AIDS:
Activism and Alliances by Peter Aggleton, Peter
Davies, and Graham Hart
Among
the issues examined are professional and policy concerns;
the heightened vulnerability of groups such as women and younger gay men, and
issues of drug use, disability and HIV prevention.
The AIDS Epidemic: Social
Dimensions of an Infectious Disease by William A. Rushing
This
comprehensive introduction to the problem of AIDS lays out the medical facts
and social epidemiology of the disease and illuminates the complex social
problems this disease poses tor the United
States and other nations. Each chapter introduces a key sociological
approach that clarifies how social scientists understand and explain important
social dimensions of the AIDS epidemic.
The author’s use of historical comparisons with other deadly epidemics
sets in relief the social problems presented by AIDS today.
AIDS: The Facts by John Langone
Explains in clear, concise language how the AIDS virus works, how it is
transmitted, and why, based on the latest scientific knowledge and statistics,
the relative threat to the overall U.S.
population is small compared to the threat to members of high-risk groups.
AIDS and Families by Eleanor
D. Macklin
Explores the issues that the AIDS epidemic raises for families and
family professionals who work with them.
For every infected individual, there are numerous family members –
partners and spouses, parents and children, siblings and grandparents, friends
and caregivers – whose lives are also profoundly affected and who also need
care and support.
Noted
family scientists, AIDS specialists, and senior staff members of many related
professional organizations have combined their expertise in this vital book to
address family and community concerns about the disease, to offer guidelines
for educating families and society, and to propose valuable recommendations for
effective service delivery and public policy.
AIDS: Rage & Reality, Why Silence is Deadly
by Gene Antonio
Discusses
such urgent topics as: Deadly AIDS
Mutants ~ Patients and Doctors: Russian
Roulette ~ Saliva: More Infectious Than
Blood? ~ Hidden Dangers of AIDS Brain Disease ~
Heterosexual AIDS: Gaining Momentum ~ The Lethal
Deception of “Safe Sex” ~ AIDS and Insects ~ The American With Disabilities
Act.
AIDS: The Spiritual Dilemma by John E. Fortunato
This
sensitive and straightforward account is the first to address the spiritual
dilemma of AIDS – for victims, their family and friends, and the clergy who
counsel them. AIDS patients have become
modern society’s untouchables.
Government officials, school administrators, and social service
professionals are ill-equipped to meet their needs. Even clergy and counselors flounder in their
attempts to help the afflicted. John Fortunato believes that a spiritual response is
critical. He helps readers discover a
redeeming spirituality through which they can transcend the crisis.
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette
A
child of the 1950s from a small New England town,
“perfect Paul” earns straight A’s and scholarships and shines in social and
literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret – from himself and the rest
of the world. Struggling to be or at
least to imitate a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and
bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy, and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream – “The
thing I’d never even seen: two men in love and laughing.” This searingly
honest, witty, and humane merging of memoir and manifesto promises to become
the definitive coming out story – and a classic of the coming-of-age
genre. It was awarded the 1992 National
Book Award for nonfiction.
Caring for a Loved One With AIDS: The
Experiences of families, lovers, and friends by Marie Annette Brown and
Gail M. Powell-Cope
This
booklet isn’t a “how to” book about AIDS caregiving,
but it might make you feel a little less frustrated when caregiving
gets rough. You see, you’re not
alone. Thousands of people across the
country are AIDS family caregivers. The
experiences described in this booklet came from people from all walks of life
who had been caregiving anywhere from a few months to
a few years.
As
you read their stories, think about the similarities or differences between
their situations and yours. And, while
you will notice some resemblance between the experiences of AIDS caregivers,
remember that no two situations are alike.
Coming Out Right: A Handbook for the Gay Male by Wes Muchmore and William Hanson
Most
gay men can easily recall the first time they stepped inside a gay bar. That difficult step often represents the
transition from a life of secrecy and isolation to a life of promise and hope
that initially seems filled with countless uncertainties.
Coming
out will be easier for gay men who have this book. Here is advice not only for those who are
just coming out, but also for men who are still learning about the many aspects
of gay life. Coming Out Right covers such subjects as: ~What to expect and how to act in gay bars
~How to decide whether to come out on the job ~Gay health and the AIDS crisis ~
The thrills and potential pitfalls of your first love affair ~ Where to go for
the insurance, legal advice, and other professional help that is best for you
as a gay man ~ The unique problems faced by men who are coming out when they’re
under 18 or over 30.
Confessions of a Failed Southern
Lady by Florence King
Classic
memoir of her upbringing in an eccentric Southern family, told with all the
uproarious wit and gusto that has made her one of the most admired writers in
the country. Florence
may have been a disappointment to her Granny, whose dream of rearing a Perfect
Southern Lady would never quite be fulfilled.
