Gay TV and Straight America

Gay TV and Straight America Review

Becker, Ron. "Gay TV and Straight America", Rutgers University Press, 2006.

Ending the Silence

Amos Lassen


As we learn in Steve Capsuto's fascinating study on gays on TV and radio, Ron Becker takes us one step further as the looks at the 1990's and the increase in programming that incorporated and/or centered on gay material. So many shows dealt wih gays--"Friends", "Seinfeld", "Homocide", "Ellen", "Will and Grace, "Party of Five" and so on. Gay and lesbian relationships were explored and often in detail. Becker looks at the politics and the culture of the age and explains the new trend in gay iamages and representation on the little screen. He shows Supreme Court rulings and the media coerage of civil rights as well as debates, political correctness and so much more to explain how we got to be where we are today. He looks at the business strategies of the networks as they targeted a new section of society and consifered the limits of how far they could go. He also looks at mainstream anxiety and the audiences that embraced the new GLBT material.
There are stil controversies over what is broadcast yet millions turn on their TVs to see the new programming. We cannot really take this as a sign that we have arrived but it is a lot better than it was.

Gay TV and Straight America Overview

After decades of silence on the subject of homosexuality, television in the 1990s saw a striking increase in programming that incorporated and, in many cases, centered on gay material. In shows including "Friends", "Seinfeld", "Party of Five", "Homicide", "Suddenly Susan", "The Commish", "Ellen", "Will & Grace", and others, gay characters were introduced, references to homosexuality became commonplace, and issues of gay and lesbian relationships were explored, often in explicit detail. In "Gay TV and Straight America", Ron Becker draws on a wide range of political and cultural indicators to explain this sudden upsurge of gay material on prime-time network television. Bringing together analysis of relevant Supreme Court rulings, media coverage of gay rights battles, debates about multiculturalism, concerns over political correctness, and much more, Becker's assessment helps us understand how and why televised gayness was constructed by a specific culture of tastemakers during the decade. On one hand the evidence points to network business strategies that embraced gay material as a valuable tool for targeting a quality audience of well-educated, upscale adults looking for something "edgy" to watch. But, Becker also argues that the increase of gay material in the public eye creates growing mainstream anxiety in reaction to the seemingly civil public conversation about equal rights. In today's cultural climate where controversies rage over issues of gay marriage yet millions of viewers tune in weekly to programs like "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", this book offers valuable insight to the complex condition of America's sexual politics.

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Ragged Angels

Ragged Angels Review

Ragged Angels Overview

A gay vampire romance novel that is both erotic and philosophically compelling.

When the book was first published in 1997, a print-reviewer stated: ...if you enjoyed Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, you will surely love Ragged Angels for its bold depiction of love, sex and death: the three most profound experiences every human being must face. Ragged Angels takes the vampire mythos out of the Hollywood nonsense and brings to it a gritty realism mixed with some of the most erotic and sensuous writing in the genre of male/male fiction. This is one I'll read again for the dark philosophical look at immortality, as well as the resplendent and emotionally mature love story...

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Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook

Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook Review

Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook Overview

Homoerotic themes and undercurrents in Latin American literary works have been largely ignored. This reference explores the importance of gay and lesbian themes in Latin American literature by providing entries for more than a hundred authors. Each entry assesses and analyzes homoerotic elements in the work of a particular author and closes with a bibliography of primary and secondary material. Entries are arranged alphabetically for ease of use.

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Lost Gay Novels: A Reference Guide to Fifty Works Ffrom the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Lost Gay Novels: A Reference Guide to Fifty Works Ffrom the First Half of the Twentieth Century Review

Lost Gay Novels: A Reference Guide to Fifty Works Ffrom the First Half of the Twentieth Century Overview

Searching for an introduction to the shadowy, intriguing world of early 20th century gay-themed fiction?

In Lost Gay Novels, respected pop culture historian Anthony Slide resurrects fifty early 20th century American novels with gay themes or characters and discusses them in carefully researched, engaging prose. Each entry offers you a detailed discussion of plot and characters, a summary of contemporary critical reception, and biographical information on the often-obscure writer. In Lost Gay Novels, another aspect of gay life and society is, in the words the author, “uncloseted,” providing you with an absorbing glimpse into the world of these nearly forgotten books.

