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Are bodies sexy? How? In what sorts of ways? Sexy Bodies investigates the production of sexual bodies and sexual practices, of sexualities which are dyke, bi, transracial, and even hetero. It celebrates lesbian and queer sexualities but also explores what runs underneath and within all sexualities, discovering what is fundamentally weird and strange about all bodies, all carnalities. Looking at a pleasurable variety of cultural forms and texts, the contributors consider the particular charms of girls and horses, from National Velvet to Marnie; discuss figures of the lesbian body from vampires to tribades to tomboys; uncover 'virtual' lesbians in the fiction of Jeanette Winterson; track desire in the music of legendary Blues singers; and investigate the ever-scrutinised and celebrated body of Elizabeth Taylor. The collection includes two important pieces of fiction by Mary Fallon and Nicole Brossard. Sexy Bodies makes new connections between and amongst bodies, cruising the borders of the obscene, the pleasurable, the desirable and the hitherto unspoken rethinking sexuality anew as deeply and strangely sexy.

Gender Articulated is a groundbreaking work of sociolinguistics that forges new connections between language-related fields and feminist theory. Refuting apolitical, essentialist perspectives on language and gender, the essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings. They explicitly connect feminist theory to language research. Some of the most distinguished scholars working in the field of language and gender today discuss such topics as Japanese women's appropriation of "men's language," the literary representation of lesbian discourse, the silencing of women on the Internet, cultural mediation and Spanish use at New Mexican weddings and the uses of silence in the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings.

Qu’est-ce que l’homophobie ? C’est l’appréhension de cette femme qui sommeille en chaque homme, de cet homme qui dort en chaque femme, de cet homosexuel ou cette homosexuelle qui, sait-on jamais, n’attend peut-être qu’à s’éveiller en nous.

In this innovative book, a well-known feminist and sociologist challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber argues that gender is wholly a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial, ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize positions of power.

Naît-on transsexuel ou le devient-on? Quel est le sexe des transsexuels? Peut-on parler de droit à l'identité sexuelle?.... En confrontant les points de vue des acteurs sociaux engagés dans le "phénomène transsexuel" (médecins, psychanalistes, sociologues, juristes et bien sûr les transsexuels eux-mêmes), cela éclaire les enjeux de société que traduisent ces questions profondément éthiques.

This paper outlines the main tenets of poststructuralism and considers how they are applied by practitioners of queer theory. Drawing on both Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, queer theory explores the ways in which homosexual subjectivity is at once produced and excluded within culture, both inside and outside its borders. This approach is contrasted with more sociological studies of sexuality (labeling theory, social constructionism). Whereas queer theory investigates the relations between heterosexuality and homosexuality, sociologists tend to examine homosexual identities and communities, paradoxically ignoring the social construction of heterosexuality. Poststructuralism can inform a sociological approach to sexuality by emphasizing the generative character of all sexual identities. A sociological study of sexuality which is informed by poststructuralism would examine the exclusions implicit in a heterosexual/homosexual opposition. In this process, bisexual and transgender identities can become viable cultural possibilities, and a broad-based political coalition established. Whereas mainstream sociology focuses on the ways in which homosexuals are outside social norms, and whereas queer theory exploits the ways in which this outside is already inside, this perspective suggests that a critical sexual politics seeks to move beyond an inside/outside model.

La collection Corvallis Lesbian Avengers documente les activités du chapitre Corvallis des Lesbian Avengers tout au long des années 1990. Les Corvallis Lesbian Avengers étaient une section locale de l'organisation nationale Lesbian Avengers. Créés à l'origine en 1992 à New York, les Lesbian Avengers étaient un groupe d'action directe axé sur des questions vitales pour la survie et la visibilité des lesbiennes. La majeure partie de la collection est constituée d'albums photo et d'albums contenant des photographies, des coupures de presse, des dépliants, des œuvres d'art, de la poésie et d'autres documents papier. La collection comprend également une petite collection d'artefacts, un calendrier annoté et 3 numéros du zine Necessary Friction produit par les Corvallis Lesbian Avengers. L'ensemble de la collection est numérique et entièrement disponible sur demande du client ou pour une utilisation dans la salle de lecture du SCARC. Des entretiens d'histoire orale de plusieurs membres fondateurs des Corvallis Lesbian Avengers contenant des informations supplémentaires peuvent être trouvés dans la collection d'histoire orale des archives Queer de l'OSU (OH 034) . Ceux-ci incluent des entretiens avec DJ Travers , Julie Derrick et Brian Parks .

Texte d’un manifeste initialement distribué par des personnes marchant aux côtés du contingent d’Act Up à la Gay Pride de New York, 1990.

