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	All Books by Bruce Shenitz and Andrew Holleran - Editors of : The Man I Might Become: Gay Men Write About Their Fathers Paperback: 320 pages - (November 2002) Marlowe & Co; ISBN: 1569245649 "Gay Studies Books; Fathers and sons: Writers throughout history have grappled with the relationships between them. Now The Man I Might Become: Gay Men Write About Their Fathers assembles twenty-eight essays, which, taken together, offer as complete a picture as we have ever had of how the lives of gay sons and their fathers unfold. "The anecdotes one hears in any gay lifetime," writes Andrew Holleran, in his foreword, "include every conceivable combination of father and sons—fathers who were despised, adored, crucial, irrelevant, remote or intimate—just like the fathers of straight men and women." From the first piece in the collection, Peter M. Krask’s "The Question I Asked Him," to the last, Bernard Cooper’s "Winner Take Nothing," the stories amply demonstrate this observation, and offer a moving pageant of lost opportunities and regrets, comforts and sorrows, hatred and affection. "These essays move sequentially from alienation toward reconciliation," writes editor Bruce Shenitz in his introduction, "with several intermediate steps—puzzled incomprehension, grudging acceptance, strained attempts at understanding—and a detour into sexual mythologies. Whether they are read in sequence or at random, they provide a rough typology of father-son relationships that are richly different from each other. There are no simple explanations for why some of these relationships deepen while others never move beyond painful confrontations; what these writings offer is the suggestion of a range of possibilities." The Man I Might Become offers an essential reading experience for every gay man coming to terms with his father, his family, and his own future as a man—and for any reader (straight or gay, parent or child) curious about the ways that we live with the legacy of our fathers." Click to buy this book in USA, UK:
	All Books by Marlene Fanta Shyer and Christopher Shyer - Authors of : Not Like Other Boys : Growing Up Gay, a Mother and Son Look Back Paperback - 259 pages (August 2001) iUniverse.com; ISBN: 0595193889 "Gay Studies Books; Not Like Other Boys is a touching story from a mother and son about growing up gay in suburbia. Told in alternating voices, this frank, genuinely moving memoir chronicles the long journey they took from concealment and shame to acceptance and love." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Michelangelo Signorile - Author of : Life Outside - The Signorile Report on Gay Men: Sex, Drugs, Muscles, and the Passages of Life Paperback - 352 pages Reprint edition (June 1998) Harper Perennial; ISBN: 0060929049 "Gay Studies Books; Michelangelo Signorile galvanized a generation of lesbians and gay men when he took on the "closets of power" in his 1992 classic Queer in America. Now, in Life Outside, he offers an expose of what he calls the "cult of masculinity" within contemporary gay male culture, while finding hope and renewal in other aspects of gay life. He reveals the origins of the current obsession in much of the gay community with an impossible physical ideal and explores the malevolent commercialization of gay sex. Life Outside also identifies another, more positive phenomenon in the gay male world. With the expansion of the gay movement, with more gays coming out--and remaining--in suburban, small-town, and rural America, the urban "scene" is no longer setting the standard for what it is to be gay in America. With the "de-ghettoization" and "de-urbanization" of homosexuality, we find men who challenge long-held assumptions about being gay, relationships, and coping with growing older. With first-person accounts from men who are moving into midlife with pride and vitality, Signorile points the way for all gay men to face the passages of life with a new maturity." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Aydin Tozeren - Author of : A New Life Paperback - 190 pages (April 30, 1997) University Press of America; ISBN: 0761807179 "Gay Studies Books; A New Life is a collection of essays and true stories about gay men. The portrayal of gay life presented in the book captures the intricate undercurrents in the age of AIDS: the anguish, disillusion and disappointment of HIV-positive youth, electricity between an HIV-positive man and his negative lover, the journey of a mother who lost her son to AIDS and why it is so difficult to be gay and proud in the inner city. The principal characters of the book--the young and old, Black and White, HIV-positive and HIV-negative--reflect the diversity of the gay community and the varying degrees to which gay men have been affected by HIV. Essays included in the book provide a background for the personal accounts of gay life. Large-scale information presented in these essays were derived from the data collected by the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, the largest sexual-and social-behavior survey ever funded by the federal government. The book shows how easy it is at present for a young gay man to become first a victim and subsequently endanger the lives of his fellow men. The seemingly complex picture of recent HIV infections would become simpler if we were to consider the link between sexual ethics and the transmission of HIV. Could we interpret an HIV-negative partner's willingness to engage in unprotected sex as acceptance of consequences? If a man who might be carrying HIV does not use a condom during sexual intercourse with a partner who might be HIV negative, is he being "unreasonably negligent"? It appears that group values that emphasize protecting sex partners from HIV may be our best weapon against the spread of AIDS to the next generation of gay men. "A New Life" reveals insights into the impact of HIV on the relationships gay men form with each other and with their parents. The true stories presented in this book indicate that, confronted with a small but vicious virus, many of us, gay and straight, have reassessed those cultural values that divide rather than unite us. Those who have been hit with the hurricane force of AIDS have opened a path toward a new social order in which homosexuality is understood to be neither a choice nor a disease, and showing respect, love, and affection to an individual, regardless of his or her sexual orientation, is a norm." