Gender, Sexuality and LGBTQIA+

How is AI changing the way we live and love? This is the hugely entertaining, eye-opening new book from the Sunday Times bestselling author. 'Joins the dots in a neglected...

This book is an original discussion of key problems in moral theory. The author argues that the work of recent feminist theorists in this area, particularly that of Carol Gilligan,...

This book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re-examines the artistic distinctions between fantasy and reality, pornography and erotica, and challenges the legal definition...

"Leslie Vernick is a wise counselor... She is an experienced and thorough trainer who shares clearly and practically the necessary steps for getting into shape spiritually, emotionally, and physically in...

Teen and adult fans of All The Bright Places , Me and Earl and the Dying Girl , and Everything, Everything will adore this quirky story of coming-of-age, coming out,...

The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader is the biggest and most comprehensive multi-disciplinary anthology of critical work in lesbian/gay studies. Bringing together forty-two groundbreaking essays this collection provides a much-needed...

The question of whether there can be a distinctively female ethics is one of the debates in gender studies, philosophy and psychology today. This text examines these debates and seeks...

'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard 'A call for cool heads at a time of...

Investigative journalist and aviatrix Teddy, who narrates Gore Vidal's metaphysical thriller, has moulded herself on flying ace Amelia Earhart. Although she's aware that's a bit anachronistic, it qualifies her to...

... rich and thought-provoking... That kind of collaborative writing is feminist scholarship at its best, and exhaustingly difficult." -The Women's Review of Books A substantial contribution to women's studies and...

WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR- A gripping, heart-shattering love story between two soldiers in the First World War It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to...

Linda LeMoncheck introduces a new way of thinking and talking about women's sexual pleasures, preferences, and desires. Using the tools of contemporary analytic philosophy, she discusses methods for mediating the...

Over half of the short stories written during this century have been writen by women. This book is an anthology of British women's short stories and authors represented include Rebecca...

"Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone... There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry...

A wildly creative Gothic fantasy retelling of Frankenstein , This Monstrous Thing is a wholly new reimagining of the classic novel by Mary Shelley and is perfect for fans of...

The feel-good read of 2024. Perfect for fans of Mike Gayle, Beth O'Leary and Alice Oseman's Heartstopper . Selected as one of the Independent's 19 debut authors set to make...

Green shoots, green leaves, California green vesicles be-neath the California green-brown mud. A hormonal transition is a new start, but it is not a new start like a shoot emerges...

Fetus ejection reflex, milk ejection reflex, sperm ejection reflex, orgasmogenic cocktail...These are examples of terms used by Michel Odent in his study of the ecstatic/orgasmic states associated with different episodes...

Janice Raymond offers a vision of female friendship that is as exhilarating as it is controversial. In this feminist classic, she explores the many manifestations of friendship between women, including...

Five women - all HIV-positive - tell their diverse stories with honesty and determination. These powerful narratives reveal how each woman approached her predicament and the inner qualities she drew...

Have you ever wanted to join the circus? Wondered what goes on behind the scenes? What trapeze artists think about as they swing through the air? How fit you have...

Why do women become lesbians in later life? After interviewing almost a hundred women for an academic project, Dr. Tamsin Wilton realised their extraordinary stories should be shared with the...

Stylishly illustrated by Jack Hughes, The Gentleman's Handbook is the essential guide to living the gentleman's lifestyle. There's never been a tougher time to be a gentleman. In addition to...

Moon Basin has been haunted for as long as anyone can remember. It started when an explosion in the mine killed sixteen people. The disaster made it impossible to live...

" A Girl's Guide to Personal Hygiene is everything I never knew I wanted: a disgusting, hilarious, and honest book that pays tribute to the female body and all of...

What female body part is the size of a fingertip, has over 6000 nerve fibres, is the key to women's sexual pleasure, and has managed to elude countless anatomy book?...

Nicole Foster, the editor of the bestselling 'Awakening the Virgin' returns with this breathtaking collection of real stories about women in the throes of sexual ecstasy - all stripped of...

Rivtow was just a three-boat log-towing operation when Lucille Johnstone came aboard as an unskilled girl Friday in the late 1940s. By the 1980s, Rivtow had taken over its biggest...

The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and...

As seen in the HBO docuseries THE VOW: A jaw-dropping insider look into the world of the so-called "Hollywood Sex Cult" NXIVM chronicling the rise of enigmatic cult leader, Keith...

With Princess Sultana's Circle, the extraordinary story of Princess Sultana continues. The forced marriage of Sultana's niece to a cruel and depraved older man, and Sultana's discovery of the harem...

Acting the Right Part is a cultural history of huaju (modern Chinese drama) from 1966 to 1996. Xiaomei Chen situates her study both in the context of Chinese literary and...

Descendants of indentured labourers brought from India to the Caribbean between 1845 and 1917 comprise more than forty percent of Trinidad's population today. While many Indo-Trinidadians identify themselves as Indian,...

In 1973, homosexuality was officially depathologized with a revision in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatry . In 1980, a new diagnosis appeared: Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood (GID)....

Since first reports of a "gay cancer" in 1981, it has been hard to ignore the politics, polemic, and prejudice that gathered around AIDS. Yet a literary genre also emerged,...

While research findings in this volume take an Australian perspective, they extend beyond national boundaries and are pertinent to readers in all societies. Contributors explore violence against women with disabilities,...

More than a manual on lesbian sex, Woman to Woman covers the issues particular to lesbian relationships and coveys the vibrancy and intimacy of lovemaking between women. So many questions...

From marketing maven to angel of the garbage district-the inspiring authorized biography of Maggie Gobran, the "Mother Teresa of Egypt." Since 1997, Maggie Gobran and her organization Stephen's Children have...

What is Sappho, except a name? Although the Greek archaic lyrics attributed to Sappho of Lesbos survive only in fragments, she has been invoked for many centuries as the original...

Both highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the...

Rotello, an award-winning journalist and long-time AIDS activist, has done in this book something no writer has done before. Weaving together the strands of ecology theory, epidemiology, and sexual politics,...

"The Politics and Poetics of Camp" is a radical reappraisal of the meaning and discourse of camp. The contributors look at both the meaning and the uses of camp performance,...

Feminism has placed language firmlu on the political agenda. A 'feminist critiqwue of language' now undeniably exists: its influence on public, and especially academinc discourse has grown to the point...