Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present
10 best books like Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present (Neil Miller): Brokeback Mountain, How to Be an Antiracist, Crowded, Vol. 1, The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed, Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the Us Military, Victory of Eagles, Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe, The Joy of Gay Sex, Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship, Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America
| Author | Annie Proulx |
| ISBN | 0743271327 |
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender...
| Author | Ibram X. Kendi |
| ISBN | 0525509283 |
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist...
| Author | Christopher Sebela |
| ISBN | 1534310541 |
Ten minutes in the future, the world runs on an economy of job shares and apps, while crowdfunding has evolved into Reapr: a platform for assassination that's trickled down from politicians, celebrities and CEOs to everyday life and all its petty resentments. A world where anyone with enough backers...
The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
| Author | Judy Shepard |
| ISBN | 1594630577 |
The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son's death and the choice she made to become an international gay rights activist
Today, the name Matthew Shepard is synonymous with gay rights, but before his grisly murder in 1998, Matthew was simply Judy Shepard's son. For the first...
| Author | Randy Shilts |
| ISBN | 5551973522 |
So I read this book not necessarily because the topic particularly interests me, but because I read And the Band Played On and fell in love with Shilt's journalistic style. He is one of the many people our society lost because of AIDS and working my way through his three books has brought to my mind again...
| Author | Naomi Novik |
| ISBN | 0007256752 |
Naomi Novik's triumphant debut, His Majesty's Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence. Now in the latest novel, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant...
| Author | John Boswell |
| ISBN | 0679751645 |
This book blew my mind. As a historian of Roman religion, early Christianity and the Medieval Church, I never dreamed that the documents he's uncovered would actually exist out there. He's unearthed actual Christian liturgy for same-sex unions, prayers and blessings that couldn't be clearer about...
| Author | Charles Silverstein |
| ISBN | 0060012749 |
For a new century and a new generation of readers comes a fully revised and expanded edition of a classic guide to gay sex, love, and life.
Invaluable as a sex guide, a resource on building self-esteem, and a trusted aid for coming out of the closet, The Joy of Gay Sex covers the ins and outs of gay...
| Author | Kath Weston |
| ISBN | 0231110936 |
This is a book about gay families and what it means to be a homosexual in the context of non-biological kinship, exclusively in San Francisco, ‘Gay Mecca’, in the USA. It is about how they live their lives in the face of rejection or even being disowned by blood relatives, which has led many to build...
| Author | Esther Newton |
| ISBN | 0226577600 |
For two years Ester Newton did field research in the world of drag queens—homosexual men who make a living impersonating women. Newton spent time in the noisy bars, the chaotic dressing rooms, and the cheap apartments and hotels that make up the lives of drag queens, interviewing informants whose...
| Author | Bob Smith |
| ISBN | 0380732009 |
As an openly gay comic, Bob Smith broke barriers with an appearance on "The Tonight Show." Now Smith offers up his own original, whine-free perspective on being grown up and gay.In OPENLY BOB, the acclaimed comedian candidly, and humorously, tackles issues facing grown-up gays as they make their place...
Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender
| Author | Riki Anne Wilchins |
| ISBN | 1563410907 |
Riki Anne Wilchins has written the book that may take the discussion of gender over the top. Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the tend of Gender, a frontal assault on both the status quo in academic studies and the full spectrum of single-issue identity politics, will change the way you think about...
The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
Foreword by Laszlo Bock, the bestselling author of Work Rules! and former Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google
An inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, on how to confront difficult issues including...
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasure
For fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the...
