This is a list of nonfiction books about homosexuality ordered by author

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or behavior among members of the same sex, situationally or in an enduring disposition. This is distinct from self identification of being , or .

Books by author

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* * * Adam, Barry (1987)
''The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement''
G. K. Hall & Co. * * * Bérubé, Allan, ''Coming out under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two'', New York: MacMillan 1990, * * * Brown, Lester G., ''Two Spirit People'', 1997, Harrington Park Press, * Bullough et al. (eds.) (1996). Handbook of Medieval Sexuality. Garland Publishing, * * * * * * Dover, Kenneth J., ''Greek Homosexuality'', Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. 1979, (hardcover), (paperback) *

E-G

* d'Emilio, John ''Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970'',

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1983, * Faderman, Lillian, ''Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America'', Penguin 1992 * Gunther, Scott
''The Elastic Closet: A History of Homosexuality in France, 1942-present''
Book about the history of homosexual movements in France (sample chapter available online). Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009. .

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* Hinsch, Bret, ''Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China'', The University of California Press, 1990, * * * * Kowalski J.A. (2015). ''The origins of homosexuality emancipation''. Opole, Poland: The Institute of Sex Research Press
an Amazon Kindle edition
. *LeVay S (1996). ''Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexuality''. Cambridge: MIT Press. *LeVay S, (2011). ''Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation''. New York: Oxford University Press. * Michael, Robert T., John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and

Gina Kolata Gina Bari Kolata (born February 25, 1948) is an American science journalist, writing for ''The New York Times''. Life and career Kolata was born Gina Bari in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari (1917–2005), was o ...

. Sex in America: A definitive survey. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995. * *

Q-S

* * * * Sullivan, Andrew. VIRTUALLY NORMAL An Argument About Homosexuality 209 pages. Alfred A. Knopf.1995 *

Queeristan Queeristan is a book written by Parmesh Shahani. The book was published in 17 August 2020 by Westland Books Westland Books or Westland Publications is an Indian publishing house. It was co-founded by the Padmanabhan family in 1962, starting out ...

(2020) by Parmesh Shahani

T-Z

* Tamagne, Florence
''A History of Homosexuality in Europe'' Vol. I & II, Berlin, London, Paris 1919-1939
New York: Algora Publishing, 2004. * *

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See also