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Pride Month: LGBTQ Politics
Jun 15 2020
In recognition of the latest milestone for LGBTQ rights in the United States, UC Press celebrates the landmark Supreme Court ruling that protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. UC Press is honored to publish titles that shed light on the unique experiences of LGBTQ indivi
Queer Social Spaces and COVID-19
Jun 05 2020
By Avram Finkelstein, author of After Silence: A History of AIDS through Its ImagesHome, Avram Finkelstein 2020Home. It’s a leitmotif that underpins every conversation about COVID-19, and a word used with escalating frequency. It implies acceptance and safety. Home, however, has a different
New in Paperback: Spring Reads
May 29 2020
For the Spring 2020 season, UC Press is proud to publish several titles in paperback ranging in subject from the lectures on the origins of nuclear weapons to how skyrocketing rents and home values are pricing the working and middle classes out of urban America.Down by the Bay San Francisco’
The Shared History of AIDS and COVID-19
Apr 27 2020
In the midst of the medical, economic, and psychological fight against COVID-19, it is prudent to examine past outbreaks of disease in order to gain a greater understanding of what may lie ahead.The most immediate parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic include other outbreaks of novel coronaviruses,
UC Press Authors on the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
Jun 28 2019
Stonewall was, as the slogan goes, a riot. The uprising began June 28, 1969, in response to a police raid at The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York. After the six days of protests that followed, the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) formed, calling for sexual and gender liberation for all people. GLF's r