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Personal experiences rarely lose value
Even though this collection of essays from folks talking about gender and sexuality outside of the narrow boxes is from 1997, the personal accounts are still very interesting to read.Have things changed?We can hope so.For now this is a good read but the essays could be more carefully organized.Frankly it feels like the essays were collected first then the table of contents fitted around them leaving some a bit odd feeling.The quality of the essay varies with the author frankly.The best and most wide reaching essay is the very first: Greta Christina's look at the power of words.A good introduction for almost anyone on any topic.

down with binary thinking!
If you've ever chafed at being asked to choose from "straight/gay", "man/woman," or wondered why anyone else did, you'll love these essays.I laughed, I cried, I was turned on...; it's all in here.I would have liked to see more racially-diverse perspectives (although Lawrence Schimel's essay was a welcome and much-needed addition), but it's an excellent book nonetheless.

Engaging. Enlightening. Encouraging. Amazing.
A truly wonderful book, Carol Queen et al have given the gift of insights into things that I have long felt and tried to convey to friends in much less eloquent language. These are real stories from real people who prove that human sexuality is never an either/or affair. It shows that narrow-mindedness and discrimination occur within nearly every group -- including within the queer community and its sub-communities. When will we accept that we are all sexual -- period -- and that we needn't categorize, condemn or exclude based on how others choose to express that sexuality? To do otherwise is to live a lie and to force others to do the same. Read this book and share it with others! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bisexuality    2. Gay Studies    3. Gay communities    4. Gays    5. Gender Studies    6. Homosexuality    7. Human Sexuality    8. Identity    9. Lesbian Studies    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Gay & Lesbian studies   

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Don't waste your money.
What a terrible, terrible book.This first part is supposedly a discussion of bisexuality;it consists of little more than bizarre non sequitors, wanders all over the place and keeps returning to eunuchs and transvestites.Very little discussion of what bisexuality IS.The bulk of the book consists of short, 1-page biographies of famous people who may or may not have been bisexual -- there is little to no evidence or even rumor presented in many of the entries.Don't waste your time or money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Gender Studies    2. General    3. Human Sexuality    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. BISEXUALITY    7. Bisexuals    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Human Sexuality   

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Subjects:  1. Bibliography    2. Bisexuality    3. Indexes    4. Periodicals    5. Sex   

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