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Gourd girls / by Wilson, Priscilla.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Lymburner, Janice.; Wilson, Priscilla.; Gourd craft; Gourds; Lesbian business enterprises; Lesbian businesswomen; Lesbian-owned businesses.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Purple pages : Asheville's gay friendly business directory.
Description based on: Volume 2 (2005/2006 ed.).Latest issue consulted: Volume 2 (2005/2006 ed.).
Subjects: Directories.; Periodicals.; Bisexual people; Business enterprises; Gay business enterprises; Gay men; Lesbian business enterprises; Transsexuals; Bisexual people.; Gay men.; Gay-owned businesses.; Lesbian-owned businesses.; Transsexual people.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Zoe Brennan, first crush / by Lee, Laura Piper,author.(CARDINAL)883786;
"Zoe Brennan may be the loneliest lesbian in Blue Ridge, but at least she has her family vineyard to keep her busy. When a prestigious wine festival announces it's coming to town, it kicks off a battle royale among local vineyards vying for the opportunity to host it. Zoe's in it to win it--being chosen would put Bluebell Vineyards on the map, and she could stick it to the vineyard next door, run by her ex-best friend (now enemy), Rachel. But when Zoe's father is called home to Italy to care for his sick mother, Bluebell is left without a vintner. Dejected, Zoe impulsively agrees to a blindfolded threesome with a friend, and excitingly, a stranger. But once the blindfolds come off, Zoe realizes the hot butch that rocked her world isn't a stranger at all. It's Laine Woods--Zoe's first crush, Rachel's big sister, and, Zoe is horrified to discover, the Napa-trained vintner Zoe's dad just hired as his replacement. While they try to ignore their sizzling chemistry, Laine's snobbery and Zoe's pride collide at every step, creating a generous pour of professional--and sexual--tension. Collaborating is the only way to win the festival, but when that means late nights under the stars and letting go of the past, Zoe must be careful--or Laine might crush her heart for good."--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Wine festivals; Vineyards; Family-owned business enterprises; Lesbians; Woman-woman relationships; Infatuation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Zoe Brennan, first crush / by Lee, Laura Piper,author.(CARDINAL)883786;
"Zoe Brennan may be the loneliest lesbian in Blue Ridge, but at least she has her family vineyard to keep her busy. When a prestigious wine festival announces it's coming to town, it kicks off a battle royale among local vineyards vying for the opportunity to host it. Zoe's in it to win it--being chosen would put Bluebell Vineyards on the map, and she could stick it to the vineyard next door, run by her ex-best friend (now enemy), Rachel. But when Zoe's father is called home to Italy to care for his sick mother, Bluebell is left without a vintner. Dejected, Zoe impulsively agrees to a blindfolded threesome with a friend, and excitingly, a stranger. But once the blindfolds come off, Zoe realizes the hot butch that rocked her world isn't a stranger at all. It's Laine Woods--Zoe's first crush, Rachel's big sister, and, Zoe is horrified to discover, the Napa-trained vintner Zoe's dad just hired as his replacement. While they try to ignore their sizzling chemistry, Laine's snobbery and Zoe's pride collide at every step, creating a generous pour of professional--and sexual--tension. Collaborating is the only way to win the festival, but when that means late nights under the stars and letting go of the past, Zoe must be careful--or Laine might crush her heart for good."-- Provided by publisher
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Crushes; Lesbians; LGBTQ+ people; Vineyards; Family-owned business enterprises;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Lavash at first sight / by Voskuni, Taleen,author.(CARDINAL)860216;
