So you want to be a lesbian? : a guide for amateurs and professionals / Liz Tracey and Sydney Pokorny ; original photography by Valerie Schaff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tracey, Liz, author.

Pokorny, Sydney, author.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--United States--Life skills guides.

Lesbians.

United States.

Genre:

Life skills guides.

Physical Description:

ix, 223 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Griffin, [1996]

Summary:

So you've heard that lesbians are chic, hot, and the "next big thing" but you still wonder what is all the fuss about a Middle Eastern country? Well, So You Want to Be a Lesbian? is here to rescue America from its confusion. It is the essential travel guide to the Sapphic landscape, illustrating key terms, "coming out" (how to do it without having your aunt collapse in the strudel), and much more. A mix of history, culture, little-known facts about the lesbian nation (hint: don't look for it in an atlas), and dating tips for the confirmed, the soon-to-be-out, and just plain-curious, So You Want to Be a Lesbian? answers the essential questions, pokes fun at lesbian tradition, and provides a road map of where lesbians a road map of where lesbians are heading for the millennium (we've got news for you: it's not Kansas).

Contents:

Coming out

Sex and relationships

Culture

Miscellaneous for the advanced lesbian.

Notes:

Filmography: pages 143-153.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-222).

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

0312144237

9780312144234

OCLC:

34150731

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