How Happy Became Homosexual

Author : Howard Richler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781553802327
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Happy Became Homosexual written by Howard Richler and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An old joke goes like this: What's the difference between a good girl and a nice girl? Answer: The good girl goes to a party, goes home then goes to bed, whereas the nice girl goes to the party, goes to bed, then goes home. The distinction made between the two types of young ladies would probably have been appreciated by Shakespeare. While we think of "nice" nowadays as being a synonym for pleasant it wasn't always so; originally the word's meaning conveyed the naughtiness implied in the joke. It wasn't until the middle of the 18th century that this word conveyed the sense of pleasantness that we now associate with the word. In his book How Happy Became Homosexual, and Other Mysterious Semantic Shifts, Richler educates and entertains us while explaining how words such as "nice" and "gay" have changed meanings. Surprisingly, we discover that even many of our nouns and verbs have been in a constant state of flux. For example, originally "jeopardy" was a term used in chess and "to fizzle" meant "to break wind silently." This morphing of meanings is ever-present, and Richler explains how, even in the last twenty years or so, words such as "fulsome" are in the midst of a reversal of meaning. So whether you are gay (happy), gay (homosexual) or a melancholy heterosexual, Richler will lead you into a word-world of entertaining change.

Author : Becket Cook
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1400212340
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Change of Affection written by Becket Cook and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel. When Becket Cook moved from Dallas to Los Angeles after college, he discovered a socially progressive, liberal town that embraced not only his creative side but also his homosexuality. He devoted his time to growing his career as a successful set designer and to finding "the one" man who would fill his heart. As a gay man in the entertainment industry, Cook centered his life around celebrity-filled Hollywood parties and traveled to society hot-spots around the world--until a chance encounter with a pastor at an LA coffee shop one morning changed everything. In A Change of Affection, Becket Cook shares his testimony as someone who was transformed by the power of the gospel. Cook's dramatic conversion to Christianity and subsequent seminary training inform his views on homosexuality--personally, biblically, theologically, and culturally--and in his new book he educates Christians on how to better understand this complex and controversial issue while revealing how to lovingly engage with those who disagree. A Change of Affection is a timely and indispensable resource for anyone who desires to understand more fully one of the most common and difficult stumbling blocks to faithfully following Christ today.

Author : Roger N. Lancaster
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520397568
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Struggle to Be Gay written by Roger N. Lancaster and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Being gay is not a given. Through a rigorous ethnographic inquiry into the material foundations of sexual identity, The Struggle to be Gay makes a compelling argument for the centrality of social class in gay life-in Mexico, for example, and by extension in other places as well. Known for his books and essays on the construction of sexual identities, anthropologist and cultural studies scholar Roger Lancaster ponders four decades of visits and returns to Mexican cities. In a brisk series of reflections combining storytelling, ethnography, critique, and razor-edged polemic, he shows, first, how economic inequality affects sexual subjects and subjectivities both from the outside and within, in ways both obvious and subtle, and, second, how what it means to be de ambiente-"on the scene" or "in the life"-has metamorphosed under changing political-economic conditions. The result is a groundbreaking theoretical intervention into ongoing debates over identity politics-and a renewal of our understanding of how identities are constructed, struggled for, and lived"--

Author : Joseph Nicolosi
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 0765701448
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing Homosexuality written by Joseph Nicolosi and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert - The Little Boy Within; Tom - The Married Man; Father John - The Double Life; Charlie - The Search for the Masculine Self; Dan - The Angriest Man; Steve - The Seeker of Male Symbols; Edward - Agony of a Youth; Roger - "Do I Really Want to Be Here?"; Men Together - How Group Therapy Heals; How Reparative Therapy Works.

Author : Merle Miller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101603569
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Being Different written by Merle Miller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking work on being homosexual in America—available again only from Penguin Classics and with a new foreword by Dan Savage Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller’s On Being Different is a pioneering and thought-provoking book about being homosexual in the United States. Just two years after the Stonewall riots, Miller wrote a poignant essay for the New York Times Magazine entitled “What It Means To Be a Homosexual” in response to a homophobic article published in Harper’s Magazine. Described as “the most widely read and discussed essay of the decade,” it carried the seed that would blossom into On Being Different—one of the earliest memoirs to affirm the importance of coming out. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul's Case written by Willa Cather and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul is a schoolboy, described as tall and thin with strange eyes. He is facing the headmaster and several of his teachers, with whom he does not have a good relationship. All of them, in one way or another, find him difficult and disturbing to teach.

Author : Terry Sanderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780948982118
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to be a Happy Homosexual written by Terry Sanderson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely new and re-written version of this gay self-help guide now in its fifth edition. It takes into acount the dramatic changes which have occured in gay life since the last edition was published. It also looks at the failings of the gay community and how to avoid the new traps that a more open society has brought.

Author : Ritch C. Savin-Williams
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415916776
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "--and Then I Became Gay" written by Ritch C. Savin-Williams and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Sally Kohn
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616207280
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Opposite of Hate written by Sally Kohn and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A stunning debut by a truly gifted writer—an eye-opening read for both liberals and conservatives—and it could not come at a better time.”—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, with Sheryl Sandberg What is the opposite of hate? As a progressive commentator on Fox News and now CNN, Sally Kohn has made a career out of bridging intractable political differences and learning how to talk respectfully with people whose views she disagrees with passionately. Her viral TED Talk on the need to practice emotional—rather than political—correctness sparked a new way of considering how often we amplify our differences and diminish our connections. But these days even famously “nice” Kohn finds herself wanting to breathe fire at her enemies. It was time, she decided, to look into the epidemic of hate all around us and learn how we can stop it. In The Opposite of Hate, Kohn talks to leading scientists and researchers and investigates the evolutionary and cultural roots of hate and how incivility can be a gateway to much worse. She travels to Rwanda, the Middle East, and across the United States, introducing us to former terrorists and white supremacists, and even some of her own Twitter trolls, drawing surprising lessons from dramatic and inspiring stories of those who left hate behind. As Kohn confronts her own shameful moments, whether it was back when she bullied a classmate or today when she harbors deep partisan resentment, she discovers, “The opposite of hate is the beautiful and powerful reality of how we are all fundamentally linked and equal as human beings. The opposite of hate is connection.” Sally Kohn’s engaging, fascinating, and often funny book will open your eyes and your heart.

Author : Robert Alan Brookey
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253108913
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reinventing the Male Homosexual written by Robert Alan Brookey and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric," a means of incorporating scientific research into public debates. The book investigates the biological research on which this gay rights argument is based, and explores how male homosexuality is conceptualized in the fields of behavioral genetics, neuroendocrinology, sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology. Robert Alan Brookey demonstrates that most biological research begins with the assumption that male homosexuality is a state of physical effeminate pathology. Although biological research may seem to support a pro-gay rights agenda, the same research can actually be used to support conservative political interests.