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GLBT Studies includes many fantastic references for the community on a huge range of important subjects - written from both an academic point of view and from personal experience. From AIDs to gay and lesbian issues with immigration, gays in the military and homosexuality among college students - we've a great range of general GLBT studies books to browse - enjoy!

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	All Books by Carolyn Griffin, Marian J. Wirth, Arthur G. Wirth, Brian McNaught - Authors of : Beyond Acceptance : Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk about Their Experiences Paperback - 256 pages Rev&Updtd edition (December 1997) St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 0312167814 "GLBT Studies; When a parent or friend hears for the first time that someone they love is gay, the feelings can range from bewilderment and confusion to fear and anger. Based upon discussions and interviews with parents of gays and lesbians, "Beyond Acceptance" provides knowledge and information that will help parents come to understand their children and build stronger relationships with them." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Gabriele Griffin - Author of : Representations of HIV and AIDS : Visibility Blue/S Paperback (April 2001) Manchester Univ Pr; ISBN: 0719047110 "GLBT Studies; Health; What happened to the plague of HIV/AIDS that once seemed so threatening? Gabriele Griffin argues that the explosion of HIV/AIDS into highly visible cultural forms, from movies, theatre, activist interventions, and art from the late-1980s to the mid-1990s has been replaced by a retreat to artistic invisibility. Griffin suggests that changes in the understanding of HIV/AIDS, the shift from "dying of the disease" to "living with it" in Western cultures, and a failure to grasp the full extent of the growth and impact of HIV/AIDS in a number of African and Asian countries has led to the "death" of the disease in the Western media." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by John Hart - Author of : Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration : Together Forever Stories Paperback - 195 pages (August 2002) Harrington Park Pr; ISBN: 1560233842 "GLBT Studies; True Stories about Immigration for Gays and Lesbians - Specific Case of British Gay Man and Australian Immigration." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Gilbert H. Herdt - Editor of : Same Sex, Different Cultures : Exploring Gay and Lesbian Lives Paperback - 224 pages (May 1998) Westview Press; ISBN: 0813331641 "GLBT Studies; In a definitive account of gay and lesbian practices across ancient and contemporary cultures, within tribal, developing, and modern societies, author Gilbert Herdt reveals a diversity of sexuality and sexual practices that erases the lines between gay and straight love. Herdt shows that what we view as specifically gay and lesbian practice is treated as a natural expression of human nature in many other cultures." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Gilbert H. Herdt, Andrew Boxer - Authors of : Children of Horizons : How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet/With a New Epilogue Paperback - 302 pages (March 1996) Beacon Pr; ISBN: 0807079294 "GLBT Studies; Horizons is a lesbian and gay social service agency in Chicago where teens gather weekly to get support and share experiences as they begin the process of coming out. This report, which draws on a two-year study of participants by an anthropologist and a developmental psychologist, tells much about the complex issues of adolescent sexuality in general, and homosexuality in particular." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Gregory M. Herek - Author of : Stigma and Sexual Orientation : Understanding Prejudice Against Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals Paperback - 278 pages (February 1998) Sage Publications; ISBN: 0803953852 "GLBT Studies; Studies Prejudice and Sexual Orientation - This contribution towards a deeper understanding of homophobia provides insight into the issue of prejudice in general." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Gregory M. Herek, Jared B. Jobe, Ralph M. Carney - Editors of : Out in Force : Sexual Orientation and the Military Paperback (December 1996) University of Chicago Press (Trd); ISBN: 0226400484 *~~ Featured Book Review ~~* "Can the U.S. military integrate gay personnel into its ranks and still accomplish its mission? In 1993, this question became the center of a heated debate when President Clinton attempted to lift the long-standing ban on gays in the military. This debate persists because the compromise policy "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue," faces serious legal challenges, and is likely to go to the Supreme Court before the end of the decade. Just below the surface of this debate rages a more general argument about the status of gay people in America. Both sides base their views on assumptions about the consequences of integration. Even defenders of the ban grudgingly acknowledge that homosexuals are fully capable of serving with distinction. Few question gay service members' abilities or patriotism; justifications for the ban are now predicated on heterosexuals' negative reactions. Out in Force refutes the notions that homosexuality is incompatible with military service and that gay personnel would undermine order and discipline. Leading social science scholars of sexual orientation and the military offer reasoned and comprehensive discussions about military organizations, human sexuality, and attitudes toward individuals and groups. They demonstrate forcefully that the debate is really about the military as an institution, and how that institution will adapt to larger social changes. The contributors show that the ban could be successfully eliminated, and set forth a program for implementation. In sorting opinion from fact, myth from reality, Out in Force stands as an invaluable guide for the military, lawmakers, and the courts as they continue to grapple with this question of institutional and societal change." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Ellen Herman - Author of : Psychiatry, Psychology, and Homosexuality Paperback (May 1995) Chelsea House Publishing; ISBN: 0791029778 "GLBT Studies; A study on the impact of psychology on societal attitudes toward gays and lesbians compares historical practices that treated homosexuality as a pathological disease to more contemporary views that regard it as an alternative orientation." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Ann Heron - Editor of : Two Teenagers in Twenty : Writings by Gay & Lesbian Youth Paperback Reprint edition (April 1995) Alyson Pubns; ISBN: 1555832822 "GLBT Studies; This long-awaited new edition of One Teenager in Ten (1983), a collection of totally unpretentious personal testimonies from gay and lesbian youth, retains more than 20 of those heartfelt entries and adds some 19 more. The original ones have lost none of their power and poignancy; the new ones, though similar, occasionally address recent issues, such as AIDS. As before, the emphasis is on sexuality, not sex, with a majority of the testimonies concerned with coming out to oneself and to others." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Mark Hertzog - Author of : The Lavender Vote: Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals in American Electoral Politics Paperback - 278 pages (August 1996) New York University Press; ISBN: 0814735304 "GLBT Studies; Based on exit polls for national and state elections in 1990 and 1992, analyzes the voting profile of people who identify themselves as lesbians, gay men, or bisexual. Finds that they constitute a disinherited social minority that has begun to acquire some electoral power, that their political beliefs and acts are different from those of the majority, and that sexual self-identity affects voting." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Kim Howard, All Books by Annie Stevens - Editors of : Out & About Campus : Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender College Students Paperback - 320 pages (April 2000) Alyson Pubns; ISBN: 1555834809 "GLBT Studies; From California to Vermont, countless college students are grappling not only with grades, jobs, and student loans but with their very identity. For gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students, college can be a disorienting and lonely experience. In spite of tremendous progress over the past 20 years, the presence of GLBT clubs, and queer studies curricula, an overwhelmingly large number of them not only feel isolated, but are too afraid to do anything about it. In Out & About Campus, the first book of its kind, the courageous voices of 28 remarkable individuals, shatter this unbearable silence to provide comfort, inspiration, insight and hope." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Ski Hunter - Editor of : Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths and Adults: Knowledge for Human Services Practice Paperback (August 1998) Sage Publications; ISBN: 0803958870 "GLBT Studies; Social Services Reference on GLBT Issues - Designed to provide the caring practitioner with a greater understanding of our often oppressed communities, and thereby a greater capacity to support individuals from them." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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