Who Cares If It's a Choice?: Snappy Answers to 101 Nosy, Intrusive and Highly Personal Questions About Lesbians and Gays (Paperback)

by Ellen Orleans (Author)

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Product Description
A hilarious parody, Who Cares If It's a Choice? provides snappy answers to all those nosy questions about being gay. From rainbow flags and the gay "agenda" to code words, lipstick lesbians, and bisexual dating. it.s all here. Plus, as an added bonus, a special section of gender confusion in public restrooms! A great gift, this best-seller of popular author Ellen Orleans has sold over 9,000 copies world-wide.

About the Author
Ellen Orleans is the lammy-winning author of four books of gay and lesbian humor, including The Butches of Madison County, Who Cares If It's a Choice? and Still Can't Keep a Straight Face. Raised in New Jersey, now living in Colorado, Ellen's work has been widely-published in publications as diverse as The Washington Post and Girl Jock Magazine to Women's Glib (Crossing Press) and Wilma Loves Betty (Alyson Press)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Laugh Lines Press (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096325264X
• ISBN-13: 978-0963252647
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,015,871 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest Thing I've Ever Read; A Great Read-OUT-Loud Too., June 22, 2000

By	Curtis Lane (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews

I ran into this book while casually parusing theGay&Lesbian Interests section of my local [bookstore] with afriend. I picked it up and read parts aloud and both of us were laughing fits. Needless to say, I purchased it that day. This book truly provides you with "snappy answers" to those intrusive questions; now if only homophobes carried their sense of humor with them when they were harassing you or being generally ignorant. My favorite passage: "Are you Born that way? No. We're _concieved_ that way. Consider it an act of divine intervention."

A must buy for gay people and lovers of humor alike. Give this lady her due, because I've never heard of her and her wit is sharper than any other gay commedian I've heard yet (and when you have competition like Kate Clinton, Ellen Degeneras, and Suzanne Westenhoefer, that's impressive.)

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny to even the straightest people, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

this book is a must have. any time you need a good laugh, here it is. and seriously, i read some of it to an extremely straight girl and SHE was balling. insightful and real in many cases, just plain funny in all. everythng you wish you had said when they asked you those dumb questions. BUY THIS BOOK!!!you'll thank me.heterosexual questionaire bonus!!!!! (is your heterosexuality just a phase you're going through?)

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not at all what I expected, May 10, 2000

By	[e-mail] (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

A bit too corny. There were a lot of good points and explanations given, but I expected it to be much more comical. Okay for a coffee table book.