



following this:



http://community.livejournal.com/meta_writer/11369.html



I've been asked for more information and am collecting the books/authors that are affected



- Author/title

- Level of explicitness/genre

- GLTB content?

- Censored on which amazon website

- Link (maybe even a screencap)?







Collection: Books that had their sales ranks removed:



Fiction



Out of a Top 100 Gay Novels List on Elisa Rolle's LJ almost all the books are "purged", including authors such as Jamie O'Neill, Edmund White, Andre Aciman. Link:



James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

Annie Proulx Brokeback Mountain

Stripped of sales rank on amazon.com, but not on amazon.ca

http://www.amazon.ca/BROKEBACK-MOUNTAIN-ANNIE-PROULX/dp/2246699215ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562478&sr=1-3

Jeanette Winterson's OrangesAre Not The Only Fruit

Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness.

None of which can be called "erotica" by any stretch of the imagination.

(the only "sex scene" in The Well of Loneliness consists in its entirety of the words "And that night they were not divided.")



Alex Beecroft: False Colours, m/m historical romance, just broken through and ranking in top 10 historical novels-- i.e. non-romance, non-gay-- and then it suddenly disappeared entirely from the rankings. The novel is NOT erotica, contains only one non-explicit sex scene, but the central premise features two male characters falling in love.

http://www.amazon.com/False-Colors-M-Romance/dp/0762436581

The Kindle version of False Colors has a sales rank but has had the 'an m/m romance' taken off its name!

http://www.amazon.com/False-Colors-ebook/dp/B0026A6C3Q

Censored on Amazon.com



Alex Beecroft, Captain's Surrender

heat level mild; about one page of sex scenes all told in a book 196 pages long

http://www.amazon.com/Captains-Surrender-Alex-Beecroft/dp/1602020892

Censored on Amazon.com

The Kindle version of Captain's Surrender has no sales rank either.



Erastes Transgressions - similar case to False Colours, screen cap here:

Erastes Standish

Erastes Speak Its Name

Erastes Frost Fair

(on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)



Storm Grant - Gym Dandy

Level of explicitness/genre: a RomCom with a heat level of 2 out of 5.

GLTB content?: boy meets boy

Censored on which amazon website: .com, .uk, and .ca*

Proof of sales rank:



Leslie Feinberg Stone Butch Blues

http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Butch-Blues-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/1555838537

http://www.amazon.de/Stone-Butch-Blues-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/1555838537

Sales rank removed



Rita Mae Brown Rubyfruit Jungle

http://www.amazon.com/Rubyfruit-Jungle-Rita-Mae-Brown/dp/055327886X

http://www.amazon.de/Rubyfruit-Jungle-Rita-Mae-Brown/dp/055327886X

Sales rank removed



Sarah Waters Tipping The Velvet now has no sales rank in one of its editions ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tipping-Velvet-Virago-Sarah-Waters/dp/1860495249

http://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Velvet-Novel-Sarah-Waters/dp/1573227889/ref=pd_sim_b_2

http://www.amazon.de/Tipping-Velvet-Novel-Sarah-Waters/dp/1573227889/ref=

pd_sim_b_2

It still does in another edition:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tipping-Velvet-Sarah-Waters/dp/1844080110

The only difference seems to be that this one doesn't have the word "lesbian" anywhere in its "Look for similar items by subject".



E M Forster - Maurice

? ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550630&sr=1-1

(Amazon.com - "Heat level" - neglegible)

(Sales rank removed)



Charlie Cochrane: Lessons in Love

http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Charlie-Cochrane/dp/1602021481/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239547504&sr=1-1

(no sex in the book)

(Sales rank removed)



Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man

http://www.amazon.com/Single-Man-Christopher-Isherwood/dp/0816638624/

Gay protagonist. I don't recall any explicit sex.

(Sales rank removed)



Edmund White's The Beautiful Room Is Empty

http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Room-Empty-Novel/dp/0679755403/

Haven't read, however, it's certainly critically acclaimed (as is A Single Man)

(Sales rank removed)



Edmund White's A Boy's Own Story

Both of the Edmund White novels do contain explicit sex scenes, but they're far from not "erotica", and they're acclaimed as literary classics.

(Sales rank removed)



Andrew Holleran's Dancer From The Dance

http://www.amazon.com/Dancer-Dance-Novel-Andrew-Holleran/dp/0060937068/

Gay protagonist. Non-explicit, though much is implied. Harold Robbins is steamier and retains his sales rank.

