Download or read book When Life Gives You Lemons Make Gay Lemonade written by M. Michaels and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michaels tells his inspiring story of coming out as a gay man. How he hid it for years and how his family and friends responded. From his Personal memoirs and life lessons, he gives a no-nonsense view of homosexuality. From his first gay experience to his journey of relationships that leads him to find his life partner. An excellent book for not just gays, but for parents of gays. June 26, 2015 Gay Marriage became legal in all 50 states and U.S. territories. We've come along way baby, but the fight continues. Warning BEWARE this may contain some explicit GAY content.
Download or read book Who Told You that You Were Naked written by Beverly Dale and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A devotional for self-image and self-love. In this collection of meditations and reflections, Rev. Beverly Dale critiques the theology and culture of shame that negatively impact so many lives. She offers an alternative theology rooted in embracing who we are as sexual beings. Both self-help guide and theological and cultural criticism, this volume will appeal to anyone interested in practical, applicable engagement with the intersection between theology and sexuality.
Download or read book My Story My Truth written by Kimberly L. Bonnell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Go to Guy written by Sue Brown and published by One Hat Press. This book was released on with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hurt/comfort tale in the sizzling gay cowboy Morning Report series. Ray is surrounded by happy gay couples on the Lost Cow Ranch. Lonely and in desperation, he visits the Pink Palm, a spit-and-sawdust dive. What he wants is a hook-up with someone new. What he gets is a closeted, desperately unhappy divorcé named Zeke. Zeke lost everything when he was outed. His kids, his job, his whole life. He’s extremely bitter and in denial about his sexuality. But he’s lonely too. And Ray is the first person to show him any kindness in a long time. Ray wants uncomplicated. Zeke is not that cowboy. But his need to hold Zeke in his arms and shield him from the world is overwhelming. Zeke wants…well, he has no clue, but he knows Ray offers him everything he’s always desired, and nothing he thought he could have. Will Ray still love Zeke when he finds out who he is? Will Zeke find the strength to step into Ray’s world. Find out in Go-to Guy.
Download or read book I Should Be So Lucky written by Liam Livings and published by Beaten Track Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julian is a flamboyant backing dancer for Australian pop princess, Sallie. He loves touring with Sallie as it means he has gentlemen friends for the night in every European city. Backrooms in Berlin, cruisy bars in Barcelona, Julian’s enjoyed it all. And if he doesn’t pull while he’s on tour, he ends up in bed with best friend and fellow dancer, Bjorn. Troy, a quiet, gruff St John Ambulance volunteer, and gardener at a stately home in Essex, has just split up from his third supposedly serious girlfriend in the last few years. He doesn’t understand why he can’t make relationships last. A failed serial monogamist, he’s obviously doing something wrong. One night, at a Sallie concert, an enormous glitter ball falls and concusses Julian. In the recovery room, as Troy is seeing to Julian’s vital signs, the dancer feels a spark. Julian doesn't do relationships so he dismisses it as simply lust. Troy finds himself drawn to the confident chatty performer, wanting to get to know him better… Can Troy put aside his preconceptions to discover who he really is and how he feels about Julian? Can Julian face his biggest fear of being emotionally vulnerable with a man; with Troy? Can Julian and Troy, who’ve never had a relationship with a man, find out if they were lucky enough to have met the only man they should be with? I should be so lucky—they both think…
Download or read book Beyond the Last Wall written by Jason Sanders Harding and published by Jason Sanders Harding. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the intricate fabric of our perceptions, we sometimes cling to the illusory belief that we have the power to shape the course of events. But is this belief anything more than a fleeting echo in the wind? Does voting for political party colors represent significant participation, or rather a sophisticated dance in the puppetry of the established system? Who truly are the architects behind the curtain directing the symphony of global power? Could it be the cunning elite whose dominion transcends political facades that is behind it all? In this gripping tale, it hints at the possibility that genuine governance rests in the hands of invisible puppeteers who craft a script that many choose to overlook. In a world where injustice reigns like an empire, Cyper, a young man burdened by the weight of inequality, emerges as the linchpin of a plot that will unravel the mysteries of a divided planet. A colossal wall, erected by the northern inhabitants with barbed wires tearing flesh, fractures the land almost entirely. Cyper, our protagonist, unveils in first person the challenges of his life, marked by his attraction to other boys and the adversities of his youth. His odyssey to return to his native continent, escaping the desolation of the north, becomes a journey filled with dangers and discoveries.
Download or read book The Best Awful written by Carrie Fisher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale stars in this story of a mother's reaction to her gay son.
