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Preface | |
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Acknowledgmentsxvii | |
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Introduction: To the Reader | |
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Some Theoretical Starting Places | |
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About this Book | |
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History | |
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Before Identity: The Ancient World Through the 19th Century | |
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Greek Paiderastia | |
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Pederasty in Other Early Cultures: The Middle East and Asia | |
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Gender Variance in Pre-Columbian America and India | |
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Same-Sex Relationships and Desires in Judeo-Christian Cultures | |
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Desires for Identity | |
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Romantic Friendships and Boston Marriages | |
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Molly-Houses: Early Homoerotic Subculture in England | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Sappho, "To a Maiden" and "Hymn to Aphrodite" | |
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Abu Nuwas, "In the Bath-house" and "My Lover Has Started to Shave" | |
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Zulali Khwansari, From Masnavi | |
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Ihara Saikaku, "Bamboo Clappers Strike the Hateful Number" | |
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Wu Meicun, "Song of Beau Wang" | |
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Ancient Egyptian Binding Spell | |
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Order for Solemnization of Same-Sex Union | |
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Wadham Limericks | |
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Sexology: Constructing the Modern Homosexual | |
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Victorian Sex: Some background | |
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Sexology: Defining a Field of Study | |
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A Sexologist in Depth: Have lock Ellis | |
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Paving the Way for Freud | |
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Sexology and Early Sexual Rights Movements | |
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Sexology's Legacy | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Havelock Ellis, "History II" and "History XXXVI-Miss H. aged 30" From Studies in the Psychology of Sex | |
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John D'Emilio, From "Capitalism and Gay Identity" | |
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Toward Liberation | |
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Medical Models of Homosexuality | |
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Urban Life and Sexual Expression | |
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World War II and Homosexuality | |
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McCarthy and the Purge of the "Perverts" | |
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The Homophile Movement | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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"Donald Webster Cory" (Edward Sagarin) and John P. LeRoy, "Should Homosexuality Be Eliminated?" | |
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Marilyn Barrow "Living Propaganda" | |
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Stonewall and Beyond | |
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Emerging Visibility and Activism | |
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AIDS Activism | |
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Antigay Backlash and Hate-Crimes Legislation | |
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Gays in the Military and the Marriage Issue | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Radicalesbians, "The Woman-Identified Woman" | |
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Combahee River Collective, "The Combahee River Collective Statement" | |
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US. CONGRESS Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | |
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U.S. CONGRESS Original Defense of Marriage Act Legislation | |
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Obama Administration Statement on the Defense of Marriage Act | |
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Politics | |
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Nature, Nurture, and Identity | |
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Kinsey | |
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Kinsey Scale | |
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After Kinsey | |
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Klein's Sexual Orientation Grid | |
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The Storms Sexuality Axis | |
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The Quest for the Gay Gene | |
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Nature-Nurture: What's at Stake? | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Windy M. Brown, Christopher J. Finn, Bradley M. Cooke, and S. Marc Breedlove, "Differences in Finger Length Ratios between Self-Identified 'Butch' and 'Femme' Lesbians" | |
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Albert Mahler, "Is Your Baby Gay? What If You Could Know? What If You Could Do Something about It?" | |
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Rictor Norton, From "Essentialism" | |
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Inclusion and Equality | |
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Civil and Human Rights in a Global Context | |
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Inclusion Versus Assimilation: Two Approaches to Securing Rights | |
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Exclusion, Inequality, and Physical Violence | |
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Exclusion and Inequality-Both "Outside" and "Inside" | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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From the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa | |
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Hillary Clinton's International Human Rights Day Speech, 2011 | |
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Queer Diversities | |
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L…G…T…: A Story of Push and Pull | |
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Bisexual Erasure in the LGBT Community | |
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Intersexuality | |
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Q: beyond Sexual Identity | |
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A for Allies | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Amber Hollibaugh, "Queers Without Money: They Are Everywhere. But We Refuse to See Them" | |
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John Aravosis, "How Did the T Get in LGBT?" | |
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Susan Stryker, "Why the T in LGBT Is Here to Stay" | |
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Intersectionalities | |
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The "Down Low" and Applied Intersectional Theory | |
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Women, Class, and Internationality | |
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Tools for Intersectional Analysis | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Kathy Y. Wilson, "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" | |
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Richard Thompson Ford, "What's Queer about Race?" | |
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Sonnet Gabbard, "Preserving the Nation: Transitional Serbia, the European Union, and Homophobia" | |
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Literature and the Arts | |
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Homosexed Art and Literature | |
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Whitman and His Descendants | |
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The Expatriates | |
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Performing Queer: Theater | |
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Homosexed Literature: Global Disruptions | |
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Fine Art: From the Beautiful to the Political | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Walt Whitman, "We Two Boys Together Clinging" | |
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Michael Field, "Sometimes I do despatch my heart" and "It was deep April" | |
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Edward Carpenter, "Love's Vision" | |
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Langston Hughes, "I, Too, Sing America" | |
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Judy Grahn, "A History of Lesbianism" | |
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June Jordan, "Poem about My Rights" | |
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Audre Lorde, "A Woman Speaks" | |
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Lesbian Pulp Novels and Gay Physique Pictorials | |
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Physique Magazines | |
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Lesbian Pulp Novels | |
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Gay Male Pulp Novels | |
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Transgender Novell | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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Inferences and Further Reading | |
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Reading | |
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Ann Bannon, From I Am a Woman | |
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Queer Transgressions | |
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Theoretical Transmissions: The Emergence of Queer Theory | |
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Art and Consumerism | |
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From Pornography to Sadomasochism | |
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Transgression and Politics | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, From "Queer and Now" | |
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Michael Warner, From "Queer and Then?" | |
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Censorship and Moral Panic | |
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Oscar Wilde | |
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Radclyffe Hall | |
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Sapphire, Mapplethorpe, and Riggs | |
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Queering Children's Books | |
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Deepa Mehta | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Steven C. Dubin, From "Art's Enemies: Censors to the Right of Me, Censors to the Left of Me" | |
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Sir Chartres Biron, Chief Magistrate, Judgment Regarding The Well of Loneliness | |
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Gayatri Gopinath, From "Local Sites/Global Contexts: The Transnational Trajectories of Fire and 'The Quilt'" | |
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Media | |
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Film and Television | |
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Visibility and Representation | |
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Varieties of Queerness in Contemporary Film | |
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Small-Screen Queers | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Maria Pramaggiore, "Fishing for Girls: Romancing Lesbians in New Queer Cinema" | |
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Kara Keeling, "Joining the Lesbians': Cinematic Regimes of Black Lesbian Visibility" | |
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Queers and the Internet | |
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Access, Connection, and Identity | |
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Internet Censorship and Corporatization | |
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Internet Activism | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Andil Cosine, "Brown to Blond at Gay.com: Passing While in Queer Cyberspace" | |
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Uttarika Kumaran, "Disabled, gay, and as normal as you" | |
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The Politics of Location: Alternative Media and the Search for Queer Space | |
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Documentary Films | |
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Film and Musk Festivals | |
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Queer Music | |
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LGBT Journalism: Magazines, Newspapers, and Comics | |
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Many Journeys, Many Homes | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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References and Further Reading | |
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Readings | |
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Michael Sibalis, From "Urban Space and Homosexuality: The Example of the Marais, Paris' 'Gay Ghetto'" | |
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Sergio Arguello, "They Were Here First: LGUTQ Seniors in Los Angeles" | |
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Glossary | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |