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The Intermediate Sex The Intermediate Sex Edward Carpenter 1908 work by Edward Carpenter expressing his views on homosexuality. Carpenter argues that "uranism", as he terms homosexuality, was on the increase, marking a new age of sexual liberation. OL1041144W
James Baldwin James Baldwin Randall Kenan Describes the life of the writer James Baldwin, focusing on his experiences as an African-American civil rights worker and as a gay man. OL109712W
Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs Jean Genet Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs) is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, first published in 1943. The free-flowing, poetic novel is a largely autobiographical account of a man'… OL1281903W
Torn Allegiances, The Story of a Gay Cadet Torn Allegiances, The Story of a Gay Cadet Jim Holobaugh A former ROTC cadet describes his experiences as a gay man in the military and dramatizes the monetary waste and moral corruptness of the military's anti-gay policy. OL13501432W
Mother Clap's Molly House Mother Clap's Molly House Rictor Norton This pioneering study breaks new ground in presenting the gay community's history by sporting one of its more distinctive branches—molly houses. In this updated edition, with two new chapters, Rictor… OL13668444W
Postcard from P-town Postcard from P-town Steven Riel,Jeff Walt Poems by Jeff Walt. Number Five in the Keystone Chapbook Series, selected as co-winner of the 2009 Keystone Chapbook Prize by Karen J. Weyant: "Jeff Walt's collection is filled with dirt, grit and… OL13757262W
Ernesto Ernesto Umberto Saba Ernesto, a 16-year-old boy living in Trieste in 1898, has an affair with a 28-year-old worker simply called "the man". Ernesto subsequently has sex with the man frequently, but after an enjoyable exp… OL1437540W
Capital Queers Capital Queers Fred Hunter **From Goodreads:** ***Alex Reynolds #3*** Alex Reynolds and his lover Peter Livesay discover that a mysterious cult has killed friends of theirs over their friends' accidental possession of a … OL14860748W
What We Remember What We Remember Michael Thomas Ford Every family has a hidden story, even the perfect ones. In this suspenseful and deeply moving novel, Michael Thomas Ford propels us beyond smiling holiday photographs and beloved anecdotes to explore… OL14963402W
Men on Men 2000 Men on Men 2000 Various,Karl Woelz,David Bergman Now spanning eight volumes and two decades, the *Men on Me*n series continues to showcase the remarkable talent of gay literary writers. These venerable collections of short stories have become a gay… OL15063639W
My lives My lives Edmund White *From the cover flap:* No one has, frank, lucid, rueful and entertaining about growing up gay in Middle America than Edmund White. Best known for his autobiographical novels, starting with *A Boys… OL15073184W
The coming out party The coming out party John Caffey From Goodreads: Not since La Cage aux Folles... Not since Auntie Mame... Not since My Fair Lady... It's back! A novel so outrageous it was banned in England! As Stallion Magazine said: "It … OL15136374W
Blind eye Blind eye John Morgan Wilson ***Benjamin Justice #5*** At thirty-two, Benjamin Justice was one of Los Angeles best known journalists. He had the respect and envy of his colleagues, the admiration of his employers and the ear … OL15220708W
Hot Spot Hot Spot Michael Craft **From Goodreads:** ***Book #6 in the Mark Manning Mystery series*** During his distinguished career as a journalist, Mark Manning has seen it all--riots, murder, political corruption, and ever… OL15843278W
Some men Some men Terrence McNally Some men is Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally at his best. Often funny and sometimes touching, Some men looks at same-sex life and love against a background of some of the events that shaped the las… OL15918187W
Conversations with my elders Conversations with my elders Boze Hadleigh **From Goodreads:** A book of conversations with six men, now deceased, from the world of film and entertainment, including Rock Hudson. All were remarkably candid with Boze Hadleigh about their l… OL16045553W
Light before day Light before day Christopher Rice Abruptly fired while pursuing a career-making story, journalist Adam Murphy is left adrift in West Hollywood, until he encounters mystery novelist James Wilton, with whom he investigates the disappea… OL16061897W
Quarantine Quarantine Rahul Mehta With buoyant humor and incisive, cunning prose, Mehta sets off into uncharted literary territory. The characters in *Quarantine* are Westernized in some ways, with cosmopolitan views on friendship an… OL16140178W
If the war goes on If the war goes on Hermann Hesse A collection of essays from Hermann Hesse concerning World War II, his personal anguish and his antagonism to racism, nationalism and war. OL16245192W
The absolutist The absolutist John Boyne It is September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Gr… OL16489797W
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