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The Regulation of Desire, Third Edition

Queer Histories, Queer Struggles

By Gary Kinsman; Afterword by Tom Hooper; Foreword by OmiSoore Dryden
Concordia University Press
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It's Totally Normal!

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

An LGBTQIA inclusive relationship and sex education guide written specifically for queer teens.

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Bisexual Men Exist

A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Ingredients for Revolution

A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses

Concordia University Press

Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the trailblazing restaurant Mother Courage of New York City, Ingredients for Revolution is the first history of the more than 230 feminist and lesbian-feminist restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses that existed in the United States from 1972 to the present.

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Making the Case

2SLGBTQ+ Rights and Religion in Schools

UBC Press, Purich Books

Making the Case provides clear explanations of how law protects sexual minority rights, making it an essential resource for supporting 2SLGBTQ+ students in Canadian schools.

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Transitions

Our Stories of Being Trans

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Trans Pride

A Coloring Book

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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The Best of Assigned Male

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Internationally-acclaimed cartoonist Sophie Labelle offers a witty insight into the realities of being trans.

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Fat and Queer

An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

A radical, first of its kind anthology exploring the intersection of fat and queer identities.

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In Their Shoes

Navigating Non-Binary Life

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

A fun and feisty guide to living your best non-binary life, written by a rising star in the trans community.

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How to Be Ace

A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

A humorous and honest graphic memoir of growing up and navigating life as asexual.

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A Sojourn in Paradise

Jack Robinson in 1950s New Orleans

University Press of Mississippi

A celebration of the New Orleans life and early career of famed fashion photographer Jack Robinson.

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No Place for the State

The Origins and Legacies of the 1969 Omnibus Bill

UBC Press

No Place for the State is an incisive study that offers complex and often contrasting perspectives on the Trudeau government’s 1969 Omnibus Bill and its impact on sexual and moral politics in Canada.

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The Spectrum of Sex

The Science of Male, Female and Intersex

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Using a range of intersex variations, this innovative book introduces readers to the diversity of biological sex and its relationship to gender identity and the societal impact this has. Written by a leading intersex activist and an esteemed biological sciences scholar, it balances authority with inclusivity to create an important educational tool.

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Queering Representation

LGBTQ People and Electoral Politics in Canada

Edited by Manon Tremblay
UBC Press

Queering Representation explores what happens when LGBTQ people move out of the closet and into the political arena.

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Inside Killjoy’s Kastle

Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings

UBC Press

Exploring the making and experience of a lesbian feminist haunted house, this book reframes and reclaims queer feminist histories with humour, provocation, and theoretical sophistication.

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Am I Safe Here?

LGBTQ Teens and Bullying in Schools

UBC Press, On Point Press

Am I Safe Here? treats LGBTQ students as the experts in their own schools, revealing that, to achieve safety and equity, nothing less than a total culture change is needed.

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A Queer Love Story

The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout

UBC Press

A Queer Love Story chronicles the poignant, incisive exchanges and intimate friendship that developed between Jane Rule, lesbian novelist and essayist, and Rick Bébout, gay journalist and activist, as they reflected on and participated in the key issues and events that shaped LGBT communities in the ’80s and ’90s.

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We Still Demand!

Redefining Resistance in Sex and Gender Struggles

UBC Press

By challenging the erasure of radical histories, this book makes an invaluable contribution to remembering and rethinking Canadian sex and gender activism from the 1970s to the present.

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Disrupting Queer Inclusion

Canadian Homonationalisms and the Politics of Belonging

UBC Press

This book contends that Canada’s acceptance of “gay rights” obscures and abets multiple forms of oppression and details how, in the fight for equality and inclusion, some LGBTQ communities gain acceptance within the mainstream, and as a result become complicit in a system that fortifies white supremacy, furthers settler colonialism, advances neoliberalism, and props up imperialist mythologies.

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Queer Mobilizations

Social Movement Activism and Canadian Public Policy

Edited by Manon Tremblay
UBC Press

Canada is considered a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights, but as Queer Mobilizations shows, this has less to do with progressive politicians than with the work of queer activists who have fought for policy changes from their local city halls to the chambers of Parliament.

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Fraught Intimacies

Non/Monogamy in the Public Sphere

UBC Press

Drawing on media, popular culture, and recent court cases, this book examines how various forms of non-monogamy (polygamy, adultery, and polyamory) are represented in the public sphere, how some forms of non-monogamy are tolerated and others vilified, and the effects such privileging is having on intimate relationships and other aspects of contemporary Western society.

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Making a Scene

Lesbians and Community across Canada, 1964-84

UBC Press

A celebratory history of how lesbians “made a scene” by creating places and opportunities to form relationships, debate politics, and build their own culture across Canada.

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“Don’t Be So Gay!”

Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe

UBC Press

Queer students speak out in a book that seeks to address the problem of homophobic bullying in schools.

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Troubling Sex

Towards a Legal Theory of Sexual Integrity

UBC Press

Focusing on the Supreme Court of Canada, Craig attempts to overcome the constraints of theoretical frameworks and disciplinary boundaries by pursuing a more inclusive theory of law and sexuality.

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Transforming Law's Family

The Legal Recognition of Planned Lesbian Motherhood

UBC Press

Drawing on the rarely heard voices of Canada’s lesbian mothers, Transforming Law’s Family explores the legal dimensions of planned lesbian parenthood and proposes avenues for legal change.

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Judging Homosexuals

A History of Gay Persecution in Quebec and France

By Patrice Corriveau; Foreword by Barry Adam; Translated by Käthe Roth
UBC Press

This history examines shifting constructions of homosexuality over time through a comparative analysis of gay persecution in France and Quebec.

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Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States

UBC Press

While acknowledging differences between Canada and the United States in their political responses to religion and sexual diversity, this volume moves beyond stereotypes to pose larger questions and reveal surprising changes at the intersection of faith-based and LGBT rights claims.

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Awfully Devoted Women

Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900-65

UBC Press

This intimate study of the lives of middle-class lesbians who came of age before the gay rights movement unveils a previously unknown world of private relationships, discreet social networks, and love.

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The Canadian War on Queers

National Security as Sexual Regulation

UBC Press

The Canadian War on Queers shows how the Canadian state used the ideology of national security to wage war on gays and lesbians.

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