Society consistently reinforces the false assumptions and negative stereotypes that gays and lesbians are incapable of love. Legacies of Love: A Heritage of Queer Bonding shatters this myth by presenting true stories of famous queer love relationships around the world and throughout history. This encyclopedic book explores same-sex love affairs of the famous such as Oscar Wilde, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Rita Mae Brown, Martina Navratilova, Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander the Great, Freddie Mercury, Lawrence of Arabia, and Danny Kaye. Sexologist and psychotherapist author Winston Wilde examines human bonding patterns using revealing factual case studies of famous same-sex relationships.
Fourteen years of research went into Legacies of Love: A Heritage of Queer Bonding, making it a unique cross of informative reference book and engaging celebrity tell-all. This source expertly reviews many of the most well known—and some surprising—same-gender relationships that are authentic, unembellished, and quite entertaining. Here you’ll find same-sex love stories in all their splendor crossing age and cultural barriers, from short-lived to long lasting, happy to tragic, tranquil to dangerous. This thought-provoking book may be proof positive that heterosexual love is not the only genuine love out there. A helpful glossary is included defining unfamiliar words and phrases.
