Full name: Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice

Author: Mark Thompson Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781881943204 1881943208

Since its publication, this Lambda Literary Award-nominated book has become a classic must-read on the shelf of books addressing human sexuality and identity. Widely cited as among the most useful books of its kind, Leatherfolk is both historical witness and provocative treatise regarding a distinct subculture that has withstood decades of political harassment and other challenges to its survival. Spanning the decades from the 1940s onward, this collection of vibrant writing documents the many eras and shifts of attitude that have affected the gay and lesbian leather underground, and its influence on the society beyond. Similar books: Public Sex by Patrick Califia When Someone You Love Is Kinky by Dossie Easton Sensuous Magic by Patrick Califia-Rice Gay New York by George Chauncey Transgender History by Susan Stryker The White War by Mark Thompson Gay American History by Jonathan Ned Katz Stonewall by Martin Duberman Farm Boys by Will Fellows Making Gay History by Eric Marcus Queer America by Vicki L. Eaklor Unspeakable Love by Brian Whitaker Out of the Past by Neil Miller Queer in America by Michelangelo Signorile Queer City by Peter Ackroyd How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization by Cathy Crimmins Eminent Outlaws by Christopher Bram Lost Prophet by John D'emilio Fairyland by Alysia Abbott The Gentrification of the Mind by Sarah Schulman