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In reading The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex, you'll quickly discover that the steps toward love and happiness are as easy as 1, 2, 3, and maybe even 4 or 5. And you'll find that if your own lesbian relationship lies outside the “traditional monogamous couple” model, you're definitely not alone. You'll explore many multifaceted and multifarious love relationships, each one applicable to your own liking, if you so choose. You'll find successful models of relationship styles--regardless of your own orientation--from cover to cover, and you'll discover the pleasing polyphony in the many, many female voices of authorities on love and love relation...
This exciting story illustrates the difficulties of letting go, learning about yourself, and moving on. Past Perfect is about shaping memory to fit our illusions and it is about the journeys of erotic discovery and self-expression that lead each of the characters to newfound freedoms and passions.
Four lesbian couples celebrating long-term, monogamous relationships detail their lives together through a series of candid and emotional narratives that are at once heart-warming and heart-wrenching. Rather than a how-to guide to making relationships work, this is a rich, layered history of four loving, working relationships that cross racial, socio-economic, age and education boundaries, making it a must-read for lesbians, either single or involved, as well as their families and friends, and for counsellors and therapists who work with couples.
Half in love with her straight friend Gallagher,Anne Henderson goes to college and is swept away,by the alluring Rae Sheldon. Her sexuality,flowering under Rae's seductive spell, Anne falls,into a world of love, passion and betrayal. 18,years later Anne is a top lawyer embroiled in a,high-profile case that threatens her friendships,her job and her reputation. With Rae and Gallagher,both back in her life, Anne must navigate her,career while deciding what each of these women is,offering her - and whether or not she dares to,take it!
Chris Cameron, a psychotherapist by profession, finds that she is falling deeply in love with a cop named Linda Vasquez. But that isn't her only problem. Her boss, a part time preacher, part time agency director, has been found dead in Sin City under torrid circumstances and the board of directors want her to hold the agency together even as they search for his replacement. Linda Vasquez takes Chris home to meet her parents, her best friend Cory must face the consequences of her addictions, and Chris follows some very interesting clients with issues that brings to the surface multiple ethical and legal concerns pertinent to living in contemporary America under the rule of the radical political right. Present in all of these circumstances is The Shadow, a hidden energy that unconsciously controls us, our relationships, our environment, and ultimately our lives, which Chris must ultimately expose if she wants to master her own destiny, grow even closer to Linda and assist the clients who depend on her.
Get a full understanding of lesbian mental health concerns! Mental Health Issues for Sexual Minority Women: Redefining Women's Mental Health presents much-needed research on sexual orientation and sexual minority populations missing from most mental health studies. This unique book identifies three areas of concern voiced in a 1999 Institute of Medicine report on lesbian health: whether lesbians are at a higher risk of mental health problems; the need for a better understanding of lesbian orientation and diversity in the lesbian population; and the need to eliminate barriers to mental health care services for lesbians. Mental Health Issues for Sexual Minority Women addresses those concerns w...
"Blown Away takes one step into the future of America, where gay rights can only be found in the Territory, a newly established refuge in Florida for any individual exhibiting homosexual tendencies. This fast-paced political suspense novel is about power, corruption, and a conspiracy that changes the face of America in the near future, as seen through the eyes of lesbian lovers."--BOOK JACKET.
Beyond the basics of polyamory lies a complex web of negotiations, agreements, pitfalls and rewards. Kathy Labriola, a relationships counselor who has worked for many years with singles, couples and groups in polyamorous and open relationships, sets forth some of the realities of alternative lifestyles: dealing with some of the common relationship-disrupters, managing jealousy, choosing compatible partners, combining BDSM with polyamory, distinguishing between sex addiction and polyamory, and much more.
I had just witnessed women who shingled their own roofs, drove eighteen-wheeler trucks, and built their own housesas well as kept them clean and cooked a damn good meal. On women’s land I am a first-class citizen, I’m treated as an equal. I now see the world with righteous anger and hope. Living in womyn’s community has provided that lens for me. Elizabeth Sturrus, third wave feminist One of the driving forces in the lives of many lesbians is the search for community in a society that favors heterosexuality and often turns a cold shoulder toward women who love women. Lesbian Communities: Festivals, RVs, and the Internet takes you inside flourishing lesbian communitiesphysical, spiritua...
And the woman of Cat's dreams just walked into her life - the relationship she's been waiting for. So what is she waiting for?"--BOOK JACKET.