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The lgbthealthchannel featured books:
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Magazines and Other Reading for LGBT Parents and Families:
And Baby Magazine
Baby magazine for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community
Gay Parent Magazine
Gay Parent magazine (GPM) features the personal stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents from across the U.S.
TwoLives.com
TwoLives.com is the online home of Two Lives Publishing and a complete resource center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered parents and their children.
The lgbthealthchannel featured books ...
Coming Out of Cancer: Writings from the Lesbian Cancer Epidemic
by Victoria A. Brownworth (Editor)
(October 2000)
Brownworth, a medical reporter and author (Too Queer: Essays from a Radical Life, etc.), has collected stories, memoirs, poetry, graphic art and articles written by and about lesbians with cancer. The volume opens with a selection by the late poet Audre Lorde, whose Cancer Journals were among the first writings to bring breast cancer out of the closet. Covering a broad range of experiences, this is a rich and useful collection.
All proceeds from this volume will be donated to the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer.
Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care
by Walter O. Bockting
(July 2001)
This volume presents the first collection of reports on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the world's transgender community. It includes a thorough description of the unique HIV risks of transgender people and exposes their largely neglected health and social service needs.
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Smearing the Queer: Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men
by Michael Scarce
(August 1999)
Smearing the Queer explores how social prejudices embedded in scientific research and practice often work as a detriment to gay men's health. This book provides an agenda for addressing heterosexism in the health sciences and in medical care while broadening approaches to gay male wellness beyond the limiting scope of HIV infection.
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A Donor Insemination Guide: Written by and for Lesbian Women
by Marie Mohler, Lacy Frazer
(January 2002)
Mohler and Frazer are life partners and the coparents of children conceived through donor insemination. This book blends their recollections with practical advice for lesbians who wish to conceive in a similar manner. Any woman interested in the topic will be able to find useful information here, but, as the authors note in their preface, it was written "to validate the lesbian experience of donor insemination." -- From Library Journal
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