Controversial Books for UIUC_LGBT_RC

This page shows the most "controversial" books in this library, as measured by the highest standard deviation of members' star ratings.

Standard Deviation Avaliação média Your Rating Título
1.243 4.02 Predator [1987 film] de John McTiernan
1.217 3.76 Not a Day Goes By: A Novel de E. Lynn Harris
1.18 3.69 Rat Bohemia de Sarah Schulman
1.165 4.15 Loving in the War Years de Cherrie L. Moraga
1.163 3.78 Just Too Good to Be True: A Novel de E. Lynn Harris
1.149 3.01 Corydon de André Gide
1.144 4.05 Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant de Andrea Dworkin
1.14 3.26 The Abomination de Paul Golding
1.134 3.6 Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star de Tab Hunter
1.123 3.94 Invisible Life: A Novel de E. Lynn Harris
1.113 3.29 Nocturnes for the King of Naples de Edmund White
1.104 3.09 The Man of the House de Stephen McCauley
1.102 3.94 Brokeback Mountain [2005 film] de Ang Lee
1.077 3.48 The Best Little Boy in the World de John Reid
1.066 3.85 Chicago [2002 film] de Rob Marshall
1.061 3.45 Big [1988 film] de Penny Marshall
1.058 1.55 Wild Animus de Rich Shapero
1.055 4.02 Just As I Am de E. Lynn Harris
1.054 3.7 Lost Girls de Alan Moore
1.051 3.69 Postcards from No Man's Land de Aidan Chambers
1.051 3.67 Hood de Emma Donoghue
1.051 3.6 The Line of Beauty de Alan Hollinghurst
1.039 3.89 The Lesbian Body de Monique Wittig
1.035 3.46 Skinned Alive de Edmund White
1.032 3.65 Queer in America Sex, the Media, and the Closets of Power de Michelangelo Signorile
1.029 3.41 Me de Ricky Martin
1.028 3.52 Myra Breckinridge de Gore Vidal
1.025 3.6 Mississippi Sissy de Kevin Sessums
1.025 3.58 Separate Rooms de Pier Vittorio Tondelli
1.024 3.38 The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy de Robert Leleux
1.02 3.7 What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers de Richard N. Bolles
1.017 3.78 The Beauty of Men de Andrew Holleran
1.005 3.63 The Married Man de Edmund White
1.005 3.37 Blind Fall de Christopher Rice
1.004 3.89 Orlando: A Biography de Virginia Woolf
0.999 3.96 Written on the Body de Jeanette Winterson
0.999 3.36 Teleny de Oscar Wilde
0.99 3.48 Nights in Aruba de Andrew Holleran
0.983 3.53 Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self de Rebecca Walker
0.979 3.69 Is Sex Necessary?: Or Why You Feel the Way You Do de James Thurber
0.978 3.68 When God Was a Woman de Merlin Stone
0.977 4.01 Os Sonhos de Einstein de Alan Lightman
0.971 3.67 Edward II de Christopher Marlowe
0.964 3.57 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh de Michael Chabon
0.962 3.86 The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities de David Levithan
0.96 3.62 The Dancers of Arun de Elizabeth A. Lynn
0.956 3.61 Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods---My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine de Noelle Howey
0.953 3.81 Luna de Julie Anne Peters
0.953 3.75 A Home at the End of the World de Michael Cunningham
0.95 3.93 Dancer from the Dance de Andrew Holleran
0.95 3.54 Fag Hag de Robert Rodi
0.949 3.72 Harlan's Race de Patricia Nell Warren
0.946 4.22 Salto mortal de Marion Zimmer Bradley
0.941 3.84 Take Me Out: A Play de Richard Greenberg
0.938 4.15 Memoirs of Hadrian de Marguerite Yourcenar
0.934 3.52 The Page Turner de David Leavitt
0.933 3.6 The Northern Girl de Elizabeth A. Lynn
0.932 3.56 Sappho's Leap de Erica Jong
0.928 3.68 Rainbow Boys de Alex Sanchez
0.928 3.63 Cavedweller de Dorothy Allison
0.926 3.76 King and King de Linda de Haan
0.925 3.38 Equal Affections de David Leavitt
0.925 3.33 Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man de Chaz Bono
0.923 3.67 The Swimming-Pool Library de Alan Hollinghurst
0.921 3.32 Closet Case de Robert Rodi
0.92 4.1 Middlesex de Jeffrey Eugenides
0.919 3.68 Herculine Barbin (Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth Century French Hermaphrodite) de Herculine Adélaîde Barbin
0.917 3.89 The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde de Merlin Holland
0.915 3.77 The Beautiful Room Is Empty de Edmund White
0.914 3.89 Patience and Sarah de Isabel Miller
0.914 3.57 Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World de Merlin Stone
0.914 3.96 Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman de Leslie Feinberg
0.914 3.94 Lost in Translation [2003 film] de Sofia Coppola
0.912 3.94 Maurice: A Novel de E. M. Forster
0.911 3.54 The Night Listener de Armistead Maupin
0.91 3.93 My Lives: An Autobiography de Edmund White
0.91 3.97 Afterlife de Paul Monette
0.91 4 Dream Boy de Jim Grimsley
0.908 3.5 The Stranger's Child de Alan Hollinghurst
0.904 3.9 M. Butterfly de David Henry Hwang
0.903 3.7 Screwed Up Life of Charlie The Second de Drew Ferguson
0.901 3.94 Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present de Neil Miller
0.899 3.6 Memoirs de Tennessee Williams
0.898 4.1 Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue de Leslie Feinberg
0.897 3.73 Rainbow High de Alex Sanchez
0.897 4.29 Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches de Tony Kushner
0.897 3.81 The Price of Salt de Patricia Highsmith
