Book of Gay and Lesbian Quotations: A Collection of 3,000 Thoughts, Insights, Views, and Perceptions from Antiquity to the Present

This unique treasury of memorable quotations from across the centuries & around the world is an outstanding record of gay & lesbian sensibility. Prof. Patricia Juliana Smith has assembled a collage of voices -- queer voices, in a variety of senses -- across many centuries. She deems queer an all-encompassing term that covers gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, transgendered individuals, & anyone else who falls outside the socially comfortable -- & acceptable -- boundaries of the straight world. Smith has culled historical & literary sources, with the purpose of demonstrating a continuum of queer thought & culture over time, with contemporary sources to add a touch of piquancy.