 | How Homophobia Hurts Children: Nurturing Diversity at Home, At School & In the Community
Baker, Jean M.
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This book illustrates the ways that children growing up to be gay are harmed by homophobia before anyone, including themselves, even knows they are gay. This compelling and sympathetic volume describes many simple ways that these children can be helped to understand that they can grow up to lead normal lives, with hopes and dreams for t (more...) |
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 | Sissyphobia: Gay Men & Effeminate Behavior
Bergling, Tim
Here is a revealing look into male effeminacy: why some gay men are swishy, why other gay men are more masculine, and why effeminate men arouse anger, disgust, and disdain in both gay and straight men. Sissyphobia explores those negative feelings that are aimed at people termed fairies, faggots, flamers and queens; men who, as the author puts it, “run more toward what we could (more...) |
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 | Speaking Out: Stopping Homophobic and Transphobic Abuse in Queensland
Berman, Alan & Robinson, Shirleene
Based on the largest survey of gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex, transgender and queer reactions to violence and harassment ever undertaken in Australia, this book gives voice to the many victims who have suffered in the state once recognised as Australia’s most homophobic. It tells of the barriers people face in dealing with the legal system, the reasons why some do not report (more...) |
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 | Setting Them Straight: You Can Do Something About Bigotry and Homophobia in Your Life
Berzon, Betty
From singer Melissa Etheridge to Olympic champion Greg Louganis, from tennis great Martina Navratilova to the British actor Sir Ian McKellan, celebrities and notables have come forward to put a new face on gay and lesbian sexuality. At the same time, the religious right campaigns to legalize discrimination against gays and promote an anti-gay prejudice in the general public. Th (more...) |
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 | Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay myth
Besen, Wayne R.
Nationally recognized activist Wayne Besen spent four years examining the phenomenon of “ex-gay” ministries and reparative therapies—interviewing leaders, attending conferences, and visiting ministries undercover as he accumulated hundreds of hours of research. The result is Anything but Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth, a groundbreaking e (more...) |
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 | Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price
Blumenfeld, Warren J. (ed.)
The hatred of lesbians, gay males, and bisexuals remains an 'acceptable' prejudice in our society despite the widespread damage it causes in all our lives. Inviting sexual minorities and heterosexual men and women to become allies in the fight against homophobia, the contributors to this anthology explore how homophobia colludes with sexism by forcing people into rigid gender r (more...) |
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 | Eighth Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving AntiGay Violence
Brenner, Glaudia with Ashley, Hannah
A horrific antigay attack in May 1988 in Pennsylvania left one women, Rebecca Wight dead and her partner, Claudia Brenner seriously wounded. In this highly personal account of the murder and its aftermath Brenner shows the courage it has taken to overcome not only the physical but the emotional scars making her able to live a full life again. (more...) |
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 | Power Within
Christensen, Charles Zan & Brill, Mark (ill)
Shannon gets picked on a lot; his dad and teachers think he should just “fit in” more, but that doesn’t help. So Shannon escapes into a super-powered alter-ego whenever he’s in a bad situation. But will the power within be enough to save him? (NorthWest) (more...) |
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 | God Hates Fags:The Rhetorics of Religious Violence
Cobb, Michael
At the funeral of Matthew Shepard--the young Wyoming man brutally murdered for being gay--the Reverend Fred Phelps led his parishioners in protest, displaying signs with slogans like "Matt Shepard rots in Hell," "Fags Die God Laughs," and "God Hates Fags." In counter-protest, activists launched an "angel action," dressing in angel costumes, with seven-foot high wings, and creat (more...) |
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 | Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses
Cramer, Elizabeth P. (ed.)
This book presents an integrated approach toward changing attitudes about LGBT students, faculty, and staff on contemporary college campuses. Teaches specific classroom techniques for handling homophobia and heterosexism in the classroom. This book tackles a wide variety of subjects including academic freedom, diversity training, nontraditional families, and religion, each of w (more...) |
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 | Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study & its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, & Culture
Drescher, Jack (ed.)
In 2001, Robert L. Spitzer, MD, presented his study on sexual conversion therapy with its controversial findings that some homosexuals can change their sexual orientation. The resulting media sensation and political firestorm enraged the study’s critics and emboldened its supporters. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics (more...) |
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 | Homophobia: A History
Fone, Byrne
In an age when racial and ethnic bigotry is viewed with distaste, hatred of homosexuals remains rife. In this tour de force of historical and literary research Byrne Fone chronicles the history of homophobia through the centuries. Accessible, bold lively and enlightening. (more...) |
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 | Youth in Crisis: 40 Stories on Why Religion-Based Bigotry Against Gay People Must End Now
Gold, Mitch & Drucker, Mindy
Religious-based bigotry against LGBT people is explored in 40 highly personal accounts by gay celebrities, gay youth, and the parents of children who killed themselves because they felt they felt condemned by the church.
