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. Rosemary Keefe (also known as Rosemary Curb, February 3, 1940 May 24, 2012) was an American nun, university professor, and lesbian author. This eye opening book is a compilation of 50 lesbian nuns personal accounts of their years in the convent.

I recommend this to anyone looking for an inner-glimpse of the life of nuns and what it takes for them to break the covenant and leave regardless of their sexuality. Having renounced her old life of promiscuity, a nun's sexual and religious identity is challenged by a free-spirited, nymphomaniacal new pupil at her convent and a fugitive killer. Shortly after, Warner Books bought the rights for mass-distribution and spread the book far and wide with its second edition. Each one of us had a cell, and each cell was locked from the outside before retirement by the Mother Superior.Throughout the next two decades, she also attended programs as part of Giving Voice, a program for anywhere between 50 and 80 young sisters, also from all over the country, so they would have support and encouragement to persevere in religious life. But almost 30 years ago, the topic of gay clergy, as well as lesbian sisters and gay religious brothers, was so unique that a day-long conference about these categories of people was the subject of articles in both The New York Times and The Washington Post. So, I decided to pick up this book, which contains 48 seemingly unedited testimonials from ex-nuns and current nuns. As a young girl, I thought that I would become a religious sister because the idea of living in a community of women seemed much preferable to getting married. Toen ik het boek voorlegde aan een non die lesbisch is (om te checken of de verhalen klopten), zei ze: "Goed boek.

Some described their feelings of attraction to girls since they were young, but not one said she entered because she wanted to fall in love with another nun. From letters signed by Disney himself to classic children’s books or ephemera, be sure to check out some of the collectible Walt Disney books on Biblio! Bookplate Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former.

The particular brand of homophobia within Catholicism is illustrated beautifully here, offering many perspectives from people from different backgrounds. It was widely controversial and television stations which featured an interview with Curb and Manahan on the syndicated show Sally Jessy Raphael barred its airing in Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. Despite the controversy, the book became a best-seller, rights were sold to make a movie, and a paperback edition was published, as well as a British edition. Among the contributors to “Lesbian Nuns,” seven have been officers in the National Organization for Women at local and national levels.