Títulos em Estudos LGBT

Best Gay Erotica 2015 is filled to the pause-resisting brim with fantastic tales of fire dancers and TV repairmen, of hunky painters and electricians and magicians, solo sex, duo sex, and sweat-soaked triple onslaughts. Heck, throw in an alien and a priest, and you'll soon see why this anthology is head and shoulders - not to mention certain other body parts - above the rest, and always with the highest literary quality that listeners have come to expect from this esteemed and steamy collection.

What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society? This accessible examination of asexuality shows that the issues that aces face - confusion around sexual activity, the intersection of sexuality and identity, navigating different needs in relationships - are the same conflicts that nearly all of us will experience.

Call Me by Your Name first swept across the world in 2007. It is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

In this ground-breaking book, Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous sexual fantasies of hundreds of women from around the world (along with her own anonymous fantasy). The fantasies are extraordinary: they are full of desire, fear, intimacy, shame, satisfaction and, ultimately, liberation. From fantasising about someone off-limits to conjuring a scene with multiple partners, from sex that is gentle and tender to passionate and playful, these letters provide a window into the most secret part of our minds.

Flamboyance has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

This book offers a powerful journey into the early days of Pride, exploring ten essential facts that reveal how parades that now span continents began as bold acts of protest. From the explosive spark of the Stonewall Uprising in 1969 to the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March one year later, Avery Marlin vividly reconstructs a world where LGBTQ+ people lived under threat of arrest, harassment, and public shame — and the moment they decided to fight back.

Told through raw, hilarious, and uncomfortably honest essays, Joseph Tito peels back the layers of adulthood, identity, parenting, aging, and emotional chaos. One minute you’re laughing about childproof pill bottles, the next you’re quietly spiraling over your purpose in life—just like he did. And still does.

National Trust houses and landscapes might seem to embody conventional family values, but for generations some very different stories were hidden away. These belong to owners now considered queer for defying the norms of sexual orientation or gender identity – sometimes blatantly, occasionally as open secrets, but most often very discreetly.

A grassroots tour of the nation's lesbian bars that illuminates their past, present, and hopeful future, from the host of the hit podcast Cruising.

A tender, moving, and insightful account of queer motherhood and an interrogation of life on the margins of American culture as a self-described “ugly” woman Ugly is a word with fangs that can kill a woman’s self-esteem in one bite. Edicts about how women should look, behave, and think are the brutal forge through which they are made — not born. And to defy the pretty imperative is to become invisible. It can be a hard thing to admit to yourself, let alone to your child— to say the words, “I am ugly,” or “I am seen as ugly.”

The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life.

Exclusionary rhetoric in online spaces like “no fats, no fems” can be an unfortunate reality for many queer people and speaks to a larger issue at hand—but it doesn’t have to be this way. Activist Max Hovey has gained thousands of supporters worldwide by challenging stereotypes and unpacking the problematic ideologies that queer people can place on each other—and often on themselves. Combining diverse personal testimonies and the latest research from across the LGBTQIA+ community, this revolutionary guide will explore prejudice in queer spaces through discussions of race, class, and identity.

In Teach like an Ally, veteran classroom teacher and celebrated transgender advocate Flint Del Sol weaves humor, storytelling, and expertise into a guide for educator-allies. Del Sol offers actionable strategies that you can implement in classrooms. He also tackles the complex questions teachers face: What should you do when a student asks for one name in the classroom, but another at home?

Now, in his own unique voice, Paul O'Grady tells story of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It is a brilliantly evoked, hilarious and often moving tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep, populated by larger-than-life characters with hearts of gold and tongues as sharp as razors.

Raising Trans Kids is the essential guide for parents, families, and educators committed to creating a world where transgender and nonbinary youth can thrive. With compassionate insights, evidence-based research, and practical advice, this groundbreaking book provides the clarity and reassurance needed to navigate the complex journey of raising trans and gender-expansive children.

Journalist and late-in-life virgin Amanda McCracken dated over 100 men before she realized she was addicted to longing, setting her on a 10-year journey to understand the fallacies behind her beliefs about love, sex and commitment. She invites you along for the sometimes thrilling, sometimes heartbreaking, always insightful ride. As Amanda endured one disappointment, letdown, and torpedoed fantasy after another, she began to understand that longing feels good. In fact, it can feel even better than actually being in love.

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.

Cancel culture addresses real harm...and sometimes causes more. It’s time to think this through. In We Will Not Cancel Us, movement mediator adrienne maree brown reframes the discussion for us, in a way that points to possible paths beyond this impasse. Most critiques of cancel culture come from outside the milieus that produce it, sometimes even from from its targets. However, brown explores the question from a Black, queer, and feminist viewpoint that gently asks, how well does this practice serve us?

Beyond Stonewall: 10 Inspiring LGBTQ+ Trailblazers You Should Know is a powerful and heartfelt exploration of queer courage, resilience, and legacy. More than a history lesson, this book is a tribute to the remarkable individuals who shaped a movement—not only through protests and public speeches but through everyday acts of defiance, vision, and pride. While the 1969 Stonewall Uprising marked a crucial turning point in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, it was neither the beginning nor the end.

Whether you're wrestling with gender identity, experiencing gender dysphoria, navigating same-sex attraction, questioning your place in the world, or supporting someone who is—this book offers hope, clarity, peace, and truth in a time of deep confusion. I Wanted to Be a Boy creates a compassionate space and much hope for listeners who have been entangled in the gender wars of the current age.