What is it like to be called an abomination by your religious leaders? To live in fear of losing your family's love? To be afraid to go to school because of (more...) |
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 | Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America
Gray, Mary L.
From Wal-Mart drag parties to renegade Homemaker’s Clubs, Out in the Country offers an unprecedented contemporary account of the lives of today’s rural queer youth. Mary L. Gray maps out the experiences of young people living in small towns across rural Kentucky and along its desolate Appalachian borders, providing a fascinating and often surprising look at the contours (more...) |
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 | Strong Women, Deep Closests: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport
Griffin, Pat
The topic of lesbians in sport is usually avoided by both straight and gay commentators. Griffin , a former athlete and coach argues that issues surrounding lesbians and sport must be addressed before homophobia and heterosexism can be eradicated. Begining with personal experiences of lesbians, Griffin then looks at ways of overcoming discrimination in sport. (more...) |
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 | Laramie Project
Kaufman, Moises
Ten years after the brutal death of Matthew Shepard, Moisés Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project returned to Laramie, Wyoming, and reinterviewed many of those who lent their voices to the dramatically powerful Laramie Project, adding an essential coda to what has become a classic of our time.
On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound (more...) |
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 | Second Person Queer: Who you are (so far)
Labonte, Richard & Schimel, Lawrence (eds)
First Person Queer, an anthology of non-fiction essays written in the first person by a variety of gay and lesbian authors, was a snapshot of LGBT life and experience in the modern age. Published in 2007, it received wide acclaim, and won the Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies and the Independent Publisher Award (Gold) for Gay & Lesbian Bo (more...) |
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| Losing Matt Shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay Murder
Loffreda, Beth
Beth Loffreda interviewed a wide range of residents of Laramie Wyoming to craft an account of the event, the community in which it took place and the consequences. Avoiding assumptions Loffreda analyses the murder from a class, race and sexuality perspectives. (more...) |
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| Construction of Attitudes Toward Lesbians & Gay Men
Pardie, Lynn & Luchetta, Tracy
Analyses the acceptance of heterosexism in the US and suggests ways of combating it. Various areas of homophobia are questioned: internalized, within the academic world, and its connection to HIV/AIDS. (more...) |
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 | One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia and Modern Manhood
Plummer, David
One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia, and Modern Manhood takes a fresh look at the formation of modern male sexual identities. You will find that homophobia is not only widespread, but that it takes diverse forms and has far-reaching behavioral and social consequences. The new concept of “homophobic passage,” which is part of the development of all young men, will en (more...) |
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 | Homophobia: An Australian History
Robinson, Shirleene
Homophobia is a prejudice with effects that extend far beyond the gay and lesbian community. While its physical, emotional and social effects have been charted to some extent, the development of homophobia in Australia has yet to be fully explored.
Homophobia: An Australian History is the first book to consider homophobia in a distinctively Australian context. In thi (more...) |
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 | It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living
Savage, Dan & Miller, Terry
Growing up isn't easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, making them feel like they have nowhere to turn. This is especially true for LGBT kids and teens who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. Without other openly gay adults and mentors in their lives, they can't imagine what their future may hold. In many instances, gay and lesbian adolescents (more...) |
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 | Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences
Schulman, Sarah
In this groundbreaking book, playwright and social critic Sarah Schulman explores the family, the first place where all people—straight, gay, and bisexual—learn homophobia. For it is within the family that homophobia begins to control people’s lives, whether as perpetrators or recipients.
Written in the tradition of Susan Brownmiller’s revolutionary Against Our Will: Men (more...) |
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 | Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
Shepard, Judy
The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son's death and the choice she made to become an international gay rights activist.
Today, the name Matthew Shepard is synonymous with gay rights, but before his grisly murder in 1998, Matthew was simply Judy Shepard's son. For the first time in book form, Judy Shepard speaks about her loss, sharing memories of Matthew, (more...) |
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 | Sexual Conversion Therapy: Ethical, Clinical and Research Perspectives
Shidlo, Schroeder & Drescher
In their fervor to “fix” homosexuals, practitioners of sexual conversion therapies have often overlooked or completely dismissed the possible psychological and social side effects of such treatments. Sexual Conversion Therapy: Ethical, Clinical, and Research Perspectives works to counterbalance the clinical and ethical omissions of overzealous therapists who have focused (more...) |
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