- Bib ID:
- 788923
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- LeVay, Simon
- Description:
-
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995
- xi, 456 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0262121948 (alkaline paper) (hardback)
- Summary:
-
City of Friends offers a practical, intelligent, and well-informed overview of what it means to be gay or lesbian. The authors seek to help gay men and women, as well as their families and friends, to better understand the institutions and communities that make up the most culturally and ethnically diverse minority in America today.
- Full contents:
-
- I. Origins. 1. Meanings. 2. A Global View. 3. History. 4. Science
- II. Communities. 5. Numbers. 6. Localities. 7. A Gay Ghetto. 8. Country Lesbians. 9. Minorities. 10. Sexual Diversity. 11. Special Interests
- III. Health. 12. General Health Issues. 13. AIDS: The Disease. 14. AIDS: The Response
- IV. Rights. 15. The Law. 16. Politics
- V. Culture. 17. Lesbian Art. 18. Gay Men and the Arts. 19. Religion and Spirituality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-439) and index.
- Subject:
-
- Other authors/contributors:
- Nonas, Elisabeth, 1949-
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study.
Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing.
Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate.
Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see:
Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Find in other libraries at Trove