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Category: You Can Tell Just by Looking
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By Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico “Oh, he is such a homophobe. He’s probably really gay. That explains it.” How often have you heard this? How often have you thought it? Ironically, appeals to common sense are usually made when logical explanations fail or when the explanation is just too confusing to make…
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By Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico | Attempts to explain what causes homosexuality have a long, and often ugly, history. Various medical theories that pathologized homosexuality have caused and justified outright violence against LGB people, most notably, the use of electroshock treatments as part of therapeutic attempts to cure homosexuality in the 1950s.…
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A true mark of today’s paradigm shift is seeing how quickly the media and American society at large learned to address Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox by their new gender identities. The widespread visibility of diverse LGBT identities continues to expand. This is the kind of progress that’s important to see, especially for children who…
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Do hate crime laws prevent gay bashing? Ann Pellegrini, co-author of “You Can Tell Just By Looking” and 20 Other Myths About LGBT Life and People, has a surprising answer.
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The authors of “You Can Tell Just By Looking”: And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People dispel the myth that LGBT parents are bad for children.
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A Massachusetts resident celebrates the state’s progressive leadership, how it became a beacon of hope for the marriage equality movement, and, while she’s at it, dispels some LGBT myths with Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico, authors of “You Can Tell Just By Looking”: And 20 Other Myths About LGBT Life and People.
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Beacon’s Director, Helene Atwan, fondly remembers last month’s Miami Book Fair and all the great writers—and food and drinks—she encountered there.
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National Coming Out Day reading recommendations from Beacon Press.
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