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City of friends : a portrait of the gay and lesbian community in America / Simon LeVay and Elisabeth Nonas

Catalog Data

Author:
LeVay, Simon  Search this
Nonas, Elisabeth 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 456 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Ithaca College authors
Place:
United States
USA
Date:
1995
20th century
Notes:
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. TXA
Contents:
pt. 1: Origins. Meanings ; A global view ; History ; Science -- pt. 2: Communities. Numbers ; Localities ; A gay ghetto ; Country lesbians ; Minorities ; Sexual diversity ; Special interests -- pt. 3: Health. General health issues ; AIDS : the disease ; AIDS : the response -- pt. 4: Rights. The law ; Politics -- pt. 5: Culture. Lesbian art ; Gay men and the arts ; Religion and spirituality
Summary:
"City of Friends offers a practical, intelligent, and well-informed overview of what it means to be gay or lesbian. The authors seek to help gay men and women, as well as their families and friends, to better understand the institutions and communities that make up the most culturally and ethnically diverse minority in America today."--Jacket.
Topic:
Gay community  Search this
Lesbian community  Search this
Gay men--Social conditions  Search this
Lesbians--Social conditions  Search this
Homosexueller  Search this
Soziale Situation  Search this
Lesbe  Search this
Homoseksualiteit  Search this
Homosexuality  Search this
United States  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_478984