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The Dictionary of Homophobia

A Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience

Based on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a mammoth, encyclopedic book that documents the history of homosexuality, and various cultural responses to it, in all regions of the world: a masterful, engaged, and wholly relevant study that traces the political and social emancipation of a culture. The book is the first English translation of Dictionnaire de L’Homophobie, published in France in 2003 to world-wide acclaim. The Dictionary includes over 175 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, lesbiphobia, and bi-phobia. In a country where gay marriage, while legalized, remains a hot-button political issue, and in a world where adults and even teens are still being executed by authorities for the "crime" of homosexuality, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a both a revealing and necessary history lesson for us all.

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Louis-Georges Tin

Louis-Georges Tin was a student of the famous Ecole Normale Supérieure and has a PhD in Renaissance Studies. On May 17, 2005, he launched the first International Day Against Homophobia, now celebrated in more than 50 countries in the world, and officially recognized by the European Parliament. He lives in Paris. Marek Redburn is a translator and writer living in Montreal.

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Abnormal (Catherine Deschamps); Adoption (Daniel Borrillo and Thomas Formond), Africa. See Africa, Central & Eastern; Africa, Southern; Africa, Western; Africa, Central & Eastern (Pierre … 66 $3.96

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Balkans, the (Phillipe Masanet); Bible, the (Thierry Revol); Biology (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Biphobia (Catherine Deschamps); Boutin, Christine (Fiametta Venner); Bryant, Anita … 38 $1.14

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Camps. See Deportation; Gulag; Caricature (Patrick Cardon); Catholic Church, the (Thierry Revol); Censorship (Hervé Chevaux); Central Europe. See Europe, Eastern & Central; China … 64 $3.84

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Damien, Peter (Adam Weiss); Dance (Hervé Chevaux and Louis-Georges Tin); Debauchery (Gilles Siouffi); Decadence (Flora Leroy-Forgeot); Decriminalization (France) (Daniel Borrillo and Thomas … 41 $1.64

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Eastern Europe. See Europe, Eastern & Central; Employment. See Workplace; Endocrinology (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); England (Florence Tamagne); Essentialism/Constructionism (Rommel … 47 $1.88

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Family (Phillipe Masanet); Far Right, the (Michael Sibalis); Fascism (Florence Tamagne); Favorites (Laurent Avezou); Feminism (France) (Liliane Kandel and Claudie Lesselier); Film. See Cinema; … 51 $2.55

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Gay Parenthood. See Parenting; Gayphobia (Guillaume Huyez); Gender. See Gender Differences; Gender Differences (Jean-Manuel de Queiroz); Genetics (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Germany (Florence … 42 $1.68

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Henri III (Laurent Avezou); Heresy (Thierry Revol); Heterocentrism. See Heterosexism; Heteronormativity. See Heterosexism; Heterophobia (Jean-Louis Jeannelle); Heterosexism (Louis-Georges Tin); … 42 $1.68

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Imprisonment. See Prison; India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (Mario D’Penha); Inquisition (André Fernandez) Insult (Daniel Borrillo and Thomas Formond); Inversion (Pierre-Olivier de … 45 $1.80

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Japan (Pierre Albertini); John Paul II, Pope. See Catholic Church; Judaism (Claude Tassin); Jurisprudence (Daniel Borrillo and Thomas Formond); Justinian I (George Sidéris); Korea (Huso Yi) 34 $1.02

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Latin America (Luiz Mott); Law. See European Law; Leduc, Violette (Anne-Claire Rebreyend); Lesbophobia (Raymonde Gérard); Literature (Louis-Georges Tin); Lobby (Caroline Fourest) 38 $1.14

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Maghreb (Christelle Hamel); Marriage (Eric Fassin); McCarthy, Joseph (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Media (Pierre Albertini); Medicine (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Medicine, Legal (Pierre-Olivier … 49 $1.96

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Nature. See Against Nature; North America (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Oceania (David Plummer); Orthodoxy (Christian) (Nicolas Plagne); Otherness (Pierre Zaoui); Outing (Christophe Broqua) 39 $1.17

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PaCS. See Anti-PaCS; Parenting (Martine Gross); Pasolini, Pier Paolo (Gian-Luigi Simonetti); Paul (of Tarsus) (Thierry Revol); Pedophile. See Pedophilia; Pedophilia (Roger Teboul); Peril … 77 $5.39

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Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite (Florence Tamagne); Rhetoric (Louis-Georges Tin); Right Wing. See Far Right; Russia (Nicolas Plagne) 32 $0.96

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Sappho (Sandra Boehringer and Anne-Claire; Rebreyend); Scandal (Pierre Albertini); School (Pierre Albertini); Self-Hatred. See Shame; Sexual Perversions. See Perversions; Shame (Sébastien … 80 $6.40

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Theodosius I (Georges Sidéris); Theology (Thierry Revol); Tolerance (Pierre Zaoui); Transphobia (Gaëlle Krikorian); Treason (Florence Tamagne); Treatment (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); … 58 $2.90