But after all, as Florence
reminds us, “no matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the
street.”
Dry Bones Breathe: Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and
Cultures by Eric Rofes
Lets you share in stories of hope and recovery and a new vision for AIDS
work that entails a radical redesign of prevention, care, and AIDS
activism. Features
interviews, personal revelations, and articles and book reviews.
The Family and HIV by Robert
Bor and Jonathan Elford
AIDS
is not solely a medical issue but also has profound implications for social and
family relationships. Traditionally when
a person is ill, the family is seen to provide emotional, practical, and social
support. Experience has shown, however,
that AIDS disrupts this conventional pattern of support. On one hand AIDS, like any other serious
illness, affects family members both from day to day and in the long term. What distinguishes
AIDS from so many other illnesses is the associated social stigma and the fact
that HIV may be transmissible, or may have been transmitted, within a relationship.
Forgotten Children of the AIDS
Epidemic by Shelley Geballe, Janice Gruendel, and Warren Andiman
AIDS
breaks the rules of dying. It strikes
the young rather than the old, decimating families and devastating
communities. It will leave as its legacy
a generation of orphans – traumatized by multiple losses, isolation, stigma,
and grief. By 2000, more than one
hundred thousand children and youth in the United
States – and ten million worldwide – will
lose their parents to AIDS.
Written
by professionals in medicine, law, social work, anthropology, psychiatry, and
public policy, this volume is the first full-length look at the issues facing
children whose parents and siblings are dying of AIDS: what children experience, how it affects
them, how we can meet their emotional needs and help them find second families,
how we can counter the stigmas they face.
Authors explore ways to promote resilience in these AIDS-affected
children. Stories of the children and
their caretakers, told in their own words, are woven throughout.
The Gay Almanac compiled by
The National Museum and Archive of Lesbian and Gay History
Reference
book on gay culture and history, chronicling everything from the gay
community’s colorful but oft-ignored past to the issues and ideas that concern
it most today. Comprehensive,
informative, and meticulously researched, The Gay Almanac offers an in-depth
look at what it means to be gay in America.
Gay Fathers by Robert L. Barret and Bryan E. Robinson
There
are an estimated one-million gay fathers currently living in the United
States and Canada. In increasing numbers over recent years, the
members of this largely unacknowledged segment of the population have gained
new levels of public visibility as they’ve valiantly come forth to establish a
rightful place in society and demonstrate their ability to be more than just
adequate parents. Privately, though,
they remain a group existing as a minority within a minority – caught between
the homosexual and heterosexual worlds.
The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS
in Women by Nancy Goldstein and Jennifer Manlowe
The
first comprehensive, interdisciplinary volume on this topic, The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women
emphasizes marginalized populations such as the homeless, sexworkers,
youth, the elderly, intravenous drug users, transgendered
people, lesbians, bisexuals, incarcerated women, and victims of sexual abuse
and domestic violence. From their posts
at the center of the pandemic – in the laboratory, the academy, clinics, and
community-based organizations – experts such as Evelyn Hammonds, Risa Denenberg, Michelle Murrain,
and Paul Farmer criticize blind spots in the recognition and treatment of HIV
in women and articulate accessible and practical solutions to specific areas of
difficulty.
Growing Up Gay: A Literary Anthology by Bennett L. Singer
A
resource for young people who are often isolated, shunned by their peers, and
treated by schools and media as though they do not exist. This ambitious collection of more than fifty
coming-of-age stories pairs selections by teenagers with older writer’s
reflections on growing up gay or lesbian.
Fiction by James Baldwin, Rita Mae Brown, and Jeanette Winterson counterpoints autobiographical pieces by Quentin
Crisp, Audre Lorde, and
Paul Monette; diary accounts of growing up gay in the
1980s and 1990s complement poems, stories, and oral histories that tell what it
was like to come of age as a gay man or lesbian in the 1940s and 1950s, when
the notion of gay liberation was a distant prospect indeed.
HIV, AIDS, and the Law: A Guide to Our Rights and Challenges by
Mark S. Senak, J.D.
Presents
an important array of common legal issues faced by people struggling with HIV-
or AIDS-related health conditions, especially ~ writing a will or conferring
power of attorney ~ preparing custody arrangements or guardianship for children
~ searching for proper health insurance ~ applying for benefits or declaring
bankruptcy ~ fighting AIDS discrimination.
Senak gathers the voices of other lawyers to talk about how
the law has helped and hindered people bogged down by myriad obstacles. He continues with a historical overview of
HIV law that explains why HIV and AIDS pose a challenge to the legal system
second only in gravity to their challenge to medical science.