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Thomas Waugh - Author of : Hard to Imagine Hardcover - 488 pages 0 edition (May 15, 1996) Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231099983 "Gay Studies Books; The history of gay male erotic images is largely undocumented. Even when the material has been available, "good taste" and "common decency"--those concepts used to stop all talk about sex--have prevented their display. Thomas Waugh's full-length, profusely illustrated study is a breakthrough book that has information and analysis enough for three books. Thoughtful, smart, and well-written, Hard to Imagine uncovers a visual history of gay male eroticism that few know. It chronicles the complicated history of homosexual desire and how it has been depicted and repressed." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Dan Woog - Author of : Jocks : True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes Paperback - 304 pages 1 Ed edition (January 1998) Alyson Pubns; ISBN: 1555833993 "Gay Studies Books; Find out what happens when the final closet door--that of men in sports--finally swings open. Is there life for gay athletes after coming out to their teammates? Journalist Dan Woog, himself an openly gay soccer coach, interviewed dozens of gay jocks and offers over 25 inspiring stories of men who are truly today's champions." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Steven Zeeland - Author of : Military Trade Paperback - 327 pages (April 1999) Haworth (T); ISBN: 1560239247 "Gay Studies Books; After producing three very insightful books on their quarry, Zeeland provides his readers with an equally intriguing, occasionally disturbing, and often very funny look at the hunters - the "chasers' of military men. Zeeland examines what motivates these men (and, at last, one woman), but unlike his previous books, in which many of his interviews were fascinatingly intimate portraits of friends, lovers, and acquaintances, Zeeland for the most part steps back and lets these chasers tell their own tales without deeply challenging their motivations and assumptions about the military and military men." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Steven Zeeland - Author of : Sailors and Sexual Identity : Crossing the Line Between 'Straight' and 'Gay' in the U.S. Navy (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) Paperback - 296 pages (May 1995) Harrington Park Pr; ISBN: 156023850X "Gay Studies Books; The author talks with young male sailors about the ways their social and sexual lives have been shaped by their Navy careers. He finds that the imagined boundary between gay and straight military men is actually a movable line. Interviews with both gay and straight sailors explore issues such as the sexual charge to the Navy-Marine Corps rivalry; the reality behind sailors' reputations as sexual adventurers; men's differing interpretations of homoerotic military rituals and initiations; and how sailors view being seen as sex objects." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Bonnie Zimmerman and George Haggerty - Author of : Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures: Volume 1 (Special - Reference) Library Binding Vol 1 (December 1, 1999) Garland Publishing; ISBN: 0815319207 "Gay Studies Books; Volume one of this two volume set focuses on lesbian and gay history and culture. Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality was said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this encyclopedia offers accounts of international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavours. Intended as a reference for students and scholars in many fields, as well as the general public, the encyclopedia is written in user-friendly language. At the same time it seeks to maintain a level of scholarship that incorporates passion and objectivity." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Bonnie Zimmerman and George Haggerty - Author of : Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, 2 Volume Set (Special - Reference) Library Binding (December 1999) Garland Publishing; ISBN: 0815333544 "Gay Studies Books; A rich heritage that needs to be documented Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavors. It covers a long history and a dynamic and ever changing present, while opening up the academic profession to new scholarship and new ways of thinking. A groundbreaking new approach While gays and lesbians have shared many aspects of life, their histories and cultures developed in profoundly different ways. To reflect this crucial fact, the encyclopedia has been prepared in two separate volumes assuring that both histories receive full, unbiased attention and that a broad range of human experience is covered. Written for and by a wide range of people Intended as a reference for students and scholars in all fields, as well as for the general public, the encyclopedia is written in user-friendly language. At the same time it maintains a high level of scholarship that incorporates both passion and objectivity. It is written by some of the most famous names in the field, as well as new scholars, whose research continues to advance gender studies into the future." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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