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Gay and lesbian communities the world over / Rita J. Simon and Alison Brooks.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The world over ; 13th volumePublisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, �2009Description: 1 online resource (xii, 159 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739143667
  • 0739143662
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gay and lesbian communities the world over.DDC classification:
  • 306.76/6 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ76.25 .S56 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Legal status of gays and lesbians -- Christianity and homosexuality -- Judaism and homosexuality -- Islam and homosexuality -- Hinduism, Buddhism, and homosexuality -- Homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome -- Homosexuality during the middle ages -- Early africa and homosexuality -- Portrayal of gays and lesbians in the arts -- Early psychology and homosexuality -- Tearoom trade -- The mattachine society and New York city's Stonewall Inn : country studies -- Canada -- United States -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Great Britain -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Sweden -- Hungary -- Poland -- Russia -- Israel -- Egypt -- Iran -- Nigeria -- South Africa -- India -- China -- Japan -- Australia -- Gay and lesbian adoption -- Concluding comments.
Summary: Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over provides an innovative examination and comparison of the treatment and status of gays and lesbians in 21 countries. The book contains a country-by-country profile of each of the issues, describes treatment and status, reports on the pubic opinion data, and compares countries against each other.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Legal status of gays and lesbians -- Christianity and homosexuality -- Judaism and homosexuality -- Islam and homosexuality -- Hinduism, Buddhism, and homosexuality -- Homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome -- Homosexuality during the middle ages -- Early africa and homosexuality -- Portrayal of gays and lesbians in the arts -- Early psychology and homosexuality -- Tearoom trade -- The mattachine society and New York city's Stonewall Inn : country studies -- Canada -- United States -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Great Britain -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Sweden -- Hungary -- Poland -- Russia -- Israel -- Egypt -- Iran -- Nigeria -- South Africa -- India -- China -- Japan -- Australia -- Gay and lesbian adoption -- Concluding comments.

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Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over provides an innovative examination and comparison of the treatment and status of gays and lesbians in 21 countries. The book contains a country-by-country profile of each of the issues, describes treatment and status, reports on the pubic opinion data, and compares countries against each other.

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