The HIV-Negative Gay Man: Developing Strategies for Survival and
Emotional Well-Being by Steven Ball, MA, MSW, ACSW
Goes to the front lines of HIV prevention to help you understand
the most beneficial and dependable ways of preserving the value of life and
living it to the fullest.
Radically reshaping and rehumanizing
traditional HIV prevention efforts, these updated and personalized approaches
will give you many individual strategies for survival in a world in which the
link between sex and survival has been turned upside-down.
Journal of Lesbian Studies
edited by Esther D. Rothblum, PhD
About
the Editor: Esther D. Rothblum is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Vermont. Her research and writing have focused on
lesbian mental health, and she is former Chair of the Committee on Lesbian and
Gay Concerns of the American Psychological Association.
Nobody's Children: Orphans of
the HIV Epidemic by Steven F. Dansky
"The silent victims of the AIDS pandemic are the
children orphaned by their parents' tragic deaths. Dansky
provides important information and poignantly depicts these youngsters'
struggles to survive. This book is professionally sound, moving, and
useful for both professionals and interested readers alike."
Ellen G. Friedman, ACSW, Associate Director of Support Services, Beth Israel
Medical Center, Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program; Associate Adjunct
Professor, New York University School of Social Work
"A compelling book, a plea for
compassion and understanding for those caught in the multiple epidemics of
AIDS, drug addiction, homophobia, domestic violence, and intolerance...Dansky is able to put a human fact on the voluminous facts
and statistics he has gathered with poignant portraits of women, children, and
families who protect the orphans, trying to give life in the face of death and
dying...AIDS has not gone away and the epidemic continues to challenge our
humanity and sense of community. This is a book for everyone.
Lyn Meehan, CSW,
Clinical Supervisor, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center,
New York.
About the Author: Steven F. Dansky, CSW, is a long-time
political activist and writer who has been involved
during the HIV pandemic for more than a decade. His clinical experience
comes from diverse settings, ranging from a private psychotherapy practice to
work with community-based organizations and hospitals and as a
consultant. Mr. Dansky has lectured on AIDS
throughout the country. He is also the author of Now Dare Everything:
Tales of HIV-Related Psychotherapy.
Now That I’m Out, What Do I
Do? Thoughts on Living Deliberately
by Brian McNaught
For
most gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual people, acknowledging and accepting their
homosexual orientation are only the first steps in what is often a lifelong
journey. They then must integrate their
sexuality into the rest of their lives.
This requires that they reevaluate the most basic themes of human
existence: family, love, spirituality,
work, and community. In a series of
personal essays that are both prescriptive and inspirational, Brian McNaught leads readers through the issues that they will
have to confront as they try to find a safe and meaningful place for themselves
in what is often a hostile world.
Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That
Last by Betty Berzon
Today,
more than ever before, gay and lesbian couples want long-lasting, fulfilling,
happy relationships. But what do they
need to know to build partnerships that really work? How do they resolve conflicts over power and
control issues, jealousy, sexual desire differences, money problems, and family
demands?
This
book, written by a psychotherapist who specializes in working with same-sex
couples, offers clear, compassionate advice and counseling on the internal and
external problems faced by two men or two women as they try to create a life
together. Warmly supportive, Dr. Betty Berzon draws on real-life examples from her professional
practice and her own long-term partnership to help couples improve
communication, “fight fair,” and affirm both their love and their commitment in
a relationship that works today, tomorrow, and perhaps forever.
Psychotherapy and AIDS by
Lucy A. Wicks
All
psychological treatments seek to support changes in patient’s lives. Ideally, they get better and move on with
their lives. The time line is often
different in dealing with the mentally ill, including those with HIV. Psychological progress can become clouded by
the deterioration of the patient’s health.
Clinicians, with the patient’s medical diagnosis in mind, must deal with
their own frustrations in response to this situation.
The Revolution of Little Girls
by Blanche McCrary Boyd
No
matter how hard she tries, Ellen Burns will never be Scarlett
O’Hara. As a little girl in South
Carolina, she prefers playing Tarzan to playing
Jane. As a beauty queen she spikes her
Cokes with spirits of ammonia and baffles her elders with her Freedom Riding
sympathies. As a young woman in the
1960s and ‘70s, she hypnotizes her way to Harvard, finds herself as a lesbian, then very nearly loses herself to booze and shamans. And though the wry, rebellious, and
vision-haunted heroine of this exhilarating novel may sometimes seem to be
living a magnolia-scented “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman”, Blanche
McCrary Boyd’s ‘The Revolution of Little Girls” is a completely original and
captivating work.