"Sparks fly between two women pitted against each other in this delectable new romantic comedy by Taleen Voskuni, author of Sorry, Bro. Twenty-seven-year-old Nazeli "Ellie" Gregorian enjoys the prestige of her tech marketing job but hates the condescending Patagonia-clad tech bros, her micromanaging boss, and her ex-boyfriend, who she's forced to work with every day. When Ellie's lovingly overbearing parents ask her to attend PakCon-a food packaging conference in Chicago-to help promote their company andvie to win an ad slot in the Superbowl (no big deal), she's eager for a brief change and a delicious distraction. At the conference, she meets witty, devil-may-care Vanya Simonian. Ellie can't believe how easy it is to talk to Vanya and how much they havein common-both Armenian! From the Bay Area! Whose families are into food! Their meet-cute is cut short, however, when Ellie's parents recognize Vanya as the daughter of the owners of their greatest rival, whose mission (according to Ellie's mother) is towhitewash and package Armenian food for the American health-food crowd. Sworn as enemies, Ellie and Vanya must compete against each other under their suspicious parents' scrutiny, all while their feelings for each other heat to sizzling temps"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Novels.; Marketing personnel; Congresses and conventions; Family-owned business enterprises; Lesbians; Lesbians.; Lesbian fiction.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Season of love / by Greer, Helena,author.;
"Artist Miriam Blum has her decoupaged glitter ducks perfectly lined up. Only for one phone call to bring her whole life all crashing down. Her beloved and eccentric great-aunt has just died-leaving her part-owner of the only Jewish-owned Christmas tree farm in the country. Facing the family Miriam abandoned terrifies her. But facing the farm's unbelievably sexy zaftig manager is another complication entirely... Noelle Northwood is horrified that the first woman she's been attracted to in years is the same careless virago whose absence devastated the people Noelle considers family. She hates, even more, the thought of working alongside Miriam to save Carrigan's Christmas Tree Farmland. Only Miriam decides to give working at the farm a trial run, and Noelle must find a way to keep the peace-and their undeniable chemistry at bay. At least until the end of the holiday season. But when the ghosts of the past endanger the farmland, both Miriam and Noelle will need to put aside their misconceptions... and discover if what they've been looking for has been right in front of them all along"--
Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Artists; Jewish women; Inheritance and succession; Christmas tree industry; Family-owned business enterprises; Families; Secrecy; Lesbians; Interpersonal atttraction; Secrecy.; Lesbians.; Lesbian fiction.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Carousel summer / by Gros, Kathleen,author.(CARDINAL)839052;
"With her best friend away at camp, tons of chores to do, and her dad always on her case for being such a tomboy, Lucy is dreading summer. That is, until Milforth's plan to revive an old carousel for the town's 150th anniversary brings artist Ray and her daughter, Anaïs, to town. Anaïs is smart, funny, and easy to talk to, and Lucy--who's used to being judged for her looks and interests--finally feels at ease in her own skin. And she thinks she may feel something for Anaïs, too. Leading up to Milforth's big birthday, tensions begin rising with locals, thanks to a shifty development company trying to overrun the town. Things also come to a breaking point at home, when Lucy butts heads with her dad over how she wants to express herself as a girl. Can Lucy find the courage to be true to who she is? She's got the whole summer to find out..."--Page [2] of cover.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Coming-of-age comics.; Slice-of-life comics.; Lesbian comics.; Queer comics.; Friendship; Summer; Lesbians; Coming of age; Single fathers; Country life; Merry-go-round; Real estate development; Family-owned business enterprises; Fathers and daughters; Identity (Philosophical concept); Self-realization;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 19
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The henna wars / by Jaigirdar, Adiba,author.(CARDINAL)834549;
Nishat's parents say she can be anyone she wants-- as long as she isn't a lesbian. She doesn't want to lose her family, but she also doesn't want to hide who she is. When childhood friend Flávia walks back into her life, Nishat falls for her instantly. Then a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, and both Flávia and Nishat decide to showcase their talent as henna artists. As the competition heats up, Nishat has a decision to make: stay in the closet for her family, or put aside her differences with Flávia and give their relationship a chance.
Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Bengali (South Asian people); Lesbian teenagers; Identity (Psychology); Mehndi (Body painting); Contests; Interpersonal relations; High schools; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Modern lovers [sound recording] / by Straub, Emma,author.(CARDINAL)596906; Tullock, Jen,narrator.;
Read by Jen Tullock.Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch (of sexuality, independence, and the ineffable alchemy of cool) to their own offspring. Back in the band's heyday, Elizabeth put on a snarl over her Midwestern smile, Andrew let his unwashed hair grow past his chin, and Zoe was the lesbian all the straight women wanted to sleep with. Now nearing fifty, they all live within shouting distance in the same neighborhood deep in gentrified Brooklyn, and the trappings of the adult world seem to have arrived with ease. But the summer that their children reach maturity (and start sleeping together), the fabric of the adult lives suddenly begins to unravel.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Audiobooks.; Middle-aged persons; Parent and adult child; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Queer career : sexuality and work in modern America / by Canaday, Margot,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Gay labor. "The homosexual does cope fairly successfully with the straight world" : defining gay labor at midcentury ; "The ones who had nothing to lose" : days and nights in the queer work world -- Law and liberation. "I have brought the very government to its knees" : the campaign to end the ban on federal employment ; "Trouble" followed "revolutionary action" : lesbian and gay liberation and work -- Civil rights in a neoliberal age. "Discrimination engendered an epidemic all of its own" : the AIDS crisis on the job ; Making the "business case" : gay rights inside the post-Fordist corporation."Historians have noted that gay identity is central to the history of capitalism, but because of an assumption that workplaces were "straight spaces" in which queer people passed, historians of sexuality have had almost nothing to say about work, instead directing their attention to the street and to the bar. This book presents employment and the accompanying fear of job loss as one of the most salient features of queer life for most of the twentieth century, and looks at the political and legal developments of gay labor in the workplace, alongside the histories of women's, minorities', and immigrants' labor. Starting midcentury with the Lavender Scare-the federal government's massive purge of gay people from the Civil Service-the book traces how workplaces opened to gay workers, albeit unevenly, over the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a number of archival sources and interviews, this is a history of the workplace that shows larger structural change while also giving voice to many underrepresented individuals. Throughout, Margot Canaday emphasizes the concept of precariousness, a commonly deployed category within labor studies to designate that expanding category of workers in industrial societies who are detached from permanent, standardized, secure, and protected employment. While women and racial minorities also share this longer history of precarious work, the LGBT experience was a particularly powerful precedent for the changing character of economic life at the end of the 20th century. Despite that, the book shows that workplaces were surprisingly responsive to demands from gay employees for protection and benefits. Canaday shows that business was out ahead of both the government and labor unions in offering antidiscrimination protection and domestic partner benefits to gay workers. The final part of the book traces how gay rights came to be the most marketized/privatized civil rights social movement and how we should consider the gay experience in the workplace not as marginal or atypical but as central and predictive for all workers"--"A masterful history of the LGBT workforce in AmericaWorkplaces have traditionally been viewed as "straight spaces" in which queer people passed. As a result, historians have directed limited attention to the experiences of queer people on the job. Queer Career rectifies this, offering an expansive historical look at sexual minorities in the modern American workforce. Arguing that queer workers were more visible than hidden and, against the backdrop of state aggression, vulnerable to employer exploitation, Margot Canaday positions employment and fear of job loss as central to gay life in postwar America.Rather than finding that many midcentury employers tried to root out gay employees, Canaday sees an early version of "don't ask/don't tell": in all kinds of work, as long as queer workers were discreet, they were valued for the lower wages they could be paid, their contingency, their perceived lack of familial ties, and the ease with which they could be pulled in and pushed out of the labor market. Across the socioeconomic spectrum, they were harbingers of post-Fordist employment regimes we now associate with precarity. While progress was not linear, by century's end some gay workers rejected their former discretion, and some employers eventually offered them protection unattained through law. Pushed by activists at the corporate grassroots, business emerged at the forefront of employment rights for sexual minorities. It did so, at least in part, in response to the way that queer workers aligned with, and even prefigured, the labor system of late capitalism.Queer Career shows how LGBT history helps us understand the recent history of capitalism and labor and rewrites our understanding of the queer past"--
Subjects: Sexual minorities; Sexual minorities; Sexual minorities; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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