Instructors will find the book a welcome addition to gay and lesbian studies or women's studies classes, while activists and community organizers will find ideas and analyses relevant to their own work as well.
–Lambda Book Report
As a dip-in companion to the `ivory closet', this is an accessible and rewarding collection. But be warned: dip in now, before homosexualities fulfill their modernist destiny and cease to exist.
–Time Out
The chapters cover a broad range of topics of interest to anyone involved in homophile studies.... the book is informative and up-to-date on its treatment of these issues, and would be an excellent supplementary text for a gay and lesbian studies class.... Each chapter stands on its own and all are worth reading, and all cohere togethere to give the reader an accurate account of what life is life for homosexuals in today's world.
–Archives of SexualBehavior
Product Description
When the modern lesbian and gay movements erupted on the international cultural and political stage during the early 1970s few could have predicted the enormous ramifications. Although the lesbian and gay community still has its critics and enemies, it has proliferated into unique ways of living together, relating sexually, responding to crisis, establishing identities, and acting politically.
Beyond Homosexuality is a unique collection of nineteen essays by international activists and academics which document and analyze the dramatic changes in lesbian and gay experience over the past twenty years. The collection explores such topics as the growth of lesbian and gay studies, new patterns of lesbian sexuality, the relationship between lesbians and gay men, the debate over lesbian motherhood, the rise of renewed political campaigning in the face of a "backlash," and the impact of AIDS. While the focus of the book is the distinctive modern experiences found in Western countries, there are also essays on Turkey and MesoAmerica. It will be required reading for lesbian and gay scholars, and will be a landmark in consolidating past debates and suggesting pathways to the future.
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