A collection of writing by homosexuals from all over the world shows how they are imagining their lives in contradistinction to heterosexual majorities and covers the gay liberation movement, AIDS, attitudes toward lesbians, and more. Reprint.
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This is a useful but frustrating collection of gay and lesbian nonfiction from around the world. Generally the contributions are of very high quality, but the volume bites off more than it can chew with respect to topics such as "Oppressions," "New Understandings (Manifestos and Analyses)" and "Living Our Lives." For example, the issue of lesbian separatism (as elucidated here, this is a decision to break off all contact with men up to and including selling one's LPs by male artists and one's television sets because men appear on TV) is highly charged, and Janet Dixon's passionately argued essay cum memoir is a superb analysis of the central issues, but there should be a wider range of viewpoints offered. The section of manifestos, with its preponderance of leftist jargon, gets tiresome quickly. Still, there are myriad excellent pieces. Detailed reports on repression of gays and lesbians in China and Cuba are grim reminders that the capitalist bloc has never had a monopoly on homophobia. Gerald Hannon's moving and well-researched look at the gay disabled offers compelling evidence that even within the gay community there are prejudices that need to be swept away. A handful of the 43 essays included are excerpted from books available in the U.S., but most of the material will be totally unfamiliar to American readers. Likosky is a librarian for the New York Public Library.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Collection of some interesting gay press materials,
By Stephen O. Murray "Stephen O. Murray" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Coming Out: An Anthology of International Gay and Lesbian Writings (Paperback)
Stephan Likosky's anthology of international gay and lesbian writing, Coming Out (New York: Pantheon, 1992) includes much interesting stuff culled mostly from the gay press (including an interview Jared Braiterman conducted with Brazilian AIDS activist Herbert Daniel), ILGA (a nuanced historical chapter on Cuba), and a few pieces reprinted from journals (including Ruan and Tsai on China and Joseph Carrier on Mexico). Likoksy endeavored to include material on Asia and Africa, though it tends to be by/about Asians and Africans in Britain and the US. Why he included the samplings of Theory he did (Fernbach, Hocquenghem, Mieli) I have no idea. Nonetheless, he produced an interesting collection of materials.
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