The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo: A Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men (1996 Lambda Literary Award Best Humor Book) [Paperback]

Judy Carter (Author)

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Publication Date: October 7, 1996

A lighthearted pat on the back for those gays and lesbians thinking of coming out of the closet provides a ten-step strategy filled with entertaining quizzes, cartoons, and advice. 25,000 first printing.

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Nicholson Baker was born in 1957 and attended the Eastman School of Music and Haverford College. He has received widespread review coverage for all of his books. He is recognised as one of the most dexterous and skilled writers in America today and commands equal attention for his fiction and nonfiction. His novels Vox and The Fermata each sold over 100,000 copies. He lives in Maine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Original edition (October 7, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684813580
• ISBN-13: 978-0684813585
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,191,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #97 in Books > Gay & Lesbian > Nonfiction > Coming Out

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gay 12-Step Program, Minus Two, October 24, 1997

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This review is from: The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo: A Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men (1996 Lambda Literary Award Best Humor Book) (Paperback)

So, you're gay, think you're gay, or one of those "I'm just curious" types? Then does Judy Carter have the book for you! This book helps you to explore your inner feelings towards being gay and assists in knocking the door off that closet to open up to your inner homo. Using generous amounts of her gay stand-up humor, Carter makes her book entertaining as well as informing, allowing gays to laugh at themselves as well as the narrow-minded bigots who bash them. She also incorporates numerous workbook-style exercises designed to guide gays in accepting themselves and making the rest of the world accept them, too. This is a must-read for anyone who is gay, thinks he/she might be gay, or even knows someone who is gay.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adds our cammp humor into the "coming out" process, November 9, 1999

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This review is from: The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo: A Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men (1996 Lambda Literary Award Best Humor Book) (Paperback)

As an endangered species (i.e. 'lesbian with a sense of humor'), I adored this book! Judy has her inner camp by the horns, making this an incredibly humorous read as she leads you through a well-rounded self-exploration of your "inner homo." Definitely worth both the money and the time to read this treasure!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent if you fit a certain type, May 26, 2000

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This review is from: The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo: A Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men (1996 Lambda Literary Award Best Humor Book) (Paperback)

This book is great. It has a lot of great exercises and advice, and is very supportive. I did find that this book has been written for a narrow audience, a white closeted lesbian in her 30's. This is an audience that I just don't fit into. This book does try to address other audiences such as gay men, but does not handle it well. For those of you who fit into this book's audience, BUY IT! It's a great book. If you don't fit into this audience, you can buy it but might find that you can't relate to it as well.