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Letters for My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect
ISBN: 9781499342031 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. LETTERS FOR MY SISTERS is an anthology of collected wisdom by and for transgender women. This groundbreaking collection of letters tells raw, heartfelt stories of childhood, transitioning, and becoming women in a world where acceptance is sometimes elusive and costly. Brave, boldly vulnerable and revealing, this collection adds to a growing body of literature where trans people tell their own stories as they lived them. Each writer addresses one simple question: If you could write just one letter to someone beginning transition, or to your younger pre-transition self, what would you say?...
LETTERS FOR MY SISTERS is an anthology of collected wisdom by and for transgender women. This groundbreaking collection of letters tells raw, heartfel...
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Giving It Raw: Nearly 30 Years With AIDS
ISBN: 9781502470003 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thirty years ago the world was a different place when Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco, a native of Santiago, Chile, moved to Vancouver and discovered he was HIV+. Told he'd be lucky to live two years in 1985, Francisco faced the question of how to survive the overwhelming odds against him. Not only did he survive however, he thrived by turning the table on his deadly diagnosis and using AIDS as a new license to face mortality with gritty, dark humor that only a snap queen can accomplish. In this quirky, campy, tragicomic autopathography, Francisco spins a polyphonous web of personal stories about...
Thirty years ago the world was a different place when Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco, a native of Santiago, Chile, moved to Vancouver and discovered he was...
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Yank: An American in 1960's Swinging London
ISBN: 9781511501613 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960'S - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Twiggy, Mary Quant, Carnaby Street, pirate radio, the movie Darling. Is that how you remember the 60's? And if you weren't there, is that how you might imagine it? But what was it like to actually live in London during that era? Our author actually lived and worked there as a male model during those heady years. Told through a series of amusing stories involving captivating characters, see what it was like to walk those London streets. Witness an insane interview with the Beatles Experience life as a news reader at Radio...
SWINGING LONDON IN THE 1960'S - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Twiggy, Mary Quant, Carnaby Street, pirate radio, the movie Darling. Is that how you ...
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Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family
ISBN: 9780989626354 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moving Truth(s)" is written to move us all. Closer to home. To bring conversations about gender and sexuality home to family and community. To serve ourselves and our families and communities in better understanding the lives of queer and transgender individuals by sharing our stories - our truths - and together move toward a place of inquiry and respect, such that "truth" itself is moved to a new place. How do we stay engaged with family, community and culture when we experience homophobia and transphobia? Where have we found support systems? Who have been our most active and sometimes least...
Moving Truth(s)" is written to move us all. Closer to home. To bring conversations about gender and sexuality home to family and community. To serve o...
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Mom and Dad, I?m gay: Coming Out of the Closet
ISBN: 9781511719308 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mom and Dad, I'm Gay Coming out of the closet" is an expression that covers a lot of a gay person's experience. Most of our fears and doubts are perfectly hidden in a closet. It is like the story with the Boogie Man. What happens if we decide to come out of this and confess who we really are and what we really like to do? Fortunately, this book will provide you all the information you need to overcome a crisis situation if you are among the gay people in the whole world. If not, then you should still keep going on with the lecture because you'll find a lot of interesting and accurate...
Mom and Dad, I'm Gay Coming out of the closet" is an expression that covers a lot of a gay person's experience. Most of our fears and doubts are perfe...
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Lesbian Crush Diaries: School, Bulimia, France
ISBN: 9781511700993 / Angielski / Miękka / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lesbian Crushes at School: A Diary on Growing Up Gay in the Eighties ... In 1983 thirteen-year-old Natasha is in love with her French teacher, Miss Williams. When Natasha is cruelly banished from Miss Williams's class forever, the love develops into obsession ... stalking ... unhealthy behaviour ... and painfully misguided cries for attention. --------------- Lesbian Crushes and Bulimia: A Diary on How I Acquired my Eating Disorder ... In 1989 nineteen-year-old Natasha meets a young woman her own age and panics at a looming LESBIAN relationship. She starves herself of food. And just to make...
Lesbian Crushes at School: A Diary on Growing Up Gay in the Eighties ... In 1983 thirteen-year-old Natasha is in love with her French teacher, Miss Wi...
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102,04 |
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Coming Out: 2
ISBN: 9781481816762 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,97 |
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My Life is No Accident: a memoir by Tenika Watson
ISBN: 9781511875486 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who is Tenika Watson? Many people have wondered, many people have assumed, and few have truly known the story of her life beyond the tabloid coverage of the car crash that paralyzed the late Teddy Pendergrass. My Life Is No Accident is a memoir spanning five decades. It is a story of innocence, family, coming of age, love, struggle, and overcoming adversity.
Who is Tenika Watson? Many people have wondered, many people have assumed, and few have truly known the story of her life beyond the tabloid coverage ...
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One Thing for Certain, Two Things for Sure: a memoir continued
ISBN: 9780692442043 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One Thing for Certain, Two Things for Sure reminds us that there are no mistakes or accidents in life-that everything happens as it should. Through the dissolution of a sordid affair with a married man, friendships, and personal setbacks Stewart teaches us the art of letting go, and adapting to whatever comes our way. Stewart allows us, the reader, an intimate look into his personal life through stories that center on dating, love, fear, fate and destiny. "I hope my story, these words, will help navigate the lives of men and women everywhere." Craig Stewart's groundbreaking debut memoir,...
One Thing for Certain, Two Things for Sure reminds us that there are no mistakes or accidents in life-that everything happens as it should. Through th...
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78,51 |
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A Journey of Pride: From Mauritius to Melbourne
ISBN: 9781925219913 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When his older brother asks him if he is gay, Jacques is first stunned by the question.
Soon after he's come out, Jacques leaves behind the idyllic island of Mauritius, and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. First stop Paris, where he lives grandly for a time, before his life takes a twist and he finds himself squatting in a less salubrious part of the French capital. Next stop Cyprus, where Jacques reinvents himself as a teacher. He then survives war-torn Lebanon, and heeds the counsel of a generous Australian benefactor who encourages him to make Sydney his next... When his older brother asks him if he is gay, Jacques is first stunned by the question.
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Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer (Color)
ISBN: 9781512019780 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer is the first full-length biography of the woman who has been called the mother of the gay-rights movement, Barbara Gittings. Her work in the LGBT movement spanned from the late 1950s until her death in 2007. Her partner in life, Kay Lahusen, photographed many of the movement's biggest actions during the 1960s, and more than 270 photos accompany this biography. This book is available in both color and B&W editions, and in color on Kindle by July 2015. Gittings was active in a wide range of pre- and post-Stonewall groups, including the Daughters of Bilitis. She...
Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer is the first full-length biography of the woman who has been called the mother of the gay-rights movement, Barbara Gitti...
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Making Rain: A memoir of drag, big hair and covens
ISBN: 9780983056836 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making Rain is a memoir of drag, raging hairdressers and pagan covens. It is life on the edge of society in a bizarre Staten Island landscape of odd encounters: mob misfits, pagan priestesses and public servants in drag. Fred Gorsky's personal saga combines self-discovery and hedonism in new and unexpecting ways, passing from a youth of teenage cross-dressing to adulthood as a drag performer, businessman and B&D madam, and on to a mature stage of perspective and wisdom. The setting is a dysfunctional seaside community of broken bungalows and seedy bars, Manhattan of drag balls and hustlers...
Making Rain is a memoir of drag, raging hairdressers and pagan covens. It is life on the edge of society in a bizarre Staten Island landscape of odd e...
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Trans Boomer: A Memoir of My Journey from Female to Male
ISBN: 9781622492688 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS
ISBN: 9781620971925 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In December 1995, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For countless people, the drug offered a reprieve from what had been a death sentence; for others, it was too late. In the United States alone, more than 318,000 people had already died from AIDS-related complicationsamong them the singer Michael Callen and the poet Essex Hemphill.
Relevant and heartbreaking (Bay Area Reporter), incisive, passionate, and poetic (New York Journal of Books), and powerful (Kirkus Reviews), Hold... In December 1995, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For count...
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Trans: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781784781675 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Extraordinary memoir of transition and transgender politics and culture
In July 2012, aged thirty, Juliet Jacques underwent sex reassignment surgery a process she chronicled with unflinching honesty in a serialised national newspaper column. Trans tells of her life to the present moment: a story of growing up, of defining yourself, and of the rapidly changing world of gender politics. Fresh from university, eager to escape a dead-end job and launch a career as a writer, she navigates the treacherous waters of a world where, even in the liberal and feminist media, transgender... Extraordinary memoir of transition and transgender politics and culture
In July 2012, aged thirty, Juliet Jacques underwent sex reassignmen... |
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Delusions of Grandeur: A Few Hundred Tales from the Emperor of St. Louis
ISBN: 9780692470770 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,48 |
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Queer Rock Love: A Family Memoir
ISBN: 9780986084430 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens when an introverted feminist academic tosses off her big black nerd glasses and succumbs to a brutal crush on a hard-rockin' Texas boygirl? Paige Schilt's journey introduces her to Southern belles, singing sperm donors, gay evangelicals, and tattooed sub-cultural kinfolk. A unique tale of family, illness, and resilience, Queer Rock Love reminds us that our trials and tribulations can sometimes become powerful sources of community and connection.
What happens when an introverted feminist academic tosses off her big black nerd glasses and succumbs to a brutal crush on a hard-rockin' Texas boygir...
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Gin and Gardenias: A Memoir of Desire, Love, and Loss: Poems
ISBN: 9781934216774 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A verse memoir about the social, political, and spiritual challenges of forging a male gay identity in the Southern United States during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Gin and Gardenias is a remarkable book that chronicles what Adrienne Rich has called "the damage that was done / and the treasures that prevail." Scott Henderson's verse memoir of growing up gay in the South, of finding and losing his beloved partner, and of embracing his own identity will touch your heart and mind in equal measure. He has prevailed with candor, with tears, with hard-earned laughter,... A verse memoir about the social, political, and spiritual challenges of forging a male gay identity in the Southern United States during the late 2... |
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50,99 |
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Tease: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780692518267 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. TEASE intimately reveals the backstage story of world-class strippers on the national and international stages in the 1960s and '70s, full of both glamour and danger. It is Brandy's intimate story of glamour and rhinestones during an era of international high class stripping, covering fourteen years and four continents. TEASE is Brandy's journey through painful heartbreak and tremendous challenges to independence and strength as she danced in low-class bars, high-class clubs, and Mafia-owned stages. Readers meet Brandy and the women of burlesque through the history and art of striptease.
TEASE intimately reveals the backstage story of world-class strippers on the national and international stages in the 1960s and '70s, full of both gla...
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57,84 |
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Fantasia Fair Diaries
ISBN: 9781517082727 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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