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

D. Merilee Clunis etc.: Lives of Lesbian Elders

USA 2005, 209 pp., brochure, € 20.60
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This book illuminates the hopes, fears, issues, and concerns of gay women as they grow older. Based on interviews with 62 lesbians ranging in age from 55 to 95, it provides a historical account of the shared experiences of the lesbian community that is so often invisible or ignored in contemporary society. Cast off and overlooked at best or victims ... Weiterlesen

D. Merilee Clunis etc.: Lesbian Couples

USA 2005, 355 pp., brochure, € 21.95
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Seal
Written by lesbian therapists, this book covers a range of topics, including commitment ceremonies and marriage, living arrangements, work, money, maintaining personal identities, coming out to family and friends, resolving conflict, and raising children. The book gives a variety of examples and problem-solving techniques drawn from extensive research, and emphasizes the issues that arise with couples of different races, classes, ... Weiterlesen

Joan Roughgarden: Evolution's Rainbow

Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People. USA 2005, 474 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, the author challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. An evolutionary biologist herself, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science, and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, amphibians, reptiles, ... Weiterlesen

Matti Bunzl: Symptoms of Modernity

Jews and Queers in Late-20th-Century Vienna. USA/UK 2004, 292 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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University of California Press
In the 1990s, Vienna's Jews and queers abandoned their clandestine existence and emerged into the city's public sphere in unprecedented numbers. »Symptoms of Modernity« traces this development in the context of Central European history. Jews and homosexuals are signposts of an exclusionary process of nation-building. Cast in their modern roles in the late 19th century, they functioned as »Others«, ... Weiterlesen

Ara Wilson: The Intimate Economies of Bangkok

USA 2004, 272 pp., brochure, € 22.79
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This portrait of the intertwining of identities, relationships, and economics during Bangkok's boom years uses case studies of women's and men's participation in a range of modern markets - department stores, go-go bars etc - the author chronicles the expansion of capitalist exchange into further reaches of Thai society. She shows how global economies have interacted with local systems to ... Weiterlesen

Ronald C. Fox (ed.): Current Research on Bisexuality

USA 2004, 280 pp., brochure, € 22.59
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A crucial guide to current theory, research, and practice on bisexuality, which should be required reading for sex researchers - clinicians, academicians, and students alike - and practitioners. This book dispels myths about bisexuality, presenting quantitative and qualitative analyses, and conveys the rich lives of bisexual people with abundant anecdotes. It also shows that the subdiscipline of bisexual studies has ... Weiterlesen

Stephen Bates: A Church at War

UK/USA 2004, 248 pp., cloth, € 23.95
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The Angelican Communion is in turmoil. One of the great historic pillars of Christianity, embraced by 70 million people in 164 countries, faces the real and immediate possibility of collapse, as the prospect of schism looms ever closer. Yet why is gay sexuality the explosive issue that could rip the Angelicans apart, and put an end to a century-old international ... Weiterlesen

Jennifer Robertson (ed.): Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities

USA/UK/AUS 2004, 310 pp., brochure, € 36.99
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This anthropological reader demonstrates the centrality of the complicated relationship of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices. Although heterosexuality has been interrogated and demystified, it retains normative dominance. By drawing on the fresh and illuminating perspectives of anthropology, this collection moves beyond other »lesbian and gay studies« readers by presenting a broader view of the ... Weiterlesen

Evan Gerstmann: Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution

UK/USA 2004, 222 pp., brochure, € 27.99
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Does the Constitution protect the right to same-sex marriage? Much of the writing on this subject has been highly one-sided. This book takes a careful second look at the issue. Not only does it carefully look at the legal debate, but it also asks whether, in a democratic society, the courts should settle this question rather than the voters and ... Weiterlesen

William L. Leap, Tom Boellstorff (eds.): Speaking in Queer Tongues

Globalization and Gay Language. USA 2004, 288 pp., brochure, € 54.95
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Language is a fundamental tool for shaping identity and community, including the expression (or repression) of sexual desire. The author investigates the tensions and adaptations that occur when processes of globalization bring one system of gay or lesbian language into contact with another. Western constructions of gay culture are now circulating widely beyond the boundaries of Western nations due to ... Weiterlesen

Roderick A. Ferguson: Aberrations in Black

Toward a Queer of Color Critique. USA 2004, 175 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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University of Minnesota Press
The sociology of race relations in America typically describes an intersection of poverty, race, and economic discrimination. But what is missing from the picture - sexual difference - can be as instructive as what is present. In this work, the author reveals how the discourses of sexuality are used to articulate theories of racial difference in the field of sociology. ... Weiterlesen

Dana Rosenfeld: The Changing of the Guard

USA 2003, 250 pp., brochure, € 24.20
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One of the first books to link identity, age, and gender, »The Changing of the Guard« offers a significant meditation on the politics of older lesbians and gays. Combining interviews and sustained critical thought, Rosenfeld links the development of lesbian and gay elders' identity with the key moments in the 20th century reinvention of homosexuality. In doing so, she bridges ... Weiterlesen