Best of
Glbt

1985

Another Mother Tongue


Judy Grahn - 1985
    Examines the life styles of gay men and women and discusses the role of gay culture in mainstream society.

The Swashbuckler


Lee Lynch - 1985
    Provincetown... Travel with Frenchy Tonneau through these legendary gay meccas during the sixties and seventies when lesbian life changed forever.

Stoner McTavish


Sarah Dreher - 1985
    From Boston s Beacon Hill to Grand Teton National Park, follow the adventures of Stoner McTavish--lesbian, travel agent, reluctant detective--as she battles villainy, terror, and the elements to save the woman of her dreams.

Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence


Nancy Manahan - 1985
    In new afterwords, the co-editors reveal how the book came to be and what happened to their lives when, for the first time in history, a lesbian book from a small publisher went mainstream. Each nun in these stories describes her individual and searing path in, or out of, the convent to discover and face the truth of herself. Still myth-shattering, the stories remind us of the courage required to live—and love—in congruence with our authentic selves. "Oblivious to the controversies that surrounded the initial publication of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, whether they originated within the Catholic Church or the lesbian feminist movement, thousands of readers across the decades have embraced the book and found their lives changed by its message of empowerment." - Joanne E. Passet, Ph.D., Professor of History, Indiana University East

I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore


Ethan Mordden - 1985
    "We have traded tales, my buddies and I; of affairs, encounters, secrets, fears, self-promotion-of fantasies that we make real in the telling." In this, the first volume in Ethan Mordden's acclaimed trilogy on Manhattan gay life, he introduces a small group of friends-Dennis Savage, Little Kiwi, Carlos, and the narrator, Bud-and chronicles their exploration of the new world of gay life and the new people they are in the process of becoming.In a voice at once ironic, wistful, witty, and profound, Mordden investigates his suspicion that all of gay life is stories and that, somehow or other, all these stories are about love.

Breaking the Surface


Greg Louganis - 1985
    32 pages of photos.

Byron and Greek Love: Homophobia in 19th Century England


Louis Crompton - 1985
    He argues that Byron's homosexuality was a motive for his first journey to Greece and his later ostracism and exile from England, and an important source for the mood of proud alienation that colors his serious poetry. Byron and Greek Love is at once a fascinating biography and an incisive social commentary; its far-reaching implications for the social and cultural history of early 19th-century England have been widely acclaimed. Original hardback edition was published by University of California Press (1985).

Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS


Cindy Patton - 1985
    Sex and Germs examines our response to AIDS and argues for a more comprehensive understanding of sexuality and its control by way of a reintegration of the body into political discourse.

Soul snatcher: A novel


Camarin Grae - 1985
    What would you do if you woke up to find you had a twin you knew nothing about? A lesbian alter ego, mystery, adventure.

Storytime 1


Dom Orejudos - Etienne - 1985
    1. Military Ball - Four army cadets abuse Midshipman Michael the night before the Army-Navy Game. 2. Truck stop - Truck driver Mitch takes on Terry the counter boy.