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Welcome to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Department. At the bookshop and online, we have long catered for women's interests, but now the shop boasts a dramatically expanded and refreshed section, with a dedicated space and a vibrant, interesting and fantastically broad range of titles. Here is a taster of what's on offer, but if you have any queries please email glbt@foyles.co.uk, or phone us on +44 (0) 20 7440 3230., or phone us on +44 (0) 20 7440 3230.
Book Of The Month
ChaosEdmund White
What happens when a life implodes? When a respected older man, a product of the liberated 1970s, is incapable of cleaning up his act for the twenty-first century? When he pursues sex with a rabidity his body and his reputation can no longer sustain? In this collection, which features two new, previously unpublished stories, Edmund White explores different aspects of ageing, romance and sex. White has always been the ideal travelling companion; here, he invites the reader to accompany him to Florida, the Greek Isles, and Turkey - and into the chaotic gay demimonde of contemporary New York.
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This is a fascinating, personal journey through the vibrant and explosive New York of the 70s - featuring wonderful sideshows in San Francisco and a Venice presided over by the radiant Peggy Guggenheim - which proceeds joyfully from literary infighting at the New Yorker to erotic entanglements downtown to the post-Stonewall burgeoning gay scene of artists and writers. It is a moving, candid and brilliant portrait of a time and place; a stereoscopic vision from one of the most engaging writers of his generation - and a book that, movingly, celebrates art and friendship as two of the most important components of the life well lived.
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee
Martin Sixsmith
When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent of Roscrea, Co. Limerick, to be looked after as a 'fallen woman' and at the age of three her baby was whisked away and 'sold' to America for adoption. Coerced into signing a document promising 'Never to Seek to Know' what the Church did with him, she never saw him again. She would spend the next 50 years searching for her son, unaware that he spent his life searching for her. This is the story of a mother and a son whose lives were blighted by the forces of hypocrisy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the secrets they were forced to keep.
This indispensible guide includes Quick Facts on everything the gay traveller on the go needs, including accommodation, bars, bookstores, gyms, restaurants and men's clubs as well as a calendar of film festivals, circuit parties and leather and bear events. It offers a global array of over 12,000 gay-friendly listings in destinations from South America, Europe, the US and Canada.
Get the inside scoop on local lesbian hotspots with over 9,000 listings covering North America, Mexico, the Caribbean and major capitals of Europe, noting women-run businesses, vegetarian menus, wheelchair access and multiracial clientele. Special sections detail lesbian tours, festivals, conferences and even camping and RV spots.
The first comprehensive biographical compendium of important historical and contemporary figures who were or are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. The hundreds of people whose stories appear in this book are some of the most intriguing personalities of their times: actors, writers, musicians, businessmen, politicians, scientists and soldiers. Intended for gay and heterosexuals alike, this encyclopedia reveals a fascinating picture of queer society and culture throughout recorded history. This is history at its finest: surprising, absorbing and ultimately empowering.
One Dimensional Woman
Nina Power
Where have all the interesting women gone? This short book is partly an attack on the apparent abdication of any systematic political thought on the part of today's positive, up-beat feminists. It suggests alternative ways of thinking about transformations in work, sexuality and culture that, while seemingly far-fetched in the current ideological climate, may provide more serious material for future feminism.
By studying Foucault's explosive History of Madness, in which he recasts Western rationalism as a project that both produces and represses sexual deviants, Lynne Huffer teases out exciting new strands of Foucauldian thought, divining an ethics of eros that sees sexuality as a lived experience we are repeatedly called on to remember. She weaves her own experiences together with Foucault's, sampling from unpublished interviews and other archived materials in order to rework the problem of sexuality as a product of reason.
The Nearest Exit May be Behind You
S. Bear Bergman
Bergman is known as an activist, gender-jammer, performer and celebrated writer on queer and trans issues, including the highly acclaimed Butch is a Noun. Her new collection of essays is by turns contrary, witty and informed about the politics and the personal experiences encountered in 21st century queer and trans life.
In these smart and seductive stories of love between men, Richard Labonte once again raises the bar for gay romantic fiction. This covers every romantic possibility, including first love, true love, wake-up sex, make-up sex and everything in between. Each story is redolent with romance, great sex and characters that are fully fleshed out in more ways than one.
With stories ranging from sweet to passionate, this is essential reading for anyone who favours the highly imaginative, the deeply sensual and the very loving. Radclyffe's romance collections are eagerly anticipated each year and this year's edition is once again packed with stories that revel in seduction, love and relationships between women.
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