"This book traces of the rise, international growth, and plateau of the LGBTQ movement in Palestine. Sa'ed Atshan argues that queer Palestinian activists, even as they critique empire, are themselves subjected to an empire of critique. Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique calls for a return to Palestine and ethnography, attention to the queer Palestinian experience on the ground in Palestine/Israel, and a greater awareness of the heterogeneity...

Based on extensive archival research and 130 interviews conducted nationwide, the author looks at lesbian and gay parenthood from the early 1950s through today. He offers a previously untold story of the American family: the first history of lesbian and gay parents and their children in the United States. Beginning in the postwar era, a period marked by both intense repression and dynamic change for lesbians and gay men, he argues that by forging...

All is well when Shel, a gay party planner, agrees to coordinate the nuptials for his straight brother, Ben, who happens to be marrying the governor's daughter-- until Shel finds out that Ben penned the governor's speech against gay marriage. Fighting for equal rights, Shel goes on strike and finds he is not alone. As the strike spreads nationwide, the brothers clash, the wedding is off and the war is on!