Lost Gay Novels gives you an introduction to:

• authors who aren't usually associated with homosexuality, including John Buchan, James M. Cain, and Rex Stout
• the history of gay publishing in the US and abroad
• gay themes in novels published between 1917 and 1950—with entries from nearly every year!
• the ways in which the popular culture of the time shaped the authors' attitudes toward homosexuality
• the difficulty of finding detailed biographical information on little-known authors

If you're interested in gay studies or history, or even if you're just looking for a comprehensive guide to titles you've probably never heard of before, Lost Gay Novels will be a welcome addition to your collection. The introduction from author Slide—called by the Los Angeles Times “a one-man publishing phenomenon”—provides you with an overview to the basics of this landmark collection. Themes found in many of the titles include death, secrecy, and living a double life, and in reading the entries you will discover just why these themes are so common.

As Slide says in his introduction: “The approach of the novelist toward homosexuality may not always be a positive one… but the works are important to an understanding of contemporary attitudes toward gay men and gay society.” Lost Gay Novels will help you further your own understanding of the dynamic relationship between literature and culture, and you will finish the book with a greater appreciation of modern American gay fiction.

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Queer Japan: Personal Stories of Japanese Lesbians, Gays,Transsexuals and Bisexuals

Queer Japan: Personal Stories of Japanese Lesbians, Gays,Transsexuals and Bisexuals Review

People will stumble upon this book, I think, from their interest in other areas, gay and lesbian studies, or Japanese culture for example. The area of gay and lesbian studies in Japan is still so new and relatively small compared to the United States, for example, that as a discourse it does not quite have the independence and stature to attract wide notice or sympathy.

That said, this is an excellent introductory book, one-of-a-kind, in fact, of Queer Japan. In every story, translated by a trio of non-Japanese academics who have spent several years apiece in Japan and are active in gay-lesbian-bisexual-transexual groups, the author is awash with gratitude, to be allowed finally to speak in one's own voice, of the struggles, pain, and yes, the joys experienced. In such an oppressive culture, where candid, direct speech is not encouraged, or even actively discouraged as being childish and selfish, these essays are all the more remarkable.

My only complaint, which prevented me from giving 5 stars to the book, is technical: there are numerous grammatical errors, as well as careless word use. Sorry, I was an English major in college. I was trained to spot misuse of transitive/intransitive verbs, for example. It makes me sad that such errors suggest to me a lack of attention on the part of the publisher; in other words, this makes me feel that those involved in editing the book did not take as much pride in their own book as their subjects, which conflicts with the heartfelt call for those in the book, and others like them who struggle in Japan, to take pride in themselves, their essential beings.

In short, an excellent, though technically flawed book, for those looking to expand their understanding of modern Japan.

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Heat: Gay Men Tell Their Real-Life Sex Stories (Transworld)

Heat: Gay Men Tell Their Real-Life Sex Stories (Transworld) Review

"Jack Hart, the editor of My First Time and The Day We Met, is back with a brand-new collection of true gay sexual encounters that reads like the best of erotic fiction. Among the highlights in this group of over 60 stories: A man gets turned on by his physician during his yearly physical exam; a lieutenant has sex aboard ship with a Marine guard in 1967; a physical education assistant at a university has sex in the showers with a workout stud; two gay pledges discover each other in a frat house; the coach of a company softball team gives a player a 'special session'; two horny reserves bunk together during annual training exercises; and a guy gets caught trying to steal a blond neighbors briefs from their condo's laundry room. Covering experiences from first-time encounters to three-ways in tearooms, from military maneuvers to unexpected seductions, Heat is one book that won't cool down."--© zebraz

Heat: Gay Men Tell Their Real-Life Sex Stories (Transworld) Overview

Jack Hart is back with a brand-new collection of true gay sexual anecdotes that reads like the best of erotic fiction.From first-time encounters to three-ways in tearooms, Heat is one book that won't cool down!.

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Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter

Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter Review

Kevin Jennings, Executive Director of GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) has co-authored the definitive book on guiding, understanding, and - hopefully - accepting in love your GLBTQ child. It is primarily targeted toward parents struggling to help and deal with their questioning or coming out teenage child.
This book is not specifically about dealing with transgender children, although there are about 30 pages devoted to dealing with issues and problems of Trans teens. It also talks to people of color and includes young peoples' input to parents. Cultural messages of gender and sexuality are discussed and techniques of dealing with these messages are offered for consideration.
Many of the popular myths about homosexuality and transgenderism are analyzed, with facts presented to aid in accepting and understanding. Suggestions are provided for dealing with friends, your teen's friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Signs of trouble are discussed, along with suggestions for helping your teen deal with them.
While the advice is directed toward sexual and gender diversity, the advice applies to dealing with any youth. The principles of dealing with children apply globally.
So what is the secret? The title says it best - "Always My Child." Your child's needs come first, no matter what. Love your child; don't pressure them, but encourage them to discus their feelings, fears, and problems.

Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter Overview

The first book to focus on the day-to-day experiences of adolescents dealing with sexual identity issues, Always My Child provides the insights and practical strategies parents need to support their kids and cope themselves.

Parents whose children are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or who are going through a "questioning phase" are often in the dark about what their children face every day. As a result, offering support that will comfort and fortify them feels like solving a puzzle with missing pieces.

In Always My Child, Kevin Jennings supplies the missing pieces by guiding parents through the world their child inhabits. He explains what these teens often encounter -- teasing and harassment -- and offers solutions for parents who want to better understand their LGBTQ children and learn how to protect their self-esteem. He offers advice, including how to:

Initiate constructive communication with their child

Respond effectively to frequently asked questions

Recognize depression and signs of drug abuse and harassment

Successfully advocate for their child's well-being outside the home

Always My Child makes it possible for parents to create the kind of relationship with their children that allows them to grow into emotionally healthy adults.

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Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction: Sexual Mystery and Post-Secular Narrative

Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction: Sexual Mystery and Post-Secular Narrative Review

I have had the priveleg to have Norman as a professor and I can tell you that is very well informed, articulate, kind, and funny. I imagine this would be a wonderful read...but ? I guess I'll wait for a while...just one tip if you read this Proff. You're more likely to sway people to your point of veiw if they read the book :)

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The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality. The book contends that gay and lesbian historical fictions model ways of approaching sexual and historical mystery not as a threat to understanding but as its ground. These fictions thus implicitly undermine the supposed dichotomy between secular and sacred ways of knowing, thereby expanding the resources for ethical debate about homosexuality.

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Body, Remember: A Memoir (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)

Body, Remember: A Memoir (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies) Review

Fries, Kenny, "Body, Remember: A Memoir", University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, 2003.

A Moving Memoir

Amos Lassen and Literary Pride

Kenny Fries in "Body, Remember" has written a memoir that moves one to tears As we embark on a journey from sympathy to admiration, we read a book without a false note in it. When Fries wrote his memoir he was 36 years old and a noted poet, an essayist, and a critic. He writes what it is like to be disabled--he was born with two malformed legs as a result of a congenital birth defect and he endured many operations to correct. There is no "pity me" in his memoir--he uses honesty and even allows those he is or has been at odds with to maintain their dignity. With extreme patience Fries looks back on his life and explores family documents, medical records and memory (his own and his parents') to try to understand how he got to be where he is. He discovers that the details of his early life were unspoken but he was able to map out his sexual identity and sexual desire. As he comes to terms with himself, he also writes about what it is like to be different.
Fries is a man very concerned with identity.
Being gay and Jewish help him form a self image and as a person with a defect, he uses his memoir to help discover who he is. It is his disability that rules his life and it cannot be ignored as the most important facet of his life--in fact, it claims most of his attention. He has a complex self image, especially regarding his gayness by which his disability is not a part. He explores where he stands in terms of his religion concerning his homosexuality. These three personas--disabled, gay, and Jewish are the issues that concern him most and he reaches no conclusion--at least none that I could see. He seems to be able to balance the three. This lack of perspective is the only fault I can find with otherwise a beautifully written memoir.
The beauty of the writing is the way that Fries interweaves memories and fragments from his life. It is almost hard to read when he writes of his brother who abused him both sexually and physically. Likewise his meetings with men in Israel and his ill-fated relationships with two other men are sad and heart-rending. He finally, after the publication of his poetry and years of psychotherapy, manages to achieve happiness with another man, Kevin, with whom he is still partnered.
Fries wars scars on his body and on his mind and his self awareness of his physical deformity is examined in great detail. The book is deeply personal and is not a history but a memoir. He takes us on a journey from the shallow end of life where he could barely use his own legs to where he is able to achieve a rich and happy life.
As I read, I thought how lucky I was that I only had to endure two of Fries problems--being Jewish and being gay. I can't imagine how much a physical disability can even make life that much harder.

