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Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Alyson Publications, 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Isensee, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist who has focused specifically on the psychological development of gay men in such books as Love Between Men: Enhancing Intimacy and Keeping Your Relationship Alive (Alyson, 1996), here hopes to "help gay men counter oppressive stereotypes about growing older, affirm a positive midlife identity, and grapple more successfully with these changes." Buttressing his account with excerpts from in-depth interviews with ten gay men of various backgrounds aged 37 to 50, he discusses changes in identity, physicality and sexuality, mortality, spirituality, and relationships. As a description of some men's experience, the observations and anecdotes, if not profound, make for engaging reading, supplementing such works as Gay Men and Aging (Garland, 1997), Gay Midlife and Maturity (Haworth, 1990), and Raymond… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1996. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In stunning essays written especially for this collection, twenty-nine noted gay writers recount their true "coming out" stories, intensely personal histories of that primal process by which men come to terms with their desire for other men. Here are accounts of revealing one's sexual identity to parents, siblings, friends, co-workers and, in one notable instance, to a stockbroker. Men tell of their first sexual encounters from their preteens to their thirties, with childhood friends who rejected or tenderly embraced them, with professors, with neighbors, with a Broadway star. These are poignant, sometimes unexpectedly funny tales of romance and heartbreak, repression and liberation, rape and first love defining moments that shaped their authors' lives. Arranged chronologically from Manhattan in the Forties to San Francisco in the Nineties, these essays… Read More

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, 1993. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Highly readable, precise and meticulously documented, Exclusion is the most comprehensive study ever published on the question of homosexuals in the armed forces. Wells-Petry, a major in the US Army and an attorney, does what she has been doing for the Army for some ten years: she defends the legality and, in her view, necessity of excluding homosexuals from the military. The author of this timely, sure-to-be-controversial study maintains that the rationale behind the ban on homosexuals in the military is "the result of applying common sense and experience to discernible characteristics of homosexuals. . . ." Wells-Petry argues that federal courts over the last few decades have generally ruled that the homosexual exclusion policy does not violate civil rights and that the ban is justified, at least in part, by abundant… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 1997. Laermer has moved from writing books for gay and lesbian travelers to authoring a virtual travel guide to the Internet, written in a hip, conversational style that uses graphic language. Laermer covers ways to connect to the Internet, including online services like America Online and cybercafes as well as ISPs. He also goes into detail about lesbian- and gay-related Usenet groups and Internet Relay Chat. This book helps the socially as well as technologically shy with directions on how to flirt online and how to meet and mingle, and it even includes a chapter devoted to guiding readers to gay porn. While running the risk of being already out of date, Gay & Lesbian On-line (LJ 1/97), the only other book on this subject, might be more suitable and useful for libraries already worried about the Internet and sex. Libraries not facing such problems will find this guide informative and up-to-date. 308 pages. Front cover top right corner edge & spine rear… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Introduction by John Berendt, illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Born Benjamin Edward Knox in Quincy, Florida, "The Doll" always knew she was different. At a Tallahassee club, in her teens, she found the drag mother who would set her on the path to stardom. Before long, The Lady Chablis had a headline drag act replete with trademark saucy wit, down-home wisdom, and, of course, breasts. The rest is "Miss Thang" history. The Lady Chablis does an excellent job in detailing her life from birth to present in this spine tingling novel. She describes the gay community to a 't' and is certainly not ashamed of her life. This book is certainly a welcomed addition to any Gay Library. You must Read it to fully appreciate how a lot of the gay community feels, acts, and reacts. 208 pages. Black marker line on top of book, probably a… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1988. Trade Paperback. As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0805006001. The first comprehensive book to appear in English on the fate of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The author, a refugee from Nazi Germany, examines the climate and conditions that gave rise to a vicious campaign against Germany's gay population. "Revealing how the anti-homosexual campaign was conducted, the crackpot ho mophobic fantasies that fueled it, the men who made it possible, and the men who were its victims, this chilling book sheds light on a corner of contemporary history that had remained hidden much too long.".

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1996. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 338 pages. This memoir, is "like the heart-to-heart conversations you share with your funniest, most honest, most unshockable woman friend. What It's Like to Live Now reveals the intimate details of a singular life as it is lived by a member of a singular generation. In 1968 Meredith Maran was expelled from high school for leading protests against the Vietnam War. An active member of the generation that pledged to change the world, end injustice, and stay young forever., she is now over 40 and with an ex-husband, 2 teenage sons, and a mortgage on her dream house at the edge of the Oakland ghetto, which she shares with her lover, Ann. Her book explores the gap between the dreams of the 60's and the realities of the 90's - and reminds us that even as youthful idealism goes gray at the temples. life can be lived with love, commitment, and integrity..