a global history of gay and lesbian experience
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Tin, Louis-Georges > (ed.)
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- B 03 2008/WER - B
- Thesaurus
- homoseksualiteit, heteroseksisme, lesbisch, communisme, jodendom, islam, heilige teksten, hindoeïsme, Afrika, Amerika, Azië, Europa, Oceanië, historisch, encyclopedie
- Description
- A book that documents the history of the treatment of homosexuals in all regions of the world. The dictionary includes over 160 essays on various aspects of gay rights and homophobia as experienced in all regions in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific, from the earliest epochs to present day. Subjects include religious and ideological forces such as the Bible, Communism, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam: historical events such as AIDS and Stonewall, personalities such as J. Edgar Hoover, Matthew Shepard, Oscar Wilde, Pat Buchanan, Joseph McCarthy, Pope John Paul II, and Anita Bryant: and other topics such as coming out, adoption, deportation, ex-gays, lesbophobia, and bi-phobia.