The Queer Bible

'We stand on the shoulders of giants. Now we learn their names.' THE QUEER BIBLE is a collection of essays written by queer icons, about the queer trailblazers throughout history who inspir...

Approaches to Teaching LGBT Literature

In 1995, George Haggerty and Bonnie Zimmerman's landmark volume Professions of Desire: Lesbian and Gay Studies in Literature-followed by William Spurlin's Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of E...

The Nearness of Others

Funny how a gay man's hand resting heavily on your shoulder used to say let's fuck but now means let's not. Funny how ostensible nearness really betrays distance sometimes. -from The Nearness of Othe...

My Butch Career

In My Butch Career Esther Newton tells the compelling, disarming, and at times sexy story of her struggle to write, teach, and find love, all while coming to terms with her identity. Newton recounts a...

Urban Aboriginals

A subculture of gay men participate in a radical form of sexuality and community known as leather. Through intimate forms of encounter, using such tools as pain-pleasure, bondage, and role-play, leath...

Living and Loving in Diversity

Raised by Unicorns

"I am honored to recommend this book to ALL parents. . . . [I]t relates to all families, tolerance, and love." --Greg Berlanti, writer, producer, director "Raw and unfiltered. . . Lowe breaks new gro...

Walking After Midnight

Using the wealth of material in the Hall Carpenter Archives, Walking After Midnight gathers together life stories of gay men. It is a moving, and sometimes hilarious, account of gay life which makes c...

Gay Bar

One of the New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021An indispensable, intimate, and stylish celebration. “Gay Bar is an absolute tour de force.” (Maggie Nelson)"Beautiful...Atherton Lin has a five-oct...