Body, Remember: A Memoir (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies) Overview

In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled. While learning about the history of his body through medical records and his physical scars, Fries discovers just how deeply the memories and psychic scars run. As he reflects on his relationships with his family, his compassionate doctor, the brother who resented his disability, and the men who taught him to love, he confronts the challenges of his life. Body, Remember is a story about connection, a redemptive and passionate testimony to one man's search for the sources of identity and difference.

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Kenny Fries, noted poet, critic, and essayist, has produced a moving and memorable memoir of what it is like to live with a body you are told is less than perfect. Fries was born with incompletely formed legs, a congenital birth defect that had no scientific name but entailed multiple surgeries just to partially correct. In Body, Remember, Fries, with patience and forbearance, travels back through his life--examining medical records, family papers, his own and his parents' memories--to uncover how he became who he is today. Fries's search is, in part, a mystery not simply because he uncovers many details of his early life unspoken within the family, but through its charting of the discovery of his sexual desire and identity. While much of Fries's memoir is a beautifully written elucidation of what it means to be "different," its fire and heart comes from its author's growing sense of self and dignity as he examines and learns to understand the scars on his psyche as well as on his body. --Michael Bronski

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Flesh: True Homosexual Experiences (v. 2)

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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Myths from the Arapaho to the Zuni: An Anthology (American Indian Studies, V. 13)

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A Gay Synagogue in New York

A Gay Synagogue in New York Review

Shokeid, Moshe, "A Gay Synagogue in New York", University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995, 2003.

Beit Simchat Torah

Amos Lassen

For some reason for the longest time, spirituality and homosexuality did not mix. In recent years however many homosexual men and women are reaching out to religion with hopes of finding their place in it. "A Gay Synagogue in New York" tells us of Beit Simchat Torah in New York City. It is a real synagogue with a membership of real men and women and it is a fascinating story---for me especially because I can put faces with the names that I read about.
The book examines the beginnings of the synagogue and its history and then looks at the need for separatist facilities for gay Jews. He examines the holy writings to find rustication for the existence of a gay synagogue and he looks at gender in general. One of the most rewarding chapters is how Simchat Torah reacted to the AIDS epidemic and how it survived when so many of its members did not. Finally we look at Simchat Torah as a safe place, as a gay place and as a Jewish place.
This is an example of modern ethnography and it is wonderfully written. Here is an easy read that has a lot to say and it is not just for Jews but for anyone who wants to be included.

A Gay Synagogue in New York Overview

A Gay Synagogue in New York recounts the communal experiences and personal dilemmas of the congregants of Beth Simchat Torah, the largest gay and lesbian synagogue in the United States.

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Muscle Men: Rock Hard Gay Erotica

Muscle Men: Rock Hard Gay Erotica Review

Muscle Men: Rock Hard Gay Erotica Overview

Muscle Men is a celebration of the body beautiful, where men who look like Greek gods are worshipped for their outsized attributes. Editor Richard Labonté takes us into the erotic world of body builders and the men who desire them. These uninhibited stories are by the masters of the genre, including Jack Fritscher, Jeff Mann, Steven Bereznai, Tom Fuchs, and Ryan Field. At the gym, in the locker room, and especially in the steam room, the hunks who look hard, work hard, and play hard inspire fantasies the world over. Visit the masculine studs of Muscle Men to enjoy a taste of their strength and power.

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Looking at Gay and Lesbian Life

Looking at Gay and Lesbian Life Review

A great many exceptionally astute, historically accurate, ethically sound, and sexually accurate books have been written on the subjects of "Homosexuality", "Gay or Lesbian" attitudes, lifestyles, and sexual practices, Blumenfeld and Raymond quote or repeat the core of actual information previously presented and do it well and clearly.

What is remarkable and new is that there presentation has incredible simple clarity. This clarity goes beyond the actual presentation of thinking and ideas. These authors have actually made the words "Gay" and "Lesbian" words of reasonable behaviour, reasonable lifestyle, and reasonable sexuality.

Through their presentation they have clearly defined and (more importantly) emotionally presented the Gay and Lesbian world as an arena or paradigm of Normalcy, and this is something which has been crying out to be accomplished ever since the late 19th century published brilliance of Edward Carpenter and the incredible energy, courage, and insisting writing of One Magazine in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a tour de Force of Demonstrated Normalcy for an aspect of our civilization which has been called every negative name known to all of us. As such, in its very quite way, it is a very revolutionary book.