(Sales rank removed)



JL Langley's Tin Star (Amazon.ca)

(Sales rank removed)



James Buchanan: The Good Thief, Twice the Cowboy, Twice the Ride, Cheating Chance

(Only his print editions have had their sales rank stripped) Amazon.com

Screencap for Good Thief here:

More proof:



R W Day A Strong and Sudden Thaw Iris Press edition - has a ranking, Kindle version of the Lethe edition has a ranking. The print version of the Lethe edition does not (

When you search by title from the Amazon home page, the Lethe print edition doesn't even make the first page of results. In fact, the first hit is a book by another author with the same name as me, and the second is Ginn Hale's Wicked Gentlemen, which still has a ranking, btw.



Anne Brooke - Maloney's Law

- Gay crime fiction - 2 sex scenes, one brief.

- GLTB content - Yes

- Censored on which amazon website - amazon.us and amazon.uk

Amazon UK link -

Amazon US link -



Both have had their ranking stripped. It's also very hard now to search directly for the book as you can't do just any combination of author/title into the search field. It has to be title OR author and not both. That's a change from last week ...



Krandall Kraus Love's Last Chance

Cannot be searched by on Amazon directly by title

Could be googled and got this link

>the amazon listing.

You cannot even search for things by title.



Jane Davitt Wild Raspberries (m/m romance)

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Raspberries-Jane-Davitt/dp/1603703209/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239553045&sr=1-3

No sales ranks anymore (same author, Drawing Closer does

LJ post about sales rank:



Shayla Kersten The Cost of Eternity

Erotic romance (Ellora's Cave), GLTB content

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Cost-Eternity-Shayla-Kersten/dp/1419956655/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-0198097-5214063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188657417&sr=1-1



Various authors Seduction (Black Lace anthology)

Women's erotica (some same sex encounters but mostly het)

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Various-Authors/dp/0352345101/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217641842&sr=1-3



Jackson, Chase, Kersten Masters of Desire

Eerotic romance (Kensington Aphrodisia)

No GLTB content

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Desire-Layla-Chase/dp/0758225490/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217641768&sr=1-6



According to the authors on the Kensington Aphrodisia group, all of the Aphro stories have had ranking removed. Aphro novels are erotic romance and some have GLBT content.



Mary Renault The Charioteer

http://www.amazon.com/Charioteer-Mary-Renault/dp/0375714189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554137&sr=1-1



Tamara Allen Whistling in the Dark

"Sweet romance" - all the sex is behind closed doors, apart from a kiss or two and some cuddling. It features two men falling in love.

Censored on all amazon websites

http://www.amazon.com/Whistling-Dark-Tamara-Allen/dp/1590210492/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229019320&sr=8-1

The Kindle version has never had a sales rank, as far as the author knows. The print version lost its sales rank on Friday morning.



George Bennett Fain Pandora's Box

http://www.amazon.com/Pandoras-Box-George-Bennett-Fain/dp/0615141358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554619&sr=1-1

No sales rank. Description contains the phrase "homosexual tones".



Whereas hir other book, <ahref="http://www.amazon.com/this-darkest-hour-george-bennett/dp/141169508>This Darkest Hour</a>, still has a sales rank, even though it's full of smut. Description contains the phrase "sexy gay novella". But it's out of print, so that might have anything to do with it.



Lee Rowan, all books in the print editions, Kindle versions seem to be there, but the Kindle editions are not in author's profile (affects Ransom, Winds of Change, Eye of the Storm, Sail Away, Walking Wounded, Speak Its Name).

They are all m/m romance, heat level 3-3.5 on a scale of 5

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A14XRHD2PWFW4D/ref=sv_ys_4



It also affects self-published authors:

Marquesate Her Majesty's Men

Explicit, military gay erotica, m/m

Censored on amazon.co.uk and amazon.com

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Majestys-Men-Marquesate/dp/0955988004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239557697&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Her-Majestys-Men-Marquesate/dp/0955988004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239557739&sr=1-1

It has become impossible to find the book when searching generally. Search box now has to be set on "books"



Jenna Jones, Chiaroscuro, and Something Beautiful

m/m romance

http://www.amazon.com/Chiaroscuro-Jenna-Jones/dp/1603704132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556726&sr=1-1

/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_img_in

Had ranks stripped



Angela Fiddler - Pulse

Explicit m/m GLBT content, Kindle version still online



Isabel Miller Patience and Sarah

Historical novel. Erotic content limited to the words "Where's my wet? Where's my melt?"



Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe, Mr. Right Now

Explicit GLBT

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Right-Now-Rhianne-Aile/dp/0981508421/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558793&sr=1-1



Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe Bee Among The Clover

Explicit GLBT

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Bee-Among-Clover-Fae-Sutherland/dp/1607670356/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558793&sr=1-2



Julia Serano Whipping Girl

Non-fiction - about trans women and femininity. Not very explicit at all. Some description (for example, frank talk of anatomy), but overall, pretty tame.

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Whipping-Girl-Transsexual-Scapegoating-Femininity/dp/1580051545/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559105&sr=1-1



Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, first trilogy has sales ranks (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, Kushiel's Avatar) but not the second trilogy (Kushiel's Scion, Kushiel's Justice, Kushiel's Mercy), mass-market paperback editions.

Mild side of explicit, definitely BDSM, maybe occasional GLBT pairings but mostly het.

Censored on Amazon.com

Links (first three just for reference):

http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Dart-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765342987/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Chosen-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765345048/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-5

http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Avatar-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765347539/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Scion-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/044661002X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-6

http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Justice-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0446610143/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Mercy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/044661016X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-2



Gerri Hill, The Rainbow Cedar

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-Cedar-Gerri-Hill/dp/1594931240/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559303&sr=1-12



Georgia Beers, Too Close to Touch

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Close-Touch-Georgia-Beers/dp/1933110473/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559303&sr=1-11



E. Lynn Harris, "I Say A Little Prayer"

Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships

-- hardcover, no ranking

-- paperback, no ranking

Kindle Edition still ranked.



E. Lynn Harris, "Not A Day Goes By"

Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships

-- paperback, no ranking

Hardcover, Kindle, and Large print still ranked



E. Lynn Harris, "Not A Day Goes By"

Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships

-- paperback, no ranking

-- hardcover, no ranking

-- large print, no ranking (but also out of print) Kindle edition still has a ranking.



This is particularly awful because E. Lynn Harris is an author



Quentin Crisp - most works seems to have befallen the same fate:

http://www.amazon.com/Stately-Homo-Celebration-Quentin-Crisp/dp/0593046773/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559828&sr=1-4

Censored on Amazon.com



Patricia Nell Warren, The Front Runner

Gay romance granddaddy of them all, published in 1974

Its sales ranks are stripped by Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Front-Runner-Patricia-Nell-Warren/dp/0964109964/



Various, I Do: an anthology in support of marriage equality

Varying heat levels, some erotica. A charity anthology in support of the Lambda Legal Fund.

http://www.amazon.com/I-DO-Kris-Jacen/dp/1934531707



Perihan Magden, Two Girls

Not explicit at all - a tragic story about two teenage girls falling in love, although I don't recall the word 'lesbian' ever even being mentioned outright.

Censored at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de (the English edition; the German edition still has its sales rank)

http://www.amazon.com/Two-Girls-Perihan-Magden/dp/1852428996/



Marion Zimmer Bradly, The Catch Trap

A bare handful of not very explicit sex scenes in over almost 700 pages. What might be more of a problem is that one of the protagonists is rather young when the relationship starts. - gay relationhsip, gay rights issues.

Censored at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk. On amazon.de the sales rank has been removed for the English edition in



A.J. Mirag, Clippings

Explicit GLBT

Censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Clippings-J-Mirag/dp/0557013011/



Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt

Classic lesbian novel

http://www.amazon.com/Price-Salt-Patricia-Highsmith/dp/0393325997/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239563211&sr=1-1



Chris Bridges, Giggling Into the Pillow

Collection of funny erotica, all or mostly het, very explicit

US Amazon deranked it

http://www.amazon.com/Giggling-Into-Pillow-Chris-Bridges/dp/0595254306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239563093&sr=1-1

Interestingly, the hardcover edition is still ranked:

http://www.amazon.com/Giggling-Into-Pillow-Chris-Bridges/dp/0595651704/ref=ed_oe_h



Kiernan Kelly, Riding Heartbreak Road

http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Heartbreak-Road-Kiernan-Kelly/dp/1934166251

Kiernan Kelly, In Bear Country

http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Country-Kiernan-Kelly/dp/1603700072/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239549662&sr=1-2

Kiernan Kelly, Seti's Heart

http://www.amazon.com/Setis-Heart-Kiernan-Kelly/dp/1603702598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239549876&sr=1-1

Kiernan Kelly, In Bear Country II: The Barbary Coast

http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Country-II-Barbary-Coast/dp/1603704027/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550489&sr=1-1

Kiernan Kelly, In Their Own Skins: Shifting Sands

http://www.amazon.com/Shifting-Sands-Their-Own-Skin/dp/1603705783/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550657&sr=1-1

All deranked by amazon.com



Ann Rice, Sleeping Beauty series



The Story of O



Best Lesbian Erotica books series.





