A perfect ancillary textbook for courses in history, literature and gender studies, this work contributes to the expanding field of queer studies from a historian's perspective. It looks at homosexuality through the eyes of Lytton Strachey as opposed to the too-often analysed Oscar Wilde and E.M Forster. Questioning the idea that homosexuality is a transgressive rebellion, as Strachey and numerous Bloomsbury scholars have insisted, this volume focuses on the ongoing conflict between Strachey's Victorian notions of class, gender and race, and his desire to be modern.

Share the personal stories of gay and lesbian couples who immigrated to Australia

This fascinating book examines the Australian government s innovative immigration program for same-sex couples. Covering the time from the early 1980s to 2000, Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration: Together Forever? offers a powerful glimpse into the gains and costs of immigration. Its twenty-year span offers insight into both immediate and long-term implications of this policy.

Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration intertwines the personal stories of gay and lesbian immigrants, including...

Learn how Charles Pierce achieved stardom and became one of the most famous female impersonators of all time

Charles Pierce (1926--1999) was an internationally known and highly successful female impersonator, known for his vivid portrayals of Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, and Mae West. This book offers a candid look at a career that spanned over fifty years--from his humble start at the Pasadena Playhouse, to his sold-out shows in San Francisco.

From Drags to Riches provides a rich and colorful history of Charles Pierce. In this insightful and moving volume, Pierce s...

Learn how Charles Pierce achieved stardom and became one of the most famous female impersonators of all time Charles Pierce (1926--1999) was an internationally known and highly successful female impersonator, known for his vivid portrayals of Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, and Mae West. This book offers a candid look at a career that spanned over fifty years--from his humble start at the Pasadena Playhouse, to his sold-out shows in San Francisco. From Drags to Riches provides a rich and colorful history of Charles Pierce. In this insightful and moving volume, Pierce's friend John Wallraff...

Learn how gay men use Internet technologies to connect with others sharing their erotic desires and to forge affirming communities online
Getting It On Online: Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality, and Embodied Identity examines the online embodied experiences of gay men. At once scholarly and sensual, this unique book is the result of a three-year ethnographic study chronicling the activities on three distinct social scenes in the world of Internet Relay Chat (IRC)--virtual spaces constructed by gay men for the erotic exploration of the male body. Examining the vital role the body plays in...

Learn how gay men use Internet technologies to connect with others sharing their erotic desires and to forge affirming communities online Getting It On Online: Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality, and Embodied Identity examines the online embodied experiences of gay men. At once scholarly and sensual, this unique book is the result of a three-year ethnographic study chronicling the activities on three distinct social scenes in the world of Internet Relay Chat (IRC)-virtual spaces constructed by gay men for the erotic exploration of the male body. Examining the vital role the body plays in...

Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories reverberates with the sound of "cripgay" voices rising to be heard above the din of indifference and bias, oppression and ignorance. This unique collection of compelling first-person narratives is at once assertive, bold, and groundbreaking, filled with characters-and character. Through the intimacy of one-on-one storytelling, gay men afflicted with mobility and neuromuscular disorders, spinal cord injury, deafness, blindness, and AIDS, fight isolation from society-and each other-to establish a public identity and a common culture. Queer Crips...

A collection of compelling first person narratives is at once assertive, bold, and groundbreaking, filled with characters - and character. Gay men with mobility and neuromuscular disorders, spinal cord injury, deafness, blindness, and AIDs, fight society, and each other, to establish a public identity and a common culture.

Presents first person accounts of 20 activists - life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation.

This fascinating book presents the first-person accounts of 20 activists--life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation. These autobiographies challenge the cultural expectations and values that have traditionally forced queer Asian/Pacific Americans into silent shame. The authors share their experiences growing up and show how those experiences led them to become social activists, speaking out against oppression.