Homophobia & Transphobia

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The Emancipatory Potential of Aging

Interview with Hannah Kia

From: The Care We Dream Of

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The author interviews Hannah Kia, PhD, RCSW, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Social Work in Vancouver, BC, whose research centres on LGBTQ/2+ aging … 10 $1.00 Add
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Please, We All Gonna Get It

Trans Women on Inevitability, Health Care, and the Cure

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this conversation, the authors share their experiences accessing health care, their thoughts on trans representation and chosen families, their relationship to the HIV/AIDS crisis, and their … 12 $1.20 Add
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Fearing El Sida

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, Betancourt explores the personalization of AIDS in Columbia, where it was known as El Sida. 11 $1.10 Add
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Looking for Gaëtan

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter explores the historicization of the AIDS epidemic, and discusses some myths about Gaëtan Dugas, the so-called "Patient Zero." 9 $0.90 Add
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Jason & David

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author discusses his attempts to create a performance piece that juxtaposed images from his childhood with stories and images from the lives of gay artists who had died of … 11 $1.10 Add
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Homeless Youth Are Still Dying of AIDS

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This essay describes the author’s experiences as a homeless "baby dyke," and how terror surrounding AIDS effected her at a young age. She later received the kind of sex eduation … 7 $0.70 Add
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Leftover Lovers

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter details the author’s experience with his school’s abstinance only sex education, which was stigmatizing, and the structural oppression that governed the lives of queer … 11 $1.10 Add
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Elders

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author examines the deaths of her two uncles from AIDS, and the stigma and shame that charactarized her family’s response to this tragedy. 11 $1.10 Add
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Family Business

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter explores the author’s experience teaching an "Anthropology of HIV and AIDS course" at a Catholic University. 8 $0.80 Add
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Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, Lemoon discusses the impact of her bipolar disorder on her life as a sex worker, and how the public dialogue about safe sex needs to expand beyond exhortations to use condoms. 8 $0.80 Add
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Those Who Left and Those Who Stayed

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter details the author’s experiences growing up as a gay man in Eqypt, and his work with refugees and migrants who have been affected by HIV. 12 $1.20 Add
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Red Shadows

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author explores her feelings for her mother, who died of AIDS when Mayer was 3 years old. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Long Ladder of Shame

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author suggests that people like her – a trans Chicana sex worker who is chronically homeless – are terrorized by America’s obsession with pathogenic medicine. 5 $0.50 Add
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Disclosure

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, Birch explores the many meaning of "disclosure" among gay men. 8 $0.80 Add
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Half-Breed Blues

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter explores the lingering effect of a date-rape on the author’s romantic and sexual life. 18 $1.80 Add