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Swimming Pool Library (Vintage International) Swimming Pool Library (Vintage International)
by Alan Hollinghurst

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A literary sensation and bestseller both in England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of AIDS; an elegy, possessed of chilling clarity, for ways of life that can no longer be... (read more)

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Dykes to Watch Out for: The Sequel Dykes to Watch Out for: The Sequel
by Alison Bechdel

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Grin, giggle, and guffaw your way through this celebrated cartoonist's graphic commentary of contemporary lesbian life.... (read more)

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When I Knew When I Knew
by Robert Trachtenberg

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When I Knew is a collection of smart, hilarious, and often poignant stories about that revelation for all gay men and women: when they first knew. In this gorgeously illustrated, cleverly designed, and colorful book, acclaimed fashion and celebrity... (read more)

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Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming-Out Process for Gays, Lesbians, & Their Families Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming-Out Process for Gays, Lesbians, & Their Families
by Billie Fitzpatrick

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Drawing on her own experience coming out to her celebrity parents, as well as on the experiences of many other young people throughout the country, Chastity describes the challenges and rewards of coming out--for gays, lesbians, and their families.... (read more)

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Always Always
by Nicola Griffith

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From cult phenomenon to award-winning literary sensation, "the sexiest action figure since James Bond" (Seattle Weekly) returns in an exhilarating new thriller. It doesn't matter how well trained you are, how big, how fast, how strong; there will always... (read more)

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Plays well with others Plays well with others
by Allan Gurganus

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Allan Gurganus became a bestselling author with his debut novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, an hilarious Southern epic that won the Sue Kaufmann Prize and garnered him comparisons to Eudora Welty and William Faulkner. His... (read more)

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Notes of a Desolate Man (Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan) Notes of a Desolate Man (Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan)
by Chu Tien Wen

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Winner of the coveted China Times Novel Prize, this postmodern, first-person tale of a contemporary Taiwanese gay man reflecting on his life, loves, and intellectual influences is among the most important recent novels in Taiwan. The narrator, Xiao Shao,... (read more)

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Queer Cowboys Queer Cowboys
by Chris Packard

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Was the American Cowboy gay? Judging from the earliest representations of cowboys and other frontier figures in popular literature—who typically preferred a "buddy" over a wife—the answer seems to be yes. Evidence from books by nineteenth... (read more)

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The Well of Loneliness: A 1920s Classic of Lesbian Fiction The Well of Loneliness: A 1920s Classic of Lesbian Fiction
by Radclyffe Hall

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The extraordinary life of a great English eccentric whose novel, The Well of Loneliness -- the timeless story of a lesbian couple's struggle to be accepted by "polite society" -- is a classic of lesbian literature that has been in print continuously for... (read more)

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Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer: Have You Heard My Message? Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer: Have You Heard My Message?
by J Louis Campbell

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One of the founding fathers of the gay and lesbian liberation movement, Jack Nichols was a warrior for gay equality. Journalist, activist, co-founder of the Mattachine Societies of Washington, DC, and Florida, and editor of the first gay weekly newspaper... (read more)

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Life outside :the Signorile report on gay men, sex, drugs, muscles, and the passages of life Life outside :the Signorile report on gay men, sex, drugs, muscles, and the passages of life
by Michelang Signorile

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In Life Outside, Michelangelo Signorile has Interviewed hundreds of gay men from all over America to provide a groundbreaking study of the fundamental issues that shape their lives. They include sex in the age of AIDS, family relationships, long-term... (read more)

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Frisk Frisk
by Dennis Cooper

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An exploration of the fine dividing line between desire, pornography and violence, this is a novel both about the macabre temptations of taboo and the power of fantasy and faith. Dennis Cooper has also written Closer and several volumes of poetry... (read more)

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Baby Steps: How Lesbian Alternative Insemination Is Changing the World Baby Steps: How Lesbian Alternative Insemination Is Changing the World
by Amy Agigian

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Explores the controversial implications of lesbian insemination.... (read more)

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Becoming a Man Half a Life Story Becoming a Man Half a Life Story
by Paul Monette

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The critically and popularly acclaimed coming of age/coming out story from the author of Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. "Witty as it is anguished and as full of understanding as of anger, this is Monette's best book... (read more)

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Adventures of a Bird-Shit Foreigner Adventures of a Bird-Shit Foreigner
by Sulayman X

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From the acclaimed author of Bilal's Breadcomes this unflinching portrait of an American-Thai young man struggling with his sexual identity. Isa is the product of a GI from Kansas City and a prostitute mother, and Thai society can be cruel to those not... (read more)

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Stonewall Inn Mysteries #0001: Dead on Your Feet: A Mystery Stonewall Inn Mysteries #0001: Dead on Your Feet: A Mystery
by Grant Michaels

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The founder of a ballet company is discovered murdered and the conductor is the prime suspect. Seduced by the choreographer, a hairdresser sets out to prove the conductor's innocence. Among many suspects, including the lover, the hairdresser discovers... (read more)

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Exile in Guyville: How a Punk Rock Redneck Faggot Texan Moved to West Hollywood and Refused to Be Shiny and Happy Exile in Guyville: How a Punk Rock Redneck Faggot Texan Moved to West Hollywood and Refused to Be Shiny and Happy
by Dave White

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Dave White (of Movies.com, among other sites) is my favorite movie reviewer, and when I heard he had written a book about his move from Texas to Hollywood I had to read it. Exile in Guyville is a collection of his emails home to family and friends... (read more)

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Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback
by Susan Stryker

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Queer Pulp exposes the history of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century American paperbacks. Historian Susan Stryker charts the rise of the queer paperback within the context of American pop- and publishing culture, with a peppy and accessible... (read more)

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Warriors & Outlaws Warriors & Outlaws
by John R Gordon

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Following on from the success of Black Butterfliesand Skin Deep,John R Gordon continues his exploration of gay life in Black Britain. Warriors and Outlawsis set in the gangsta'world of South London, amid a rich cast of characters. Tough young Jazz... (read more)

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How to Make the World a Better Place for Gays and Lesbians How to Make the World a Better Place for Gays and Lesbians
by Una Fahy

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HOW TO COUNTER AND COMBAT HOMOPHOBIA<P>Now, as never before, gays and lesbians are marching together in growing numbers, raising their voices and making themselves heard in their escalating fight for civil rights. Yet despite increased national... (read more)

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