"You Can Tell Just By Looking": And 20 Other Myths about LGBT

"You Can Tell Just By Looking": And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People (Queer Ideas/Queer Action Book 9)

2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist: LGBT Nonfiction

Breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives
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In â€œYou Can Tell Just by Lookingâ€Â three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Myths, such as â€œAll Religions Condemn Homosexualityâ€ and â€œTransgender People Are Mentally Ill,â€ have been used to justify discrimination and oppression of LGBT people. Others, such as â€œHomosexuals Are Born That Way,â€ have been embraced by LGBT communities and their allies. In discussing and dispelling these mythsâ€”including gay-positive onesâ€”the authors challenge readers to question their own beliefs and to grapple with the complexities of what it means to be queer in the broadest social, political, and cultural sense.

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-10-01
Format Kindle eBook

"You Can Tell Just By Looking": And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People (Queer Ideas/Queer Action Book 9)