Publication
Beacon Press (2013), Edition: First Edition, 208 pages
Collection
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2014)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: One myth (out of 21) addresses bisexuality.
Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Several myths address transgender people.
Publisher's Summary: ... three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America...In discussing and dispelling these myths including gay-positive ones the authors challenge readers to question their own beliefs and to grapple with the complexities of what it means to be queer in the broadest social, political, and cultural sense.