The Decade Show is a provocative examination of artistic production in the 1980s, embracing 113 artists and artists’ groups (including Ida Applebroog, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Gran Fury, Edgar Heap-Of-Birds, Komar & Melamid, Adrian Piper and Shu Lea Cheang) who - whether visible or invisible in the mainstream - are critical to an understanding of the period. Fourteen essayists, among them David Deitcher, Thelma Golden, Julia P. Herzberg, Micki McGee, Sharon F. Patton, Susan Quist and Lowery Stokes Sims, contribute to this extensive survey. As a collaborative effort between the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, The New Museum and The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Decade Show reflects true community diversity, as well as the museum’s interest in examining “parallel cultures” obscured by traditional aesthetics. “This is not a patronizing exhibit of the art of ‘exotica’ put together by the philanthoropic goodwill and high-art-world curiosity of a few white curators. It is an exhibit attempting to construct a multivocal art world. It begins to suggest that the notion of a ‘center’ and a ‘margin’ is anachronistic and that maintaining such a model represents a desire to wield exclusive power and control.” -Eunice Lipton, “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow,” p. 20.

GRIIGES, Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire et interdisciplinaire sur la gestion sociale. Actes d'un colloque tenu du 9 au 11 oct. 1987 à l'Université de Moncton.

The past decade has seen a wealth of changes in the gay and lesbian movement and a remarkable growth in gay and lesbian studies. In response to this heightened activity Barry D. Adam has updated his 1987 study of the movement to offer a critical reflection on strategies and objectives that have been developed for the protection and welfare of those who love others of their own sex. This revised volume addresses the movement's recovery of momentum in the wake of New Right campaigns and its gains in human rights and domestic partners' legislation in several countries; the impact of AIDS on movement issues and strategies and the renewal of militant tactics through AIDS activism and Queer Nation; internal debates that continually shift the meanings composing homosexual, gay, lesbian, and queer identities and cultures; the proliferation of new movement groups in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa; and new developments in historical scholarship that are enriching our understanding of same-sex bonding in the past. Adam delineates the formation of gay and lesbian movements as truly a world phenomenon, exploring their histories in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, Scandinavia, Australia, and countries for which very little information about the activities of gay men and lesbians has been made available. In this global picture of the mobilization of homosexuals Adam identifies the critical factors that have given personal and historical subjectivity to desire, that have shaped the faces and territories of homosexual people, and that have generated homophobia and heterosexism. Treating the sociological aspects of the rise of the gay and lesbian movement, Adamalso looks at "new social movements" theory in relation to the gay and lesbian movement and cultural nationalism - whether in the form of cultural feminism or queer nationalism - which he considers an important, perhaps inevitable, moment in the empowerment of inferiorized people.

Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa’s experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the groundbreaking essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remapped our understanding of what a “border” is, seeing it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This twentieth-anniversary edition features new commentaries from prominent activists, artists, and teachers on the legacy of Gloria Anzaldúa’s visionary work

Politics of Reality includes nine essays that examine sexism, the exploitation of women, the gay rights movement and other topics from a feminist perspective. The essays "The Problem That Has No Name" and "A Note On Anger" have been translated into Spanish by Maria Lugones for circulation in la Asociacion Argentina de Mujeres en Filosofia.

This provocative anthology brings together a diverse group of well-known feminist and gay writers, historians, and activists. They are concerned not only with current sexual issues-abortion, pornography, reproductive and gay rights-but they also raise a host of new issues and questions: How, and in what ways, is sexuality political? Is the struggle for sexual freedom a complement to other struggles for liberation, or will it detract from them? Has the sexual revolution diminished or enriched the lives of women?

Molly vit pauvrement dans le sud des États-Unis avec ses parents adoptifs. Elle déteste porter des robes, se tient surtout avec des garçons et dit à tout le monde quoi faire. Elle a en horreur l’idée de se marier et d’être femme au foyer. Mais quand elle se perd dans les yeux de son amie Leota, elle est tout à coup prête à faire des concessions. C’est avec elle, à 11 ans, qu’elle perd sa virginité pour la première fois. Brillante et fonceuse, Molly assume pleinement son attirance pour les femmes. Dans les États-Unis des années 70, la société n’est pas de son bord, mais Molly n’en a que faire. Malgré tous les obstacles, elle va étudier en cinéma, coucher avec le plus de femmes possibles, et créer son propre bonheur.

Lorsqu’on parle des mouvements d'extrême droite, populistes, ultraconservateurs ou encore des mouvements religieux, leur programme antiféministe est à peine évoqué. Ces soi-disant groupes de défense des droits des hommes sont pourtant aujourd’hui ouvertement opposés aux militantes féministes. Quelle est leur influence et surtout comment les affronter ?