A Desired Past
Subtitle: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780226731551
Subjects: American history; Lesbian Studies; Homosexuality; Social Science; Gender Studies; Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction; USA; Gay Studies; Human Sexuality; Social Science / Lesbian Studies; Gays; History; United States
First sentence: When I try to explain to my friends why my aunt Leila was so important to me, I usually say that I'm her namesake, that she taught history, and that she lived with a woman, Diantha, for as long as I can remember.