Download or read book Latinos and American Popular Culture written by Patricia M. Montilla and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a complete overview of the contributions of U.S. Latinos to American popular culture and examines the emergence of the U.S. Latino identity. According to the 2010 Census, Latinos represent more than 16 percent of the total population and are the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United States. Their vast contributions to popular culture are visible in nearly every aspect of American life and are as diverse as the countries and cultures of origin with which Latinos identify themselves. This book provides a historical overview of the developments in U.S. Latino culture and highlights the most recent expressions of Latino life in American popular culture. With coverage of topics like Latino representations in television, radio, film, and theater; U.S. Latino literature and art; Latino sports stars in baseball, basketball, boxing, football, and soccer; and contemporary pop music; this book will appeal to general readers and be a useful and engaging resource for high school and college students. The work examines the cultural ties that U.S. Latinos maintain with their country of origin or that of their ancestors, explains why language is a critical cultural marker for Latinos, and identifies how Latinos are changing American popular culture. Insightful information on U.S. Latino identity issues and prevalent cultural stereotypes is also included.
Download or read book Complete Faith written by Sue Brown and published by One Hat Press. This book was released on with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequel to the sizzling gay cowboy romance, Morning Report. Tommy is faced with an impossible decision, his first love, or his family. Will he take the risk and follow his heart's desire? Tommy has hidden his sexuality his entire life. Despite the fact he works on the Lost Cow Ranch and his bosses are gay, Tommy knows his parents will never accept the truth. Then he meets Pastor Noah who is unlike any man of God - or any man - Tommy's ever met. Witty and sharp tongued, yet he takes care of his congregation with love and kindness. Noah is overwhelming to the shy virgin cowboy. He doesn’t hide his attraction to Tommy even though he treats him with gentle respect. But one issue stands in the way of their happiness. Noah left the closet a long time ago and he won’t step back in, not even for Tommy. Faced with the choice of losing Noah or coming out to his parents, will Tommy take his first steps out of the closet?
Download or read book The S o Paulo Neo Avant Garde written by Mari Rodríguez Binnie and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How artists challenged a military dictatorship through mass print technologies in 1970s and 1980s São Paulo. Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, during Brazil's military dictatorship, artists shifted their practices to critique the government and its sanitized images of Brazil, its use of torture, and its targeted persecutions. Mari Rodríguez Binnie's The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde examines these artworks and their engagement with politics and mainstream art institutions and practices. As Binnie skillfully shows, artists appropriated processes like photocopy, offset lithography, and thermal and heliographic printing, making newly available technologies of mass production foundational to their work of resistance against both the dictatorship and the established art world. Often working collaboratively, these artists established alternative networks of exchange locally and internationally to circulate their work. As democracy was reestablished in Brazil, and in the decades that followed, their works largely fell out of sight. Here, in the first English-language book to focus entirely on conceptual practices in São Paulo in the 1970s and 1980s, Binnie unearths a scene critical to the development of contemporary Brazilian Art.
Download or read book Cutting Ties with Your Parents written by Sharon Martin and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful tools to help you accept your decision, manage intense emotions, and thrive. Estrangement from one or both parents—even by choice—can take a huge emotional and psychological toll. If you have cut ties with a parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, guilt, and shame. You may question or second-guess your decision. And you may have trouble setting or keeping boundaries with your parent, as well as others in your life. This workbook offers evidence-based skills to help you heal the emotional wounds of your past, so you can finally move forward. With this compassionate guide, you’ll identify the reasons why you cut ties, so you can accept and feel validated in your decision. You’ll discover powerful tools to help you manage intense emotions, develop healthy coping strategies, and build a lasting and trustworthy support network. Most importantly, you’ll learn to cultivate self-compassion and live your life authentically—on your own terms. You’ll also find step-by-step guidance to: Grieve your losses and release guilt, anxiety, shame, and anger Understand and overcome the effects of difficult family relationships Manage difficult days and occasions like holidays, weddings, and funerals Maintain boundaries and build healthy relationships They say that family comes first; but it shouldn’t be at the expense of your mental health, happiness, or future. If you’ve decided to cut ties, this book will help you confirm that you’ve made the right choice, and give you the tools you need to live your life with confidence.
Download or read book Burn the Page written by Danica Roem and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational memoir-meets-manifesto by Danica Roem, the nation's first openly trans person elected to US state legislature Danica Roem made national headlines when--as a transgender former frontwoman for a metal band and a political newcomer--she unseated Virginia's most notoriously anti-LGBTQ 26-year incumbent Bob Marshall as state delegate. But before Danica made history, she had to change her vision of what was possible in her own life. Doing so was a matter of storytelling: during her campaign, Danica hired an opposition researcher to dredge up every story from her past that her opponent might seize on to paint her negatively. In wildly entertaining prose, Danica dismantles all the stories her opponents tried to hedge against her, showing how through brutal honesty and loving authenticity, it's possible to embrace the low points, and even transform them into her greatest strengths. Burn the Page takes readers from Danica's lonely, closeted, and at times operatically tragic childhood to her position as a rising star in a party she's helped forever change. Burn the Page is so much more than a stump speech: it's an extremely inspiring manifesto about how it's possible to set fire to the stories you don't want to be in anymore, whether written by you or about you by someone else--and rewrite your own future, whether that's running for politics, in your work, or your personal life. This book will not just encourage people who think they have to be spotless to run for office, but inspire all of us to own our personal narratives as Danica does.