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The most reliable and comprehensive source of information about every major aspect of te lives of gay men and lesbians.

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Homosexuality and Male Bonding in Prenazi Germany: The Youth Movement, the Gay Movement, and Male Bonding Before Hitler's Rise : Original Transcript

Homosexuality and Male Bonding in Prenazi Germany: The Youth Movement, the Gay Movement, and Male Bonding Before Hitler's Rise : Original Transcript Review

Homosexuality and Male Bonding in Prenazi Germany: The Youth Movement, the Gay Movement, and Male Bonding Before Hitler's Rise : Original Transcript Overview

This is a landmark publication featuring English translations of selections from the early gay German journal, Der Eigene. This collection, previously scattered and difficult to read in the original German, allows readers direct access to primary source material on the early gay movement. Neglected for years, these articles provide insight into the early gay movement, particularly in its relation to the various political currents in pre-World War II Germany. Simultaneously, the essays are relevant to current discussions and debates in contemporary gay, women’s, and youth movements. Masterly introductory and concluding essays add additional insight by placing the articles in their historical context, discussing their past and current significance, and drawing lessons for the future. Readers of all levels of sophistication will find this anthology a fascinating look at homosexuality in early years.

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Best Gay Romance 2010

Best Gay Romance 2010 Review

Best Gay Romance 2010 Feature

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Best Gay Romance 2010 covers every romantic possibility with first love, true love, wake-up sex, makeup sex and everything in between. Richard Labonté has gathered a sensational collection of stories about finding love at home, at work, at any age, and often in the most unexpected places. Contributor David Holly's "meet cute" hook-up in "Guy Sydney," is a thoroughly modern love story, while Elazarus Wills's dramatic "A Companion for the Road" shows that many things get better with age. Trebor Healy's New Orleans star-crossed lovers in "Trunk" encounter voodoo, hoodoo, and an unexpectedly sweet surprise. Each story is redolent with romance, great sex, and characters who are fully fleshed out in more ways than one. Sometimes rowdy, always randy, and surprisingly tender, these tales celebrate the coming together of souls as well as bodies. Whether happily ever after or just a happy ending, Labonté continues to raise the bar on gay love stories.

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Current Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health

Current Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health Review

Current Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health Overview

Learn what resources are needed for lesser-recognized LGBT health issues

Most literature that explores LGBT health issues concentrates on HIV/AIDS while leaving research studies on other vital issues lacking. Current Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health addresses this inadequacy by presenting a broad range of LGBT health issues from an interdisciplinary and mixed-method perspective. Leading experts present both quantitative and qualitative descriptions of health issues among various population groups, focusing on those topics poorly represented in present-day literature. This book is a strong start to fill in the blanks about unrealized health issues of LGBT individuals and offers insights into the resources needed to address them.

Methods to assess sexual orientation and gender identity are not normally found in most population-based research. Because of the diversity within the relatively small LGBT population, research has been forced to generalize, making it less likely to effectively contribute to quality health issue data for these individuals. The research presented in Current Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health takes particular care to specify how the orientation and sexual identity of study participants was measured. This book carefully mines previously unrevealed health disparities among LGBT populations across a broad spectrum of diseases—beyond the standard focus on HIV/AIDS. The most current and important studies are presented, including rare research on transgender health issues. The chapters are extensively referenced, and several include figures and tables to clarify and enhance understanding of the information.

The wide range of topics in Current Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health include:

the inclusion of sexual orientation questions in research studies

comparison of mental health issues between women of different sexual orientations

mental health issues among men of different sexual orientations and HIV status in Australia

the impact of sexual identity distress and social support in GLBT youth issues

transgender youth health issues

female-to-male (FTM) transexuals’ experiences accessing health care

research on LBT domestic violence survivors

health needs of male-to-female (MTF) transgenders of color

Current Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health is crucial, thought-provoking reading for researchers working in LGBT health, public health professionals working in community health and LGBT health, policymakers, advocates, public health and community health faculty, and students interested in LGBT health issues.

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Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America

Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America Review

Examining the millitary's own record, Nathaniel Frank makes the tight case that don't ask don't tell has ultimately undercut the military's effectiveness and readiness.

