Queer Quotes: On Coming Out and Culture, Love and Lust, Politics and Pride, and Much More
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807079251 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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It's Utterly, Joyously, and Quotably Queer! QUEER QUOTES: ON COMING OUT AND CULTURE, LOVE AND LUST, POLITICS AND PRIDE, AND MUCH MORE, edited by Teresa Theophano, is a delightful collection of GLBT-related quotations. Divided into 16 topics, including "All Things Queer," "Naming Ourselves," and "Queer History," with quotes range from the touching to the bitingly funny, with some healthy stops along that way that prompt a reader to think. However, all the quotes have a positive slant. Theophano in her introduction explains that she has "avoided including sound bites from homophobes. We already know what the Trent Lotts, Jerry. Funny and thorough The quotations in this book range from the supportive to the philosophical to the hilarious to the critical. I enjoyed the diversity of the quotations. There are enough good ones to make you laugh and enough great ones to make you think. Teresa Theophano did a good job with her selections and arrangements.. Three Stars Anthony Venn-Brown Reasonable. Can"t say it gave me much that was new.
Queer Quotes is a compendium of wit and wisdom from well-known historical and contemporary cultural figures. Subjects range from love and gay marriage to HIV/AIDS, from gender identity to religion, and everything in between. Featuring more than 350 quotes as well as short biographies of all the individuals quoted, Queer Quotes is an essential resource and an ideal gift book.Select list of Contributors: Paula Gunn Allen, Dorothy Allison, Pedro Almodóvar, James Baldwin, Tallulah Bankhead, Simone de Beauvoir, Sandra Bernhard, Chastity Bono, Susie Bright, Truman Capote, Kate Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Etheridge, Leslie Feinberg, Harvey Fierstein, Barney Frank, Jewelle Gomez, Larry Kramer, Liberace, Greg Louganis, Audre Lorde, Sir Ian McKellen, Is
She lives in New York City. . Teresa Theophano has been compiling queer quotes for over three years
Theophano has collected quips, cracks, gibes, proverbs, truisms, and plenty of other sayings in Queer Quotes.—Out