Tag: Gay

Not Straight, Not White Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis


Free Download Kevin Mumford, "Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis"
English | 2016 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 1469652218, 1469626845 | EPUB | 4,1 mb
This compelling book recounts the history of black gay men from the 1950s to the 1990s, tracing how the major movements of the times-from civil rights to black power to gay liberation to AIDS activism-helped shape the cultural stigmas that surrounded race and homosexuality. In locating the rise of black gay identities in historical context, Kevin Mumford explores how activists, performers, and writers rebutted negative stereotypes and refused sexual objectification. Examining the lives of both famous and little-known black gay activists-from James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin to Joseph Beam and Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald-Mumford analyzes the ways in which movements for social change both inspired and marginalized black gay men.

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Complete Guide to Gay & Lesbian Weddings Civil Partnerships And All You Need to Know


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English | 2006 | pages: 160 | ISBN: 0572032749 | EPUB | 0,2 mb
Gay and lesbian couples have seen that making a commitment to a loving long-term relationship is becoming the accepted way for them to co-exist openly and happily within their communities. More and more of them formalise their relationships. This unique book brings them the expertise of the wedding-information-book market leader plus the endorsement of two of the UK’s most prestigious alternative-culture magazines. It includes all the planning, of course, but it also identifies those aspects that must be different in a single-sex celebration. It provides everything that will produce a very special day.

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Gay Witchcraft Empowering the Tribe


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English | 2003 | pages: 288 | ISBN: 1578632811 | EPUB | 3,7 mb
When Christopher Penczak was introduced to Witchcraft, he found a spiritual path that hononred and embraced his homosexuality. Now he has written a book of clearheaded theory and practice that is bound to become a classic. With Gay Witchcraft, Penczak joins the ranks of his forebearers in spirit, gay writers who have taken a tradition and made it home. This is a complete book of theory and spiritual practices of Witchcraft for the gay community. Penczak’s writing will make it much easier for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people interested in practicing any form of Witchcraft. Exploring the history of Paganism and offering a compendium of spells, meditations, ceremonies, and affirmations that will enrich both the novice and the experienced practioner seeking out new views of myth, ritual, and healing.

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Gay Men’s Style Fashion, Dress and Sexuality in the 21st Century (Dress, Body, Culture)


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by Cole, Shaun;

English | 2023 | ISBN: 1474249140 | 201 pages | True PDF | 191.06 MB
Through an astonishing series of interviews, Gay Men’s Style will take you on a dizzying journey through shops, bars, clubs, gyms, workplaces and global city streets. Based on the lived experience of gay men of all ages from the UK, USA, Europe, Australia and Japan, Shaun Cole calls for a more nuanced understanding of gay male dress and style.

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Who Needs Gay Bars Bar-Hopping Through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places [Audiobook]


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English | July 25, 2023 | ASIN: B0CC6QT5ZG | MP3@64 kbps | 12h 46m | 337.07 MB
Author: Greggor Mattson PhD
Narrator: Curtis Michael Holland

Gay bars have been closing by the hundreds. The story goes that increasing mainstream acceptance of LGBTQ+ people, plus dating apps, have rendered these spaces obsolete. Beyond that, rampant gentrification in big cities has pushed gay bars out of the neighborhoods they helped make hip. Who Needs Gay Bars? considers these narratives, accepting that the answer for some might be: maybe nobody. And yet . . .

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