**Winner of the 2018 American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book AwardAn essential handbook of myth-busting facts and figures about the real lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people**Twenty years ago it was impossible to imagine the president of the United States embracing same-sex marriage or Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn Jenner, an open transgender woman.LGBTQ Stats chronicles the ongoing LGBTQ revolution, providing the...

Winner of the 2018 American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book AwardAn essential handbook of myth-busting facts and figures about the real lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer peopleTwenty years ago it was impossible to imagine the president of the United States embracing same-sex marriage or Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn Jenner, an open transgender woman.LGBTQ Stats chronicles the ongoing LGBTQ revolution, pro...

Central to this volume, and critical to its unique creative significance and contribution, is the conceptual unification of syndemics and stigma. Syndemics theory is increasingly recognized in social science and medicine as a crucial framework for examining and addressing pathways of interaction between biological and social aspects of chronic and acute suffering in populations. While much research to date addresses known syndemics such as those involving HIV, diabetes, and mental illness,...

Frank Sinatra was the greatest entertainer of his age, invigorating American popular song with innovative phrasing and a mastery of drama and emotion. Drawing upon interviews with hundreds of his collaborators as well as with "The Voice" himself, this book chronicles, critiques, and celebrates his five-decade career. Will Friedwald examines and evaluates all the classic and less familiar songs with the same astute, witty perceptions that earned him acclaim for his other books about jazz an...