‘Weekend’ by Jane Eaton Hamilton
What is especially wonderful about Weekend is the emotional adventure that occurs completely within the context of romantic and communal relationships
‘Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis’ by Kevin J. Mumford
The book is deeply engaged in answering the question, not posed in the title, but hinted at, “What does it mean for a group of people with neither white, masculine, nor heterosexual privilege to find a political voice?”
‘Lesbian Decadence: Representations in Art and Literature in Fin-De-Siecle France’ by Nicole G. Albert
Albert’s book is a treat for American LGBT Studies researchers. She provides us with a treasure trove of paintings, drawings, and cartoons that depict the French lesbian at the turn of the century
‘Draw the Line’ by Laurent Linn
Draw the Line showcases classic superhero tropes and then tweaks and usurps them
Mourning Orlando, Judith Butler Profiled, Gender-Swapped ‘American Psycho’, and More LGBT News
The world reacts to the Orlando Pulse shooting, indie presses open indie bookstores, and more LGBT news…
28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to all the winners
‘Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo, and Me’ by Ana Castillo
One of the collection’s implicit questions is what intersections of identities might come next, what experiences and realities we have yet to see represented
‘Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation’ by Jim Downs
Stand By Me maps the complex cultural and political expressions of the lesbian and gay community in the years before AIDS
‘Infringe’ by Sarah B. Burghauser
In Infringe, the reader is taken through the journey of a girl who has been raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, whose faith and sense of identity is fractured by trauma
‘Infidels’ by Abdellah Taïa
Abdellah Taïa’s Infidels is a story about the protagonist Jallal’s fall–out of boyhood, into love, out of innocence, into Jihad.
