Lavender lists : new lists about lesbian and gay culture, history, and personalities / by Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher and Adrien Saks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Lynne Yamaguchi.

Contributor:

Saks, Adrien.

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--History--Miscellanea.

Homosexuality.

Lesbians--History--Miscellanea.

Lesbians.

Gay men--History--Miscellanea.

Gay men.

Genre:

History.

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Alyson Publications, ©1990.

Summary:

"In Lavender Lists, Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher and Adrien Saks have compiled more than a hundred fun and intriguing new lists into an entertaining book. Here are 6 witch hunts of past and present; 18 public apologies for homophobia; 10 gay and lesbian cops; plus lesbian and gay detectives and ministers, saints and pirates, and much more."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

An army of lovers

16 couples and how they met

17 lovers of Natalie Barney

10 marriages that must have required some extra effort

54 people who had relationships with both sexes

11 gay or lesbian couples in business together

13 parents of the past

...and 22 parents of the present

7 things that Charles Hix says are sexy on men

6 stages in a gay male relationship

10 top condoms, as rated by Consumer Reports

...and 8 condoms most likely to fail (listed from worst to best)

25 things not to say if you want to keep your lover

Waltzing the straight and narrow

8 proposed causes of homosexuality

7 distinct traits in the handwriting of gay people

15 cases of censorship where no sex was involved

6 witch hunts

18 apologies for anti-gay conduct

...and 3 who haven't

12 people who voluntarily came out in a very public way, and where they did it

8 1/2 people who claim to have been "cured" of their homosexuality

22 people who confronted the military

10 cops

7 openly gay men and lesbians who have been ordained

...and 17 who have come out since their ordination

17 straight friends we're glad to have

2 locales that changed their names...

...and 14 that didn't

4 hints from the lesbian conncetion about how straight women should act when they meet a lesbian

From whence we came

Start Timmons's 12 most important lesbian and gay activists from all of history

11 people from history and literature that Joan Nestle would most like to invite to dinner at the Lesbian Herstory Archives

The 10 people from throughout history that Pat Califia would most like to invite to a dinner party

11 pirates believed to have been homosexual

6 noteworthy saints

5 steps in the gay apostolic succession

73 homosexual and bisexual rulers and whence they ruled

3 scandals that shook governments

13 fires and conflagrations

24 exiles and emigrés

9 massive anti-gay purges

8 estimates of the percentage of the population that is gay

25 noteworthy practices in other cultures

Mightier than the sword

59 gay and lesbian authors who have won major mainstream awards

22 early and lesser-known works of literature

18 gay and lesbian periodicals published before 1960

22 pennames and pseudonyms

and who they really were

22 noteworthy works about AIDS

7 reasons authors have given to Alyson Publications for not dealing with AIDS or safer sex in their novels, and the years we heard them

31 fictional detectives

Michael Denney's 10 favorite gay and lesbian books

Artemis Oakgroves's 10 favorite lesbian books

Carrie Barnett's 10 favorite lesbian works of fiction

Jesse Monteagudo's unfavorite gay books

Jesse Monteagudo's 10 favorite gay books

53 gay and lesbian writers, magazines, and presses that have received NEA grants

Daring to speak our name

8 button slogans of the 1960s

18 post-Stonewall button slogans

10 absurd arrests of people...and 1 of a pseudo-penis

13 uses of the "gay panic" defense

11 boycotts of the past and present

13 events that used the word "Olympics" in their name

32 signers of a 1975 Ms. magazine petition for freedom of sexual choice

16 U.S. senators who intervened on behalf of openly gay Air Force Sgt. Leonard Matlovich in 1975

18 pro gay Republicans

15 top senators

...and 93 top members of the U.S. House of Representatives

11 national unions that supported gay rights

13 successful lawsuits

Making our way

9 pro and con comments about outing

9 people who have been outed

7 porn stars who died of AIDS, and some of their films

10 top athletes

2 gay artists whose work caused a fuss at the Corcoran Gallery

4 gay cartoon and comic characters

...and 5 we wonder about

Michael Musto's 5 best parties

Robert Patrick's 10 favorite gay plays

Kennedy Smith's 10 best lesbian albums

5 planned gay communities that never happened

5 areas of the country most likely to produce white men who are open to an interracial relationship

9 colors historically associated with homosexuality

the 21 most common names for women's bars

the 20 most common names for gay men's bars

26 first names associated with gay men

6 men's first names used by prominent women

28 quilt names

78 materials used in making quilt panels

The spice of life

10 nuns

the 12 members of The Furies collective, and where they are now

22 people from Gay Community News, and their later accomplishments

4 popular birthdays

27 ways to die

20 people who committed suicide

9 transsexuals

19 notable cross-dressers

6 plants and flowers historically associated with homosexuality

7 birds historically associated with male homosexuality

Sam Stewards fees for tattoo talk

12 things you shouldn't have believed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 229) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

1555831826

9781555831820

OCLC:

22908652