Download or read book Sex and Spirit written by Robert Barzan and published by Robert Barzan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explore new perspectives in gay men's spirituality! Coming out, Zen, sexuality, shamanism, ecology, HIV--whatever is part of gay life is explored in this dynamic collection of essays by some of our most respected spokesmen"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Representations of HIV AIDS in Contemporary Hispano American and Caribbean Culture written by Gustavo Subero and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the mechanisms and strategies used in different cultures across Hispano-America and the Caribbean to narrativise, represent and understand HIV/AIDS as a social and human phenomenon, this book examines a wide range of cultural, artistic and media texts, as well as issues of human phenomenology, to understand the ways in which HIV positive individuals make sense of their own lives, and of the ways in which the rest of society sees them. Drawing on a variety of cultural texts from cinema, television, photography and literature, the author considers the manner in which contemporary cultural forms have shaped a body of public opinion in response to the social and cultural impact of HIV/AIDS, re-interpreting the condition in the light of advances in treatment. With attention to both the temporality and spatiality of production, this book examines whether heterosexual and homosexual, and masculine and feminine bodies are narrativised in the same manner, considering the question of whether representations foster discrimination of any kind. The book also asks whether representations across Latin America are homogenous or varied according to national, social or cultural context, and explores the commonalities between the representations of HIV/AIDS in Hispano-America and the Caribbean and other global narratives. A detailed study of the various representations of HIV/AIDS and the construction of public opinion, this book will appeal to scholars of cultural, media and film studies, the sociology of health, the body and illness, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Download or read book Baby You are My Religion written by Marie Cartier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby, You Are My Religion argues that American butch-femme bar culture of the mid-20th Century should be interpreted as a sacred space for its community. Before Stonewall—when homosexuals were still deemed mentally ill—these bars were the only place where many could have any community at all. Baby, You are My Religion explores this community as a site of a lived corporeal theology and political space. It reveals that religious institutions such as the Metropolitan Community Church were founded in such bars, that traditional and non-traditional religious activities took place there, and that religious ceremonies such as marriage were often conducted within the bars by staff. Baby, You are My Religion examines how these bars became not only ecclesiastical sites but also provided the fertile ground for the birth of the struggle for gay and lesbian civil rights before Stonewall.
Download or read book Leathersex written by Joseph W. Bean and published by Daedalus Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide for the Curious Outsider and the Serious Player A How-To book with expert advice on S/M, bondage, dominance, submission, fantasy, role-playing, sensual physical stimulation, and fetish.
Download or read book Queer Religion written by Donald Boisvert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking and eye-opening book examines the intersections of religion and same-sex desire, from St. Augustine to Hinduism to contemporary LGBT and queer culture. Queer Religion provides a systematic and detailed overview of the challenges and issues that the intersections of religion, same-sex desire, and gender variance have generated, both now and in the past. It focuses upon the development of these areas of overlap through three distinct historical periods: modern religious history, LGBT liberation movements, and the emergence of queer theory and analysis. This two-volume collection of eclectic essays investigates the experiences of queer people and religion, providing a broad, unique, and invaluable analysis of this important cultural and theological encounter. As a group, the contributors offer brave insights and diverse perspectives on a variety of topics dealing with religion, same-sex desire, and gender expression. Some of these essays are explicitly historical in focus or scholarly articles, while others provide autobiographical viewpoints and personal reminiscences. This book provides a comprehensive look at the queer dimensions of religious practice and belief—essential reading for religious scholars; those within the LGBT community; and anyone interested in human spirituality and sexuality.
Download or read book Bound together written by Andy Campbell and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the archives of gay and lesbian leather histories, and how have contemporary artists mined these archives to create a queer politics of the present? This book sheds light on an area long ignored by traditional art history and LGBTQ studies, examining the legacies of the visual and material cultures of US leather communities. It discusses the work of contemporary artists such as Patrick Staff, Dean Sameshima, Monica Majoli, AK Burns and AL Steiner, and the artist collective Die Kränken, showing how archival histories and contemporary artistic projects might be applied in a broader analysis of LGBTQ culture and norms. Hanky codes, blurry photographs of Tom of Finland drawings, a pin sash weighted down with divergent histories – these become touchstones for writing leather histories.
