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"The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O'Leary's life. He can't manage to hit the ball, his new teammates hate him, he's living out of a suitcase, and he's homesick. When the team's owner orders him to give a bunch of interviews to some snobby reporter, he's ready to call it quits. He can barely manage to behave himself for the length of a game, let alone an entire season. But he's already on thin ice, so he has no choice...

"Gene Ionescu, a gay trans man in his third year in the minors with the Beaverton Beavers, is a solid shortstop, but he's no one's idea of a major league prospect. He's just happy to be here, though, getting underpaid six months of the year to play the sport he's loved since childhood--a game that favors underdogs and optimists. He likes to keep his hopes in the day, inning by inning and game by game. But his plans go awry when Luis Estrada--Gene's...

"It's closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe-but it's definitely not the last dance. In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. Far from the gay bar with its largely white, gay male clientele, here is a dazzling scene of secret parties--club nights--wherein culture...

"Far out at sea and deep below whispering waves lives a merman searching for a partner. In the forbidden world above, a kind fisherman wonders if something more is waiting for him beyond the horizon. When they find each other under a star-filled sky, their love will change both of their worlds. Celebrate queer joy and the uniting power of love with this award-winning, inclusive retelling of a classic fairy tale."-- Provided by publisher.

La presente investigación de corte cualitativo tuvo la finalidad de comprender la experiencia de familia de un hombre homosexual dentro del contexto marabino. Por tanto, fue seleccionado como informante clave un hombre homosexual de 22 años de manera intencional. A partir de la teoría del sistema familiar planteada por Satir (2007), se utilizó el método hermenéutico - dialéctico para interpretación de la información recolectada a través...

"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in revenge for his role in the death of Icarus's mother. To keep their secret, Icarus adheres to his own strict rules to keep people, and feelings, at bay: Don't let anyone close. Don't let anyone touch you. And, above all, don't get caught. Until one night, he does. Not by Mr....

When Nino is deemed a bad influence on the other boys in his neighborhood and has to endure homophobic attacks on the streets, his parents temporarily move the family to the countryside. Away from the city, Nino wanders in a forest supposedly haunted by the Almamula, a monster that takes those who commit carnal sins and impure acts. It's summer: the bodies sweat, and the line between dream and reality becomes blurry. A boy disappears. In a world surrounded...

Igor a toujours été exclu et maltraité par sa famille. Lorsqu'il revient de l'étranger o il a passé tant d'années à ne rien faire, sa famille essaie à nouveau de tirer avantage de lui, en le forçant à épouser un membre d'une famille riche. Après avoir découvert quelques complots et secrets de sa famille, il décide de fuir, mais qui aurait pensé que le destin lui réservait de tomber dans des pièges? Grâce à Enrico Moretti, un puissant...

En Busca de Emma es la historia, contada a una nina, de como sus dos padres vencieron obstaculos para traerla al mundo con la ayuda de una madre gestacional y una donante de ovulos. Son las tribulaciones inimaginables de un hombre que quiere crear una familia contra todas las barreras. Es la historia de como construir con amor una familia del siglo XXI. The author tells about what he and his partner of 25 years went through to become parents, the...

Who wouldn't want sage yet sassy advice from the ghost of their dead cat?It's 1987 and New York actor/singer/waiter Matthew is struggling to restart his career, regain a sense of optimism, and open himself up to dating in the aftermath of his lover's death from AIDS-all with the spiritual guidance of his recently deceased cat, Hobo. Life is uncertain in this turbulent era of the '80s, as the gay community is reeling from the onslaught of AIDS and...