Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence

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If you are a person of faith - or were at one time - this book will speak to you in a way that other LGBT coming out stories will not. Hoewel de verhalen focussen op de emotionele en seksuele ontdekkingstocht van deze vrouwen, zowel in het klooster als daarbuiten, geeft het ook een inkijkje in het kloosterleven van die tijd en van de tijdsgeest. As a humorous aside, I was watching a 3rd season L-Word the other day and this book was featured in the opening flashback snippet about nuns in the 80s. Attempts to suppress, deny, threaten, or make guilty such natural tendencies will most likely not succeed and will cause pain and confusion. Adding a young, lonely, confused butch lesbian to this charged atmosphere, will also light some fires.

Explora la mayor tienda de eBooks del mundo y empieza a leer hoy mismo en la Web, en tu tablet, en tu teléfono o en tu dispositivo electrónico de lectura. Fascinating collection of stories of women who identify as lesbian (the book capitalised it—Lesbian—which tickled me pink) and who were, or are, nuns.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. The other stories and authors will likely be new to readers, and I think impactful in the way they mirror each other with shared experiences and ideas. It took significantly longer for women in religious or spiritual organizations such as Catholic convents to dare to acknowledge lesbian orientations.

A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Out of print for two decades, Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, the explosive international best-seller, is back with a new foreword analyzing the unprecedented impact it had on the lesbian community and mainstream culture.They range from the extremely bitter to the accepting of a past that may have regrets, and I appreciated hearing from women of many different backgrounds and points of view.

Het boek is geschreven voordat ik geboren werd en bevat talloze verhalen/interviews van merendeel ex-nonnen en een aantal nonnen.Jarring, it became an international hit because the words “lesbian” and “nun” had never been uttered in the same sentence in such a public way before. While 40 of the contributors to the book are no longer in religious communities, (the essays were selected from 400 submitted to the editors), seven women who are still in the convent contributed using pseudonyms, and two current nuns wrote under their own names after clearing the decision with their communities, Manahan said. Rosemary Keefe (also known as Rosemary Curb, February 3, 1940 May 24, 2012) was an American nun, university professor, and lesbian author. A great picture of what convent like was like during the 60s and 70s for the nuns and their "particular friends.