Jay Lygon, Chaos Magic, Love Runes

GLBT erotica

Third book in the trilogy, Personal Demons, still has a ranking.



Michael Thomas Ford's books

Steve Berman, Vintage (YA novel)

Berman (a YA novel)

Catherine Lundoff (ed), Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades

(lesbian ghost stories)



ALL of the books from the GLBT publisher Torquere Press have been deranked!

Some examples:

http://www.amazon.com/Forged-Sean-Michael/dp/1603705872/ref=pd_sim_b_1

http://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Glove-IV-Sean-Michael/dp/1603705473/ref=pd_sim_b_3

http://www.amazon.com/5-OClock-Bar-Chris-Owen/dp/160370549X/ref=pd_sim_b_5



Eden Bradley

Contemporary erotica and erotic romance (No GLBT content)

Censored on amazon US, UK (can't even get search results under my name), Canada, Germany

TITLES: The Dark Garden The Darker Side of Pleasure Exotica: Seven Days of Kama Sutra, Nine Days of Arabian Nights Hot Nights, Dark Desires (erotic romance anthology) Exclusive (erotic romance anthology) Surrender: Tales of Submission (erotica anthology) Forbidden Fruit Naughty Bits (erotica anthology) A 21st Century Courtesan Beyond Desire (erotica anthology)



Mary Renault, The Friendly Young Ladies

censored at amazon.com



Lauren Dane, Taking Care of Business:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0352345020/ref=cm_pdp_arms_dp_6

Deranked at Amazon.com)



Patti O'Shea, In Twilight's Shadow

Paranormal Romance/one consummated love scene at the end of the book, no GLTB content

Censored on amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Twilights-Shadow-Patti-OShea/dp/0765355809



Steve Kluger, Almost Like Being in Love

Story about two high school boys who fall in love and then drift apart during college. No adult content.

http://www.amazon.com/Almost-Like-Being-Love-Novel/dp/0060595833/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239565997&sr=1-2





Dan Savage

http://www.amazon.com/Commitment-Love-Sex-Marriage-Family/dp/0452287634

http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Love-Straight-Americas-Columnist/dp/0452278155

Pregnant Boyfriend: Censored on Amazon.com/ca/co.uk





Cassidy Ryan, Sleeping with the Past

Censored on Amazon.com and .co.uk

http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Past-Cassidy-Ryan/dp/1603704213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239567827&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleeping-Past-Cassidy-Ryan/dp/1603704213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239567973&sr=1-1



A search for Richard Stevenson, author of the Don Strachey mysteries, gives you only the Kindle versions of his books and one of the movies:



Alexander Chee, EDINBURGH

(sales rankign removed; interestingly, it still shows up in "all departments" search results).



Justin Chin, BURDEN OF ASHES

(sales ranking removed, but does not show up in "all department" searches).



Justin Chin, HARMLESS MEDICINE



Katherine V Forrest, Curious Wine

(arguably one of the most famous lesbian novels):

http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Wine-Katherine-V-Forrest/dp/1555836615/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568187&sr=1-6



Katherine V Forrest, Daughters of a Coral Dawn

(and also its two sequels):

http://www.amazon.com/Daughters-Coral-Dawn-Katherine-Forrest/dp/1555836623/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568187&sr=1-7

Rank removed on amazon.co.uk and amazon.de

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Wine-Katherine-V-Forrest/dp/1872642020/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568444&sr=8-6



Katherine V Forrest, All in the Seasoning

http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Seasoning-Katherine-V-Forrest/dp/1932859268/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568538&sr=1-2

(Ranking removed)



Liberty Square: A Kate Delafield mystery (and other Kate Delafield books--these are mystery novels and I believe them to contain little, if any, romantic/erotic content other than the fact that the main character is a lesbian):

http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Square-Kate-Delafield-Mystery/dp/0425176754/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568187&sr=1-8



Clare London: "The Gold Warrior" "Twisted Brand" "Sparks Fly"

Gay romance AND/OR gay erotica. They all contain explicit m/m sex scenes, but of course there's no way of identifying that for certain from the blurb.

All have lost their sales rankings in BOTH dot COM and CO UK.



- Author/title: Taboo Treats, Liz Andrews editor - Level of explicitness/genre VERY explicit BDSM Halloween erotica - GLTB content? Yes, at least 2 of the 6 stories - Censored on which amazon website Amazon US - Link (maybe even a screencap)?



