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Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City
Portland, Oregon is a queer city in the queerest state in the US. It's also a place where, like anywhere in this country, you can experience phobia, violence, and discrimination. Out of these contradictions burst this sparkling collection of first-person stories, a heady mix of fiction and fact, contributors from across the queer spectrum and beyond, serving vulnerability, humor, and realness.
The Encyclopedia of American LGBT History and Culture
This 3-vol. set is an accessible and scholarly reference that provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. Long needed by researchers, the Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America includes approximately 545 articles ranging from short biographical entries to longer essays surveying topics such as the Stonewall riots, federal law and policy, same-sex institutions and AIDS.
AIDS Changed Everything - by Christa Orth
It’s all too rare that we examine HIV/AIDS and LGBT experiences through the lens of class. Jim Hubbard, Miriam Frank and I took the opportunity to present our various works on this topic at the Labor and Working Class History Association conference in New York City last month. We highlighted the important contributions of AIDS activists fighting for justice on the front lines of ACT UP and at the AIDS service organizations where they worked.