0.895 3.45 Bending the Landscape: Fantasy de Nicola Griffith
0.89 3.78 Babycakes de Armistead Maupin
0.888 4.21 Becoming a Visible Man de Jamison Green
0.886 3.52 Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World de Catalina de Erauso
0.886 3.93 The Naked Civil Servant de Quentin Crisp
0.885 3.83 Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe de John Boswell
0.884 3.4 Hiding My Candy: The Autobiography of the Grand Empress of Savannah de The Lady Chablis
0.881 3.86 Two or Three Things I Know for Sure de Dorothy Allison
0.877 3.78 The American Dream and The Zoo Story de Edward Albee
0.875 3.26 Women in the Shadows de Ann Bannon
0.872 4.18 Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story de Paul Monette
0.871 3.94 Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy de ND Stevenson
0.871 3.88 I Say a Little Prayer: A Novel de E. Lynn Harris
0.869 3.79 Tribe de R. D. Zimmerman
0.869 3.63 Geography Club de Brent Hartinger
0.865 4.09 The Persian Boy de Mary Renault
0.864 3.9 Sword of the Guardian (Legends of Ithyria) de Merry Shannon
0.862 3.88 As Nature Made Him de John Colapinto
0.86 3.56 Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition de B. R. Burg
0.86 3.88 The Lure de Felice Picano
0.859 3.93 Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal de Eric Schlosser
0.858 3.97 What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics de Adrienne Rich
0.858 3.14 The Deer Park de Norman Mailer
0.857 3.76 How Town de Michael Nava
0.856 3.92 The Brothers Bishop de Bart Yates
0.856 3.9 The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story de Peter Lefcourt
0.852 3.89 The Gnostic Gospels de Elaine Pagels
0.85 3.93 Fire from Heaven de Mary Renault
0.846 3.92 More Tales of the City de Armistead Maupin
0.841 3.79 Sure of You de Armistead Maupin
0.837 3.8 Significant Others de Armistead Maupin
0.835 2.85 Boyfriends with Girlfriends de Alex Sanchez
0.834 4.08 Any Way the Wind Blows de E. Lynn Harris
0.832 3.99 The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family de Dan Savage
0.832 4.17 My Alexandria de Mark Doty
0.83 4.01 Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us de Kate Bornstein
0.829 4.13 Halfway Home de Paul Monette
0.821 3.92 Further Tales of the City de Armistead Maupin
0.816 3.72 Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past de Martin Bauml Duberman
0.816 3.66 Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future de Jennifer Baumgardner
0.812 3.55 The Weekend de Peter Cameron
0.811 4.01 Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century de Graham Robb
0.81 3.96 Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide de Henry Jenkins
0.809 4.23 Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom de bell hooks
0.808 4.19 Tigers and Devils de Sean Kennedy
0.807 3.94 Times Square Red, Times Square Blue de Samuel R. Delany
0.797 4.22 Last Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise de Paul Monette
0.792 3.86 Funny Boy de Shyam Selvadurai
0.791 4.12 American Beauty [1999 film] de Sam Mendes
0.789 3.81 The Little Death de Michael Nava
0.788 4.02 My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely de Kate Bornstein
0.786 4.05 Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military, Vietnam to the Persian Gulf de Randy Shilts
0.778 3.9 The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals de Richard Plant
0.767 3.94 Music for Chameleons de Truman Capote
0.764 4.33 Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights de Kenji Yoshino
0.761 4.38 Sense and Sensibility [1995 film] de Ang Lee
0.759 3.89 The Hidden Law de Michael Nava
0.759 3.94 It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living de Dan Savage
0.758 4.19 Pedro & Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned de Judd Winick
0.757 3.42 Millenium Hall de Sarah Scott
0.757 3.72 Goldenboy de Michael Nava
0.756 4.33 Pulp Fiction [1994 film] de Quentin Tarantino
0.751 4.18 The Mayor of Castro Street : The Life and Times of Harvey Milk de Randy Shilts
0.749 4.47 And Tango Makes Three de Justin Richardson
0.733 3.2 What They Did to Princess Paragon de Robert Rodi
0.733 4.07 The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to His Essential Teachings for Believers and Unbelievers de Stephen Mitchell
0.72 4.22 Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More de Janet Mock
0.716 3.93 Mary Ann in Autumn de Armistead Maupin
0.716 4.45 Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Makings of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 de George Chauncey
0.7 4.15 Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary de Merriam-Webster
0.698 3.94 Out of the Pocket de Bill Konigsberg
0.693 3.55 Numbers de John Rechy
0.69 4.04 Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance (Medieval Texts and Studies) de Heldris de Cornuälle.
0.689 3.9 A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir de Kate Bornstein
0.652 4.23 Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer de Riki Wilchins
0.547 4.37 Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America de Mel White