Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #360641 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 230 pages

Synopsis
Filled with trivia about gay and lesbian culture, this unique collection of fascinating facts reveals the first openly gay politician to be elected to office as well as the first lesbian soap opera character, as well as many other interesting tidbits.

Customer Reviews

Queer facts
This book is a must read for all. It is entertaining as well as being informative at the same time. I read it over a period of about 1 month a few pages and facts a day. Will definitely read it again because it is not possible to remember all the delightful little trivia given, in one read. I should have ordered a dozen of these to give to my gay or lesbian friends for birthdays etc. There is no other book like this. Purchase with confidence!

filled with laugh out loud moments
this little book offers a load of trivia that will have you laughing out loud:

* there's a list of all 80s and 90s t.v. dramas that feature lesbian characters. all have just one character - apart from "bad girls", which has a list as long as your arm
* famous gay denials, including mel gibson's: "do i talk like them? do i move like them?"
* blistered beaver - you need to read the book
* the first advert featuring a "non-traditional" family was for ikea
* there are between 185,500,000 and 618,400,000 gay people in the world today (spoilt for choice!)
* the first recorded use of the word "lesbian" was made in ireland
* it's condoned in the bible (ruth and naomi were at it hammer and tongs)
* my favourite name for a young lesbian: dinky dyke
* tom cruise is not mentioned once, for obvious reasons
* details of a hilarious 1961 film called "boys beware", which warns children against predatory homosexuals
* how to clean your sex toys

that said, the book "SEEMS" to lean slightly more towards lesbianism rather than gay men. but that was only after a quick glance.

worth getting.