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Trans Geographies of Joy: Building Community in Atlanta by Elias Capello
“An urgent account of how trans and queer communities in Atlanta are building the future we all need. Refusing the logic of cisnormativity, Capello shows us that safety actually lives in joy, intimacy, and mutual care — and that these are not retreats from struggle, but the struggle itself.” ~Paisley Currah, author of Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity
Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA by Terrell J. A. Winder
“Shameless is a brilliant and bodacious work of sociology that offers new language for understanding how Black gay men transform stigma into radical self-worth, love, and collective power. Terrell Winder has written a book that people will be teaching, citing, and talking about for a very long time.” ~Karida L. Brown, author of The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families
The Dallas Way: Gay Rights in a Conservative City by M. Rhys Dotson
“The gay-rights movement since the 1970s cannot fully be understood until we appreciate its methods in relatively conservative areas, where it met the fiercest resistance. The Dallas Way succeeds admirably in calling much-needed attention to its tactics and leaders in a major urban center.” ~Dale Carpenter, author of Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas
Unfinished Grief: Queer Love and Loss by Joshua Chambers-Letson
“Erudite, brilliant, and personally vulnerable (without capsizing into sentimentality), Unfinished Grief reroutes conversations about queer of color life… Here is theory made not only for thinking, but also, and especially, for living.” ~Avgi Saketopoulou, author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia
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Four Remarkable Memoirs by Queer Writers
As we celebrate Pride Month, we’re honoring queer people who have thrived in a world that does not welcome them. In these featured memoirs, four authors meditate on their personal…
Read MorePodcast: Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us by Karen Tongson
In Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us (NYU Press, 2023), Karen Tongson presents an irreverent look at the love-hate relationship between queer viewers and mainstream family TV shows like Gilmore Girls and This…
Read MoreWhy and when was St. Vincent’s hospital founded? What was its mission? What were some of its distinctive achievements? St. Vincent’s Hospital was founded in 1849 by the Sisters of…
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