Download or read book The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs written by and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You can't unring a bell." "It takes a village to raise a child." "Life is just a bowl of cherries." We sometimes think of proverbs as expressions of ancient wisdom, but in fact new proverbs are constantly arising. This unique volume is devoted exclusively to English language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The most complete and accurate such collection ever compiled, The Yale Book of Modern Proverbs presents more than 1,400 individual proverbs gathered and researched with the help of electronic full-text databases not previously used for such a project. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, with information about the earliest datable appearance, origin, history, and meaning of each proverb. Mundane or sublime, serious or jocular, these memorable sayings represent virtually every aspect of the modern experience. Readers will find the book almost impossible to put down once opened; every page offers further proof of the immense vitality of proverbs and their colorful contributions to the oral traditions of today.
Download or read book Tongue in Cheek and Other Places written by Kevin Isom and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorist Kevin Isom takes on issues ranging from gay marriage—he says do it for the gifts—to show tunes—is there really a gene? His take is humorous and upbeat. But Isom doesn’t hesitate to skewer the absurd, like the Defense of Marriage Act—were we protecting marriage from Saddam Hussein?—and trends like chest shaving—can we talk trimmed, not shaved?
Download or read book Gender And Work In Today s World written by Nancy Sacks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting gender equality through balanced analysis of both sexes, Gender and work in Today's World: A Reader explores the experiences of both men and women in the work force, focussing especially on gender-non-traditional jobs (i.e. men as nursed and women in the police force) and non-traditional work structures (i.e. Part-time,temporary, and odd-hour work), work over the life course, and sexual harassment.
Download or read book On the Rocks written by Garett Groves and published by Garett Groves. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A downtrodden barkeep. A country singing sensation. A small town second chance. Jason Smith has spent his whole life trying to escape Beauclaire, North Carolina, the tiny town where he was born and raised. But when his father passes away and leaves the family’s troubled bar to him, Jason’s sure he’s never going to escape the town and the painful memories that haunt him. Dan Montgomery never wanted to audition on America’s Next Top Singer, but gave in when he felt Beauclaire sink its dream-killing hooks into him. His unexpected success on the show launched a smash country music career—but it also cost him the only man who loved him before he was famous: Jason. After two exhausting, tumultuous years on the road, Dan longs for Jason and a quiet life in sleepy Beauclaire with all its quirks. So when he learns his mother is ill, he rushes home to care for her—and to croon his way back into Jason’s heart. Though they’ve both changed for the better since Dan’s been gone, Jason’s afraid to give their passionate but rocky romance a second chance. With a struggling bar to save and the eyes of the world watching Dan’s every move, it seems downright reckless—but Jason’s never been able to resist Dan. Can the two find a way to be together again? Or will they water down like whiskey on the rocks? On the Rocks is the first in the Southern Comforts series of small town, southern romances. Though each can be read and enjoyed alone, they fit together like butter on a biscuit when read as part of the series. If you like your romances with healthy sides of sweet tea, town gossip, “bless your hearts,” and scenes so steamy they’ll make your Mama drag you to church, you’ll love this latest book from Garett Groves!
Download or read book The Seasons of My Mother written by Marcia Gay Harden and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lyrical and deeply moving memoir, one of America’s most revered actresses weaves stories of her adventures and travels with her mother, while reflecting on the beautiful spirit that persists even in the face of her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Marcia Gay Harden knew at a young age that her life would be anything but ordinary. One of five lively children born to two Texas natives—Beverly, a proper Dallas lady, and Thad, a young naval officer—she always had a knack for storytelling, role-playing, and adventure. As a military family, the Hardens moved often, and their travels eventually took them to Yokohama, off the coast of Japan, during the Vietnam War era. It was here that Beverly, amid the many challenges of raising her family abroad, found her own self-expression in ikebana, the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging. Using the philosophy of ikebana as her starting point, Marcia Gay Harden intertwines the seasons of her mother’s life with her own journey from precocious young girl to budding artist in New York City to Academy Award-winning actress. With a razor-sharp wit, as well as the kind of emotional honesty that has made her performances resonate with audiences worldwide, Marcia captures the joys and losses of life even as her precious mother gracefully strives to maintain her identity while coming to grips with Alzheimer’s disease. Powerful and incredibly stirring, The Seasons of My Mother illustrates the unforgettable vulnerability and beauty of motherhood, as Marcia does what Beverly can no longer do: she remembers.