Download or read book Reader s Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies written by Timothy Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies surveys the field in some 470 entries on individuals (Adrienne Rich); arts and cultural studies (Dance); ethics, religion, and philosophical issues (Monastic Traditions); historical figures, periods, and ideas (Germany between the World Wars); language, literature, and communication (British Drama); law and politics (Child Custody); medicine and biological sciences (Health and Illness); and psychology, social sciences, and education (Kinsey Report).
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender History in America H D to Queer Theory written by Marc Stein and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents over five hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on figures and topics in American lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, and includes a chronology and a guide to repositories in the U.S. and Canada with LGBT materials.
Download or read book S M written by Thomas S. Weinberg and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects together recent research and writing on sadomasochism, including new material not previously published. It explores the nature of sadomasochism, sadomasochistic identities, and the social world of S&M through ethnographies, survey research, content analyses and personal histories. Topics include: gay and lesbian S S&M and prostitution; women in the S&M scene; unusual body modifications including piercing, branding and burning; the role of pain and fantasy; and the increasing integration of sadomasochistic themes into areas of popular culture such as the arts, literature, mass media and fashion.
Download or read book Alternative Communities in Hispanic Literature and Culture written by Luis H. Castañeda and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are Hispanic alternative communities and how are they represented in literature, film, and popular music? This book studies the fictional representation of circles of artists and intellectuals, youth gangs, musical bands, packs of marginal urban dwellers, groups of immigrants, and other diverse associations that share the common trait of being small and subversive collectives, perhaps akin to secret societies plotting to take control of society. These groups usually exist within a larger and established community – typically, the nation-state – though maintaining with it complicated relations of rivalry, criticism, outright violence, and other forms of antagonism. Thus “alternative communities” represent the “other side” of official institutions, by constituting dystopias that condemn the status quo, or by building utopias that point to new social arrangements. In the Hispanic world – a broad, transatlantic space that includes Spain and Spanish America – alternative communities have existed since the 19th century, a time of nation-building for Spanish American countries, all the way to the 21st century, when hybrid, postnational, and cosmopolitan communities begin to appear. The seventeen chapters brought together in this volume, which constitutes the first systematic approach to Hispanic alternative communities, tackle this complex cultural phenomenon from diverse critical perspectives.
Download or read book Gay Tantra written by William Schindler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We gay folk, who inhabit bodies of the type we naturally desire, require a sex-positive spiritual practice that celebrates and utilizes our gay being instead of opposing it. We need a spiritual practice that teaches us how to use our senses instead of merely shutting them off or repressing them. We need a practice that empowers us to integrate all the rejected aspects of self to form a strong, healthy gay identity, which confers a spiritual advantage in deep spiritual practice. We need a spiritual practice that recognizes that gender and gender identity are fluid, that we all contain elements of the masculine and feminine. We need a spiritual practice that recognizes not only that same-sex love is possible, but that our love can powerfully energize a deep quest for Self-awareness and enlightenment. We need to realize that any feeling of shame or unworthiness connected to our gay being shackles our spirit and blocks us from the full realization of God/dess within, for the Divine Being is gay, too.
Download or read book Gay Tantra 2nd edition hardcover written by William Schindler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We gay folk, who inhabit bodies of the type we naturally desire, require a sex-positive spiritual practice that celebrates and utilizes our gay being instead of opposing it. We need a spiritual practice that teaches us how to use our senses instead of merely shutting them off or repressing them. We need a practice that empowers us to integrate all the rejected aspects of self to form a strong, healthy gay identity, which confers a spiritual advantage in deep spiritual practice. We need a spiritual practice that recognizes that gender and gender identity are fluid, that we all contain elements of the masculine and feminine. We need a spiritual practice that recognizes not only that same-sex love is possible, but that our love can powerfully energize a deep quest for Self-awareness and enlightenment. We need to realize that any feeling of shame or unworthiness connected to our gay being shackles our spirit and blocks us from the full realization of God/dess within, for the Divine Being is gay, too.
Download or read book AIDS the Literary Response written by Emmanuel Sampath Nelson and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Leathersex written by Max Exander and published by Masquerade Books. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leathersex Q A written by Joseph W. Bean and published by Daedalus Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here a wide range of topics are addressed including SM, Bondage, relationships, safety, spirituality, and history. The answers in this book are responses to actual letters sent to the author over several years of his career as a lecturer, columnist, and editor of a gay men's leather magazine. Although originating from a gay male forum, the answers are generally of use to any man or woman who wishes to venture into the world of leathersex.