It plays into the agency's/Congress's stereotypes about who an effective solider is instead of seeing factual evidence. Meanwhile, ignoring the current policy, GLBT servicemembers (and those merely suspected of it) are rooted out, robbing the armed forces of much needed and highly trained personnel.

Were this not bad enough, to quickly fill in the gaps, they look to lesser qualified people with questionable backgrounds. But these people are ironically acceptable under the current policies because they are deemed straight. In an agency concerned about security, safety and quality, I'd actually think the new hirees would be more of a danger than GLBT servicemembers.

Throughout the book Frank himself makes the point that until don't ask, don't tell is overturned, we will have this absurd--and dangerous catch 22 policy. It is not about protecting the country or ensuring military preparedness. It is about appeasing deep rooted fears of military officials and Congressional leaders. The American public has a right to demand a qualified competend millitary.

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Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Nathaniel Frank exposes the military’s policy toward gays and lesbians as the damaging one that it is and demonstrates that “don’t ask, don’t tell” must be replaced with an outright reversal of the gay ban. One of the nation’s leading experts on gays in the military, Frank’s even-handed and always scrupulously documented chronicle shows how the ban on open gays and lesbians in the U.S. military has greatly increased discharges, hampered recruitment, and—contrary to the rationale offered by proponents of the ban—led to lower morale and cohesion within military ranks.

The author presents indisputable evidence showing that gays already serve openly in the U.S. military without causing problems, and that the policy itself is weakening the military it was supposed to protect. Part history, part exposé, and fully revealing, Unfriendly Fire is sure to make the blood boil of any American who cares about national security, the right to speak the truth, or just plain common sense and fairness.

 

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Best Gay Erotica 2004 (Best Gay Erotica Series)

Best Gay Erotica 2004 (Best Gay Erotica Series) Review

I'd venture that this year's "Best Gay Erotica" is one of the best collections of erotica that I've read, and perhaps my favourite in the series to date. And I've read a lot of them.

You'd think that an anthology about gay sex would be mostly about fantasy (and there is a lovely fantasy story this year about the power to stop time...) but I think what I like most about this collection is the reality. Objects of attraction are hairy guys (lots of `em); bears (quite a few); young studs; a bisexual married man, older men (than the narrators); and older men in general. There's a whole ton of sweaty humping, a bit of oral, some role-playing, powerfully written S&M, protected and unprotected sex, and drug-taking. There's joy and reflection, nostalgia, and quite a bit of hard reality. There's eroticism found in hard-luck stories, a history of a tattoo, and confession. These are real stories about real men having real sex. Good for us.

I'm impressed that the editors, Kirk Read and Richard Labonté managed to put together a collection where I liked every story - and more so, was surprised by each of them: their tenderness, despair, joy, quirkiness, hardness, sweetness and reality. Think I'm gushing a little too much? Buy a copy yourself, and you'll see. I dare you.

Best Gay Erotica 2004 (Best Gay Erotica Series) Overview

Best Gay Erotica 2004 captures the hottest, freshest stories of man-on-man desire by the most cutting-edge writers of gay erotica today. The 2004 edition features stories selected by Kirk Read, author of the wildly popular memoir How I Learned to Snap, one of the most engaging gay coming-of-age stories published in recent years.

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Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality (Revealing History)

Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality (Revealing History) Review

Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality (Revealing History) Overview

A global history of homosexuality from the earliest civilizations to the present day.

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Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color

Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color Review

This book is one of the first anthologies about gays and lesbians of color. If you can find a copy, do buy it. I found myself citing this book all the time for college papers. This book includes great articles about figures such as Audre Lorde and Arturo Islas. It has wonderful essays from up and coming academics such as Sharon Hom and Martin Manasalan IV. Even a decade after its release, this book will seem fresh and relevant. This anthology also does a great job of focusing on Latinos, Asians, and Blacks equally rather than tokenizing any group. Two big snaps for Critical Essays!

Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color Overview

This pioneering work is the first book to systematically explore the literature of gay and lesbian writers of color in the United States. Critical Essays challenges the marginalization and tokenization of gay men and lesbians of color in the dominant academic discourses by focusing exclusively on the imaginative work of representative Native-American, Asian-American, Latino(a), and African-American gay and lesbian writers.

