At the beginning of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) era, nearly 15 yrs ago, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) was the most common human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related complication. PCP represented about 60% of the initial case-defining events of AIDS patients [1]. Almost 80% of HIV and AIDS patients experienced at least one episode of PCP in the course of their HIV infec...

Sigmund Freud devised his theories about the Mother and Father Complex after reading Oedipus Rex, a Greek tragedy of which at least two versions have come down to us. Chinese metaphysics posits eight trigrams, the first, Qian, represents the father archetype, the second, Kun, represents the mother concept. In the ancient Chinese form of divination known as Qi Men Dun Jia, the Mother and Father ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) psychology is the current term used to refer to what was previously known as the affirmative field of lesbian and gay psychology, which developed from the late 1960s onwards. This field of psychology is closely aligned to the psychology of sexualities, but with a specific focus on non-heterosexual and/or non-gender normative people. The term LGBT p...

It was the purpose of this study to describe the secondary sex characters and the histological appearance of the gonads, including the associated duct system, of the fish Lebistes reticulatus from birth through differentiation and maturation when subjected to the hormone estradiol. Sixtyfour Lebistes reticulatus were fed 0.125 mg of estradiol, beginning at birth, at intervals of 60 hours. An eq...

This article investigates portrayals of traditional Judaism and observant Jews in writings by assimilated German-Jewish authors. It thus explores notions projected onto – particularly the Jewish body as elements immanent to cultural production. At centre enquiry are Heinrich Heine's Hebräische Melodien (1851), Otto Weininger's Geschlecht und Charakter (1902) Joseph Roth's Juden auf Wanderschaft...

In her article "Audience, Sentimental Postmodernism, and Kiss of the Spider Woman" Kimberly Chabot Davis analyzes the three media forms of Kiss of the Spider Woman -novel, film, and musical -and their reception by gay, bisexual, and heterosexual fans: Davis reads Kiss as a key example of a hybrid contemporary genre she designates as "sentimental postmodernism." Chabot Davis positions the text's...

This paper addresses the thorny issues of teaching the history of sexuality from a feminist, sex-positive, anti-racist framework. The author relates her own pedagogical strategies in an effort to claim legitimacy for "sex history," in opposition to historians who maintain that sex has no place in the construction of the Canadian nation and its citizens. RESUME Cet article adresse la question ep...

Gay men in the New York City metropolitan area were interviewed from 1990 to 1991,during theperiod of theAIDS epidemic. Usingan interviewschedule, they were asked questions about "coming out of the closet" and other identity issues: their experiences of "difference," beliefs about monogamous or "open" relationships, and their views about sex and commitment. The study's focus was on the men's "m...