- Author/title Flipped Fables, S A Clements editor - Level of explicitness/genre Explicit m/m anthology - GLTB content? yes, m/m - Censored on which amazon website US - Link (maybe even a screencap)? Flipped Fables



- Author/title Angelia Sparrow, "Pushing the Boundaries of Reality" Kindle edition - Level of explicitness/genre erotic cyberpunk - GLTB content? no - Censored on which amazon website US, does show up in Kindle Store searches - Link (maybe even a screencap)? Pushing the Boundaries of Reality



- Author/title Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, "Color of Magic/Color of Money" (kindle) - Level of explicitness/genre fantasy erotica - GLTB content? yes, m/m - Censored on which amazon website US - Link (maybe even a screencap)?



- Author/title Toybox: Sounds, edited M.Rode (kindle) - Level of explicitness/genre erotica - GLTB content? yes, m/m - Censored on which amazon website US - Link (maybe even a screencap)?



- Author/title Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, "Collared Hearts" - Level of explicitness/genre BDSM erotica - GLTB content? yes - Censored on which amazon website US - Link (maybe even a screencap)?



John Cleland

sexually explicit, mostly het sex. usually classified as classic, at least one lesbian encounter

Censored on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca

http://www.amazon.com/Fanny-Hill-Pleasure-Wordsworth-Wadsworth/dp/1840224177/ref=pd_cp_b_1?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1604596163&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1CKX37PZ9T7XQ5YP7PEX

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanny-Hill-Pleasure-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1840224177/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566020&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.ca/Penguin-Classics-Fanny-Memoirs-Pleasure/dp/0140432493/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566030&sr=1-1"



LAWRENCE SCHIMEL reports that all of his books have been stripped of their sales rankings. Author MICHAEL D. SNEDIKER reports the same.





Emma Holly, Fairyville

It's got straight and gay erotic romance, plus m/m/f menage

http://www.amazon.com/Fairyville-Berkley-Sensation-Emma-Holly/dp/0425224767/

There's a budget version of it that still shows up in searches, but not the 'real' version.



Laura Baumbach: A Bit of Rough, Out There in the Night, Details of the Hunt, Hostage, Blood Desires, Scared Stiff, Blood Claim, MEXICAN HEAT, The Lost Temple of Karttikeya, The Ties That Bind, Roughhousing, A Bite Before Christmas



Steamy, GLBT, Censored on amazon.com





All MLR Press books are de-ranked, too.





Young Adult



Alex Sanchez Rainbow Boys (YA)

http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Boys-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689857705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550221&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-Boys-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689857705/ref=pd_si

m_b_2

(Sales rank removed)



Alex Sanchez, Rainbow Road (YA)

http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Road-Alex-Sanchez/dp/141691191X/ref=pd_sim_b_1_img

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-Road-Alex-Sanchez/dp/141691191X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556298&sr=1-1

(Sales rank removed)



Rainbow High (YA)

http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-High-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689854781/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550483&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-High-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689854781/ref=pd_sim_b_1

(Sales rank removed)



(None of Alex Sanchez's other books have lost their rankings though they all contain m/m content)



Mark Probst The Filly

&s=books&qid=1239547211&sr=8-1 (amazon.ca)

(Sales rank removed)



None of the [YA] f/f books I checked had their rankings removed - this includes books by Julie Peters, Ellen Wittlinger and Nancy Garden, among others. Neither have David Levithan's or Brett Hartinger's or any of the other m/m novels I checked. Most of the novels I checked are mainstream teen fiction, that were well reviewed in library journals, as that is what I'm most familiar with.



Marion Dane Bauer Am I Blue

http://www.amazon.com/Am-I-Blue-Coming-Silence/dp/0064405877/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556580&sr=1-1>

Anthology by YA authors about 'growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends', has an age recommendation of 9-12 and has no ranking.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s249/riversbend/amiblue.jpg





Non-Fiction



The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students

http://www.amazon.com/Advocate-College-Guide-LGBT-Students/dp/155583857X/

No protagonist, but intended for LGBT college-bound students. Haven't read, but I expect is non-explicit.

(Sales rank removed)



Robert Adrich Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History (amazon.ca)

(Sales rank removed)



Dr. Nathaniel Frank Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America has also been pulled from the rankings. A book on military policy - not exactly racy stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/Unfriendly-Fire-Undermines-Military-Weakens/dp/0312373481/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554070&sr=1-1



Louis-Georges Tin (Editor), Marek Redburn (Translator): The Dictionary of