As the first book offering a scholarly assessment of ethnic gay and lesbian writing in the U.S., Critical Essays simultaneously defies ethnic and mainstream homophobia as well as straight and gay/lesbian racism. This deliberate counter to the dominant white discourse of gay and lesbian literature offers a lively contribution to the debate on the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender/sexuality and class in American literature. A wide range of critical approaches, including historical readings, cultural analysis, and deconstructive criticism, is employed to the works of such major literary figures as Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, John Rechy, Paula Gunn Allen, and Gloria Anzaldúa.

These thought-provoking chapters disrupt the complacent notion of a unified gay/lesbian community by questioning the presumed similarities of persons who share sexual identity. Some of the specific topics explored in Critical Essays include:

• post-coloniality and gay/lesbian identities
• emerging Asian-American gay and lesbian writers
• redefining the Harlem Renaissance from gay perspectives
• contemporary African-American gay male performance art
• relocating the gay Filipino
  
  This groundbreaking volume will be of immense interest to undergraduate, graduate, and advanced scholars in Gay and Lesbian studies, Women’s studies, African-American studies, Asian-American studies, Latino(a) studies and Native-American studies. It will also serve students and scholars as a valuable introduction to the diversity of authors that comprise twentieth-century American literature.
  
  
  
  

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Best Gay Stories 2008

Best Gay Stories 2008 Review

Berman, Steve, editor. "Best Gay Stories, 2008". Lethe Press, 2008.

Some of the Best

Amos Lassen

Sometimes it is easier to read "the best" when they are all assembled in one volume and that is just what Steve Berman has done in what he hopes will become the first of a series that takes into the best writing that the gay world has to offer.
The stories in "Best Gay Stories, 2008" touch on all of the issues in gay life and include selections from the very finest gay authors including Jameson Currier, Erastes, Greg Herren, David Leviathan, Jeff Mann and Ethan Mordden among others. There are twenty stories and each has something valuable to sat. The selections are varied giving us a cross-section of gay life and I found the stories to be enlightening, entertaining and though provoking.
Berman's new baby, Lethe Press, is a wonderful addition to gay literature and he brings us quite a group of writers. It is so good to have him reprinting some of the best of gay literature by authors who lost their publishing houses when they were closed or sold. If this book is a glimpse at what is to come, we are very lucky.

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Best Gay Stories 2008 Overview

Editor Steve Berman (Charmed Lives, So Fey, Wilde Stories) has selected twenty stories--some moving essays, some splendid works of fiction--from the prior year that best feature the lives, loves and losses of gay men. With tales by fresh voices and established writers, Best Gay Stories offers readers indiscretions, poignant trysts, and reminiscences that are as evocative as they are imaginative.

The contributors to this year's volume are: M. S. Allen, Holly Black, Richard Bowes, Tom Cardamone, Jameson Currier, Peter Dube, Erastes, Greg Herren, James Klise, David Levithan, Raymond Luczak, Joseph Manera, Jeff Mann, Billy Merrell, Ethan Mordden, Paul Reidinger, Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Paul Russell, Aaron Shurin, and Robert Warwick.

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Gay Warriors: A Documentary History from the Ancient World to the Present

Gay Warriors: A Documentary History from the Ancient World to the Present Review

It wasn't "Don't ask, don't tell" in ancient Greece. Same-sex romances were a common and condoned part of military culture.
Learn about Samarai sex, American Civil War, WW I and II, the contemporary U.S. military as well as sailors and pirates.

Gay Warriors: A Documentary History from the Ancient World to the Present Overview

In Ancient Greece and Rome, in Crusader campaigns and pirate adventures, same-sex romances were a common and condoned part of military culture. From the Peloponnesian War to the Gulf War, from Achelleus to Lawrence of Arabia gays and lesbians have played a crucial but often hidden role in military campaigns. But recent debates over the legality of gay service in the military and the "don't ask, don't tell" policy have obscured this rich aspect of military history. Richard Burg has recovered important documents and assembled an anthology on these often invisible gay and lesbian warriors.

Burg shows us that the Amazons of legend weren't just fictional. We learn about the richness and variety of their culture in documents from Plato, Seneca and Suetonius. The sexual culture of the samurai is explored along with its relationship to warmaking. From courts-martial proceedings we discover women warriors in seventeenth century England who passed as men in order to serve, and army officers whose underground culture fostered long-term romantic friendships.

There are also sections on the American Civil War, World War I and II, the contemporary U.S. military as well as sailors and pirates. This anthology will forever change the way we think about "gays in the military."

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