De Haan’s life expresses the braid of politics, religion, and culture which has always found a tie in the issue of sexuality and, specifically, homosexuality. Today, the braid has further tightened and twisted with players from all of Israel’s religions coming from all parts of the world to engage in the battle that is now centered on the upcoming international Gay Pride Parade scheduled to...

WEDNESDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Women still lag behind men in the field of scientific research, particularly in getting their work published in prestigious publications.

That's the finding of new research that shows while a greater number of women have become medical researchers over the last four decades, their studies are still much less likely to see the light of day in majo...

Judyth Piazza chats with Dr. Gina Ogden, Author of The Heart and Soul of Sex

by Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)

Thirty years as a family therapist, sex therapist, teacher, speaker, researcher, poet, editor, and author prepared me to conduct the ISIS survey. Since the 1970s, I've listened to thousands of women voice their feelings about their sexual rela...

Also on tap is the world premiere of 's "." The film follows the story of an aspiring young dancer () who despite all odds, succeeds in New York City. "" (Republic of Baseball: The Dominican Giants), meanwhile, will screen in conjunction with NYILFF's Dominican Night, spotlighting Dominican culture. Directed by , the film is a "passionate" tale of the first generation of players from the Domi...

The result of his research is Male-Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships, a new book from Harrington Park Press, a gay/lesbian imprint of Haworth Press. In it, Benemann explores the intimate lives of men at sea, men at arms, and men on the frontier; of Native American "two spirits" and African American slaves; and of sexual outlaws in Annapolis, Philadelphia, and Boston. D...

Local gay author Andrew Holleran’s new book explores ‘Grief’ in Washington

Two new books look at Marcel Proust’s romantic life and how it impacted his writing

On May 18, 1922, Paris rocked. On that evening Violet and Sydney Schiff, a wealthy, culture-loving English couple gave a party at the Hotel Majestic to celebrate the premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s ...

It’s Thursday night, and a group of women in various states of undress fill the small room at the back of a dark, cozy bar tucked away on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A woman in olive pants and tan sandals stands at the front of the stage and applies tape and pasties to her nipples. Moments later she is donning a short, sheer skirt and an orange bra with black fringe, part of the co...

July 19, 2006 - New moms can find dozens of books and pamphlets on what to expect while they're expecting and how to care for the baby once they bring it home. There's less information out there about what new moms need to know to make sure their mind and body adjusts to postpartum life.

Amazing but true, the original of Dickens' haunting character Miss Havisham in Great Expectations had a connection with India, lived here for a while in fact, as we discover from Angus Calder's Gods Mongrels and Demons — 101 Brief But Essential Lives.

“It has long been known,” Calder writes, “that Dickens had particular women in mind as models for Miss Havisham, who stops the clocks whe...

And I definitely don’t wish an end like that on anyone, God forbid. I hope we all find great love and many friends. Simona’s story should not teach us to compromise. Nevertheless, it turns out that there’s a dark side and that sometimes, our fears can come true.