Chronicles the history of queer life in Minnesota, and highlights queer experiences in early Minnesota, the vice districts, queer activism, Pride, institutions of art and education, and the evolution of the queer community. Includes black-and-white photographs.

Book of Stuart, Chapter 1:10. 10 And, yea verily, Stuart did commit the Sin of Onan in the shower. And this was witnessed by his own brother who did cry out unto their mother. And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. 11 And the townspeople rose up against him and all Onaners, calling upon one another to tear the youthful sinner's limb from unclean limb. And there was much pants wetting. 12 And lo, Stuart did join forces with the demon, Fon...

Lucian "Lucky" Spark has been leading a double life, training to become a member of the Establishment by day while carrying out sabotage by night to avenge the murder of his lover, Digory Tycho, and rescue his captured brother. But when he gets caught up in a war between the Establishment and the rebellion, Lucky quickly realizes his only hope of navigating the blurred lines between friend and foe is to understand the mystery of the apocalyptic event...

On Recruitment Day, the totalitarian Establishment government forces Lucian Spark to become one of five Recruits who will compete to join the Imposer task force. As the Recruits proceed through an increasingly difficult training regimen, they are haunted by the knowledge that if they fail, they will have to choose one of their loved ones to be executed.

First published nearly one hundred years ago, André Gide's masterpiece, translated from the original French by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Howard, draws from the disciplines of biology, philosophy, and history to support the author's assertion that homosexuality is a natural human trait At the time of his death in 1951, having won the Nobel Prize in Literature only four years prior, André Gide was considered one of the most important literary...

With the advent of recording technology, LGBT messages were for the first time brought to the forefront of popular music. Bullock covers the history of recorded music by and for the LGBT community, and shows how those records influenced the evolution of the music we listen to today. He discusses how gay, lesbian, and bisexual performers influenced jazz and blues; examines the almost forgotten Pansy Craze in the years between the two World Wars; chronicles...

In this timely book, award-winning author Kevin DeYoung challenges each of us -- the skeptic and the seeker, the certain and the confused -- to take a humble look at God's Word regarding the issue of homosexuality. After examining key biblical passages in both the Old and New Testaments and the Bible's overarching teaching regarding sexuality, DeYoung responds to popular objections raised by Christians and non-Christians alike, making this an indispensable...

"A research-based exploration of queer behavior in different animal species is interspersed with personal anecdotes and interviews with scientists"-- A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal worldfrom albatrosses to bonobos to clownfish to doodlebugs. In sharp and witty...

Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.

Brownson argues that Christians should reconsider whether or not the biblical strictures against same-sex relations as defined in the ancient world should apply to contemporary, committed same-sex relationships. He carefully analyzes each of the seven main texts that appear to address intimate same-sex relations, and in the process explores key concepts that inform our understanding of the texts, including patriarchy, complementarity, purity and impurity,...