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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 (dostawa przed świętami) 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.
Soon after he's come out, Jacques leaves behind the idyll... |
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91,09 zł |
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The Wedding Heard 'round the World: America's First Gay Marriage
ISBN: 9780816699261 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) On September 3, 1971, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker exchanged vows in the first legal same-sex wedding in the United States. Their remarkable story is told here for the first time--a unique account of the passion and energy of the gay liberation movement in the sixties and seventies. At the dawn of the modern gay movement (while New York's Stonewall riots and San Francisco's emerging political activism bloomed), these two young men insisted on making their commitment a legal reality. They were already crusaders for gay rights: Jack had twice been elected the University of Minnesota's...
On September 3, 1971, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker exchanged vows in the first legal same-sex wedding in the United States. Their remarkable story...
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93,67 zł |
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Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer (Color)
ISBN: 9781512019780 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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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202,69 zł |
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The Life of a Perfectly Average Homosexual
ISBN: 9780993322600 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Life Of A Perfectly Average Homosexual is a gripping account of one man's harrowing, humorous and hopeful search for understanding, acceptance and love. Deftly weaving painful memories with laughter, Jack Shaw takes us on a voyage of personal, emotional and sexual discovery. With disastrous dates, attempts to make himself straight and violent attacks, it is a book you won't easily forget. The Life of a Perfectly Average Homosexual will appeal to anyone who has ever wanted to find love or be accepted for who they are - whatever their sexuality. It will entertain as much as horrify but,...
The Life Of A Perfectly Average Homosexual is a gripping account of one man's harrowing, humorous and hopeful search for understanding, acceptance and...
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76,61 zł |
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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 (dostawa przed świętami) 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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64,38 zł |
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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 (dostawa przed świętami) |
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47,86 zł |
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There Is Room for You: Tales from a Transgender Defender's Heart
ISBN: 9780692479872 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Indulge yourself for a moment and assume that human beings communicate through actions beyond words - and that meaning derives from our personal histories and how we digest them and convert their energy into our identities as individuals and together as a society. Fertilized by those beliefs, do our lives then grow to take on significance from the myths we live out in obscurity as lone souls, so that we may aspire to play a role in the story of humanity? Part memoir and part questioning of criminal justice in America by a trial lawyer known for handling terrorism cases, There Is Room for You...
Indulge yourself for a moment and assume that human beings communicate through actions beyond words - and that meaning derives from our personal histo...
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67,59 zł |
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The She Male Experiment
ISBN: 9781514640210 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The mirror has spat societal lies at me throughout a tortured lifetime. My name is Sofia and you'll get to know me as such, but for most of my life I lived as Mike. My family has known me as a gay man since I was in my late teens. Before that I was the shy, often misunderstood boy who was handsome and well-liked. Go back a little further and you'll see a boy who preferred playing house to running around with a football...but none of that really matters. My real story, the one covered in a greasy layer of iniquity and come soaked cash, begins when I finally understand that I'm not really gay....
The mirror has spat societal lies at me throughout a tortured lifetime. My name is Sofia and you'll get to know me as such, but for most of my life I ...
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25,47 zł |
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Trans: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781784781675 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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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55,97 zł |
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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 (dostawa przed świętami) |
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89,96 zł |
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trans/formation: A life on both sides of the gender divide
ISBN: 9781507538807 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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45,05 zł |
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Queer Rock Love: A Family Memoir
ISBN: 9780986084430 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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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90,14 zł |
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Rusted Rhinestones: A Memoir by Ms Fifi Frost
ISBN: 9781514890677 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Hello Y'all. My path in life was not a choice for me to make. I was set on a journey as a gay youth, at the age of 13 in the late 1970's. The battles with my family, organized religion, anti gay conversion therapy, human trafficking, homelessness as a minor, mental illness, as well as institutionalized and governmental discrimination have made me the man I am today. Surviving brutal hate crimes, juvinile trafficking and trying to live, love, and have my piece of the American Dream. I hope to inspire other with my life's story. Big Hug's Y'all Fifi
Hello Y'all. My path in life was not a choice for me to make. I was set on a journey as a gay youth, at the age of 13 in the late 1970's. The battles ...
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67,59 zł |
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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 (dostawa przed świętami) 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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55,62 zł |
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Tease: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780692518267 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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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63,08 zł |
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The Metamorphosis Of A Heart: The Butterfly Effect
ISBN: 9781517550141 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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67,59 zł |
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Being Queer and Somali: LGBT Somalis At Home and Abroad
ISBN: 9780983716198 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Somali people in home countries and worldwide, telling their untold stories. Weaving between cultural and religious limitations, LGBT Somalis balance celebrating their sexualities or gender identities while keeping in mind the harsh realities that family, community, or local laws might be against them. This collection of stories defies both the headlines in western nations and the complete denial of LGBT identities by the mainstream Somali communities.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Somali people in home countries and worldwide, telling their untold stories. Weaving between cultural and reli...
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90,14 zł |
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I Hope My Mother Doesn't Read This
ISBN: 9780692521472 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In his debut collection of candid, shocking and just plain hilarious essays, comedic artist and musician, Greg Scarnici recounts the period in his life when he was just starting to understand his sexuality and the city of New York that he calls home. From getting high with the 'midget' from Twin Peaks to giving a trucker a lap dance to the tune of Pebbles' "Mercedes Boy," I HOPE MY MOTHER DOESN'T READ THIS offers a snapshot of an artist coming to grips with his comedic artistry at a time when gay comedians were not as accepted as they are today. There are tales of sordid hook-ups, riotous...
In his debut collection of candid, shocking and just plain hilarious essays, comedic artist and musician, Greg Scarnici recounts the period in his lif...
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45,05 zł |
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A Long Journey to Freedom: Road to Asylum: The Untold Story
ISBN: 9781508900962 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In 2011, Daniel makes a life-changing decision; he flees to the United States to seek asylum. Daniel's literacy is put to the test in different, ruthless scenarios. Daniel is considered an undocumented alien until granted asylum. As an asylum applicant, Daniel always has to prove his identification with his passport. His form of identification serves as a constant reminder of his nationality; it brings back awful memories he is trying to recover from. His mood is like a separate being, flustered and dabbling around. The uncertain residency plays a big role in his constant frights. There are...
In 2011, Daniel makes a life-changing decision; he flees to the United States to seek asylum. Daniel's literacy is put to the test in different, ruthl...
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54,11 zł |
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Fantasia Fair Diaries
ISBN: 9781517082727 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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45,05 zł |
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