Research Catalog

Title

It's not mean if it's true : more trials from my queer life / Michael Thomas Ford.

Author

Ford, Michael Thomas

Publication

Los Angeles, CA : Alyson Books, 2000.

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Details

Description

xiv, 231 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Michael Thomas Ford returns with more skewed observations on the strange state of the queer union. Little escapes his attention, and no topic is too controversial or sacred to be tackled. "The Condensed History of Gay Pride" is enough to send any politically correct gay leader shrieking into the streets. But Ford's favorite target remains himself. The fact that Cher's butt is more famous than he is really irks him, and he is willing to pretend to be straight in order to get help while shopping for clothes. He murdered his rival's "egg baby" in junior high to secure a good grade, then sacrificed his own to a chocolate cake. Whether he is equating becoming a man with buying a barbecue in the very moving "Rite of Passage" or considering the state of parenthood in the unforgettable "Cheaper by the Dozen," Ford continues to observe life in ways that help us more closely observe ourselves - while never forgetting to make us laugh."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Homosexuality > Humor
• Gay men > Humor
• Gay wit and humor

Genre/Form

Humor

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Fame -- Prom Queen -- I Want My MTV -- The Condensed History of Gay Pride -- Gym Dandy -- Odd Ducks -- Size Matters -- Getting Personal: A Beginner's Guide to Advertising for Love -- Runaway Train -- Not What the Doctor Ordered -- Playing It Straight -- It Is Hereby Resolved -- Rite of Passage -- Cheaper by the Dozen -- The Nicks Fix -- Welcome to the Real World -- Sticker Shock -- When You Wish Upon a Star -- Growing Pains -- The Condensed Guide to First Dates -- High Times -- Test of Faith -- It's Not Mean If It's True -- The Condensed History of Queer Cinema -- Viagra Falls -- Overeducated Consumer -- Endangered Species -- Ah-Choo!: A Guide to the New Hankie Code -- Out of Style -- What a Concept -- Green-Eyed Monster -- Thou Shalt Not Have Any Common Sense -- Et Tu, Po? -- It's All in the Cards -- Do You Have Any That Are Already Trained? -- The Condensed History of Queer Sex -- Along Came a Spider -- If the Shoe Fits -- Why I Am Queer.

ISBN

1555835996 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^00032768^

OCLC

• 44039306
• SCSB-12690466

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library