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category: Social Science
published: Oct 2007
ISBN:9781771130646
publisher: Between the Lines

No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity, 2nd edition

by Vanessa Baird

tagged: gay studies
Description

The world is changing and especially so for lesbians, gays, and people who are bisexual and transgendered. In some countries, hard-won battles for equality are bearing fruit in non-discrimination legislation. In others, being gay incurs the death penalty.

This No-Nonsense Guide gives an overview of sexual diversity and reveals the hidden histories of LGBTI individuals, cross-dressers, and eunuchs across the world. It traces the strange search for the scientific “source” of homosexuality, the history of homophobia, and the role that religion and politics have played in controlling sexualities. Also included is a country-by-country global survey of the laws that affect sexual minorities.

About the Author

Vanessa Baird

Vanessa Baird has been co-editor at New Internationalist magazine since 1986. Her previous books include, as compiler and editor, Eye to Eye Women and The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity.

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