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Category: Queer Perspectives
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James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of America's foremost writers. His essays, such as "Notes of a Native Son" (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-twentieth-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his…
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Is marriage a personal commitment or a public institution? E. J. Graff explains how it is an intersection of both.
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The Supreme Court’s opinion in the DOMA case illustrates how it is the marriage equality side that truly has had the best interests of children at heart all along.
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In honor of Pride Month, a special discount on all LGBT titles at Beacon.org!
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Opponents of marriage equality find themselves arguing both that the marriage debate is about children and that marriage doesn’t matter to kids of LGBT parents.
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What if the LGBT Pride Parades held in the cities combined with the small-town pride parades of the prairie? Melanie Hoffert imagines a utopian future.
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For a limited time, visit Beacon Press at Scribd to download a PDF of Plante's extraordinary memoir American Ghosts for free. If you'd rather get a copy of the paperback, order from Beacon for the special low price of $3.99. You can also get The Pure Lover: A Memoir of Grief and The Country: A Novel for $3.99 each. Order…
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Michael Bronski discusses how the violence of the Civil War influenced ideas of masculinity in America.
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Chris Stedman reflects upon a recent visit to Utah as he prepares for Boston Pride.
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Graham crackers, Quakers, and anarchists: A conversation with Michael Bronski explores U.S. History through a queer lens.
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