Works by
Yolanda Retter
(aka Yolanda Retter Vargas)
(Writer)

Queers in Space: Communities, Public Places, Sites of Resistance (1997) with Gordon Brent Ingram and Anne-Marie Bouthillette -- Winner of the 1997 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction Anthologies

Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States:  A Documentary History (2003) with Walter L. Williams
The movement for gay and lesbian rights in America is a response to long-held beliefs that have, at times throughout the history of the United States, made homosexuality legally, politically, and socially unacceptable. This collection of primary documents explores those beliefs and their counter-arguments, providing varying viewpoints on the complex issue of gay and lesbian rights. Personal testimonies, laws, opinion pieces, court cases, and other documents, dating from colonial times to the present day, encourage students to challenge their assumptions and strengthen critical thinking skills. The struggle for gay and lesbian rights in the United States is founded on the idea that feelings of love and sexual attraction between persons of the same sex are natural, moral, normal, psychologically healthy, and deserving of full equality in all aspects of society. The documents presented in this unique collection clearly portray the arguments that have been used to refute this idea, and how homosexuals in U.S. society have fought for acceptance as people worthy of equal rights. The struggle is traced chronologically, providing a multifaceted overview of the issues for anyone studying the history and volatility of this movement.

Great Events From History, GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (2006), Edited by Eric C. Wat, Horacio Roque Ramirez, Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons, and Yolanda Retter