| Description |
xiv, 397 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A history of the lesbian health movement / Risa Denenberg -- Homophobia and the health care system: solutions for the future / Kate O'Hanlan -- Butch identity, breast reduction and the Chicago Cubs: the effect of gender and class on lesbian access to health care / Marj Plumb -- Breast surgery, the surgeon's perspective / Jane A. Petro -- The next step / Val Ulstad -- Waiting / Wendy Morseth -- Handling your tumor with knowledge and humor / Julie Van Orden -- Remember the place where your soul lives: Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome / Willy Wilkinson -- Thank you, but: a love letter to the well-intentioned ; Long time cumming: notes on chronic illness, sexuality, shame and desire / Liza J. Rankow |
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Graves' Disease / Sally Mikulas -- Surviving, stepping and living with Multiple Sclerosis / Anne Wyatt -- Bleeding peaches / Helena Basket -- The story of a lesbian with AIDS / Madelyn Arnold -- Lesbian denial and lesbian leadership in the AIDS epidemic: bravery and fear in the construction of a lesbian geography of risk / Amber Hollibaugh -- With child / Carolyn Patierno -- Choosing children / Marissa C. Martínez -- My life as a volcano / Merril Mushroom -- Old lesbians come of age / Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon -- Leah's passing / Rivka Mason and Jan Thomas -- Psychic scars / Sabrina Sojourner -- A sense of well-being / Susan Krajac |
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Awful lot of trouble: a supersize woman deals with the health care system / Deni Ann Gereighty -- Spit and image: notes on black lesbians, silence and harm / Evelyn C. White -- Battering: one woman's story / Anonymous -- Lesbian health research: perspectives from a research team / Deborah Bowen, Diane Powers and Heather Greenlee -- Finding health information / Nancy A. Brown -- The future of our health / Sharon M. Day ... [et al.] -- Blueprint for the future: the lesbian health advocacy movement / Marj Plumb. |
| Subject |
Lesbians -- Health and hygiene.
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Lesbians -- Medical care.
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Women's Health -- Personal Narratives.
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Homosexuality, Female -- Personal Narratives.
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| Added Author |
Martínez, Marissa C.
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| ISBN |
1878067311 |
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9781878067319 |
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