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Chargement... "You Can Tell Just By Looking": And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and Peoplepar Michael Bronski
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"Breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives. "You Can Tell Just by Looking" unpacks enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Some of these myths, such as "all religions condemn homosexuality," have been used to justify discrimination and oppression of LGBT people. Other myths, such as "LGBT people are born that way," have been adopted by LGBT communities and their allies. By discussing and dispelling these myths--including gay-positive ones--the authors challenge readers to question their own beliefs and to grapple with the complexities of what it means to be queer in the broadest social, political, and cultural sense"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)306.76Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Relations between the sexes, sexualities, love Sexual orientation, gender identityClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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The issue at center stage is civil liberty: can we be treated fairly under the law and within society whatever our gender identity or sexual preferences? Are we willing to treat others with dignity and respect? For many people, this is not at all an easy question. Many will throw the book down in disgust, unwilling to think seriously about how they have formed their opinions. The very fact that we have invented terms like gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual shows our collective attempt to pinpoint exactly what someone's sexuality/gender is all about, but five terms (including straight) simply cannot cover the diversity that real life insists upon. Perhaps this is why many still confuse cross-dressing with gayness or transsexuality. The fact of the current love affair in someone's life also cannot tell the whole story. As a friend once told me concerning her long-term, monogamous, lesbian relationship: "I think I'm predominantly heterosexual, but I just happened to fall in love with a woman."
At less than 200 pages including end notes, this is obviously not intended to be exhaustive, but the thoughtful presentation of 21 myths should provide a jumping off point for intelligent dialog concerning gender and sexual issues. ( )