You Can Tell Just by Looking: And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People
Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, Michael Amico$13.60
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2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist: LGBT Nonfiction Breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives
In "You Can Tell Just by Looking" three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Myths, such as "All Religions Condemn Homosexuality" and "Transgender People Are Mentally Ill," have been used to justify discrimination and oppression of LGBT people. Others, such as "Homosexuals Are Born That Way," have been embraced by LGBT communities and their allies. In discussing and dispelling these myths--including gay-positive ones--the authors challenge readers to question their own beliefs and to grapple with the complexities of what it means to be queer in the broadest social, political, and cultural sense.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 10/01/2013
ISBN: 9780807042458
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.57w x 0.60d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/02/2013
Booklist 10/01/2013 pg. 6
In "You Can Tell Just by Looking" three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Myths, such as "All Religions Condemn Homosexuality" and "Transgender People Are Mentally Ill," have been used to justify discrimination and oppression of LGBT people. Others, such as "Homosexuals Are Born That Way," have been embraced by LGBT communities and their allies. In discussing and dispelling these myths--including gay-positive ones--the authors challenge readers to question their own beliefs and to grapple with the complexities of what it means to be queer in the broadest social, political, and cultural sense.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 10/01/2013
ISBN: 9780807042458
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.57w x 0.60d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/02/2013
Booklist 10/01/2013 pg. 6