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The Kidby Dan Savage
Penguin Group Inc. 2000; US$ 12.99The syndicated sex advice columnist of "Savage Love" tells a no-holds-barred story of an ordinary American couple who want to have a baby, except that in this case, the couple happens to be Savage and his boyfriend. more...
The Commitmentby Dan Savage
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 12.99In a time when much of the country sees red whenever the subject of gay marriage comes up, Dan Savage?outspoken author of the column ?Savage Love?? makes it personal. Dan Savage?s mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says ?no thanks? because he doesn?t want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads aren?t ?allowed? to get married, but that he?d like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan?s straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone?gay or straight, right or left, single or married?howling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage... more...
Intimaciesby Leo Bersani; Adam Phillips
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 12.00Two gifted and highly prolific intellectuals, Leo Bersani and Adam Phillips, here present a fascinating dialogue about the problems and possibilities of human intimacy. Their conversation takes as its point of departure psychoanalysis and its central importance to the modern imagination—though equally important is their shared sense that by misleading us about the importance of self-knowledge and the danger of narcissism, psychoanalysis has failed to realize its most exciting and innovative relational potential. In pursuit of new forms of intimacy they take up a range of concerns across a variety of contexts. To test the hypothesis that the essence of the analytic exchange... more...
Atlantisby Samuel R. Delany
Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 12.99Three marvelously structured stories trace the intricate interdependencies of memory, experience, and the self. more...
Sister Outsiderby Audre Lorde; Cheryl Clarke
Ten Speed Press 2012; US$ 12.99Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. This commemorative edition includes a new foreword by Lorde scholar and poet Cheryl Clarke, who celebrates the ways in which Lorde's philosophies resonate more than twenty years after they were first published. These landmark writings are, in Lorde's own words, a call to... more...
I Will Surviveby Leow Yangfa
Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd. 2011; US$ 9.99?I Will Survive: Personal gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender stories in Singapore? brings together real-life experiences of love, grace, faith, dignity and courage from 21 ordinary people who have survived extraordinary circumstances. Prefacing these stories are contributions from 5 local commentators who share their personal reflections on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities in Singapore. They are: Mrs Juliana Toh, Executive Director of Counselling and Care Centre; Reverend Yap Kim Hao, former Methodist Bishop of Singapore; transgender activist Ms Leona Lo; and former Nominated Members of Parliament Ms Braema Mathi and Mr Siew Kum Hong. The book also contains a glossary of the common terms used to describe the diversity... more...
Lesbians and Lesbianismsby Claudette Kulkarni
Routledge 1997; US$ 39.95Claudette Kulkarni explores lesbian experience from a Jungian and feminist perspective, through interviews with women who see themselves as lesbians or who are in a lesbian relationship. more...
Queer Theory and Social Changeby Max H. Kirsch
Routledge 2000; US$ 43.95Explores the emergence of new ways of explaining the positioning of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered peoples in the context of debates around culture, experience and discourse. more...
Flaming Classicsby Alexander Doty
Routledge 2000; US$ 34.95Doty takes us to the queer side of criticism, offering controversial views of the stars, the plots, and the directors of our best loved and most iconic films. more...
Homosexual(ity) of Lawby Leslie Moran
Routledge 1996; US$ 57.95This book looks at how legal discourse is constructed to place homosexuality in a very specific band of regulation and focuses on gay and civil rights, equality under the law and social attitudes towards homosexuals. more...