The male couple's guide to living together : what gay men should know about living with each other and coping in a straight world / Eric Marcus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Eric, author.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay couples--United States--Life skills guides.

Gay couples.

Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Gay culture--United States.

Gay culture.

Gay men--United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

Gay men.

Gay parents.

AIDS awareness.

Gay families.

Domestic partnership.

Gay rights.

HIV/AIDS.

LGBTQ+ couples.

LGBTQ+ families.

Relationship satisfaction.

Safer sex.

Sex (Act).

Gay men--Social life and customs.

Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc.

United States.

Genre:

Life skills guides.

Physical Description:

xviii, 294 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Perennial Library, [1988]

Summary:

Here at last is the first practical, straightforward guide to the social, legal, financial, emotional, familial, and professional intricacies of life for male couples. Based on interview with male couples across the country, their families, health professionals, peer counselors and the author's own experience, and including extensive sources listings, this is truly a survival manual.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Getting started

2. Getting along

3. Monogamy/nonmonogamy

4. Moving in together

5. It's tough on family

6. Parenting

7. Work and play

8. Sex

9. Legalizing your relationship

10. Money

11. Insurance

12. Rituals and religion

13. Health

14. On the rocks

15. Aging and loss

16. Two couples

Appendix. General resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

0060550406

9780060550400

0060961430

9780060961435

OCLC:

15790419