dorais: Rent Boys

UK 2005, 107 pp., brochure, € 16.59
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Debunking several myths, including the belief that all prostitutes are victims, �Rent Boys� paints a vivid picture of the men who service men. Through frank interviews with forty boys working in the sex industry, Michel Dorais shows that there are differences among them with regard to self-esteem, control over their lives, relationship to clients, and risk of HIV infection. He ... Weiterlesen

Helmut Graupner, Phillip Tahmindjis (eds.): Sexuality and Human Rights

A Global Overview. USA/UK/AUS 2005, 244 pp., brochure, € 27.99
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Human rights issues exist globally, particularly when they have to do with sexuality. This book focuses on the controversial issues of human sexuality and the legal challenges that LGBT individuals face. Internationally recognized legal experts discuss the status of important human rights laws pertaining to sexuality from around the world. This unique, up-to-date examination of the legal issues involving LGBT ... Weiterlesen

Randy Shilts: Conduct Unbecoming

USA 2005, 813 pp., brochure, € 19.39
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Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic, investigated the situation of lesbians und gays in the military by interviewing hundreds of servicepeople at all levels of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Shilts' collage of historical research, interviews, and U.S. military documents (both public and confidential) portrays in detail the vital role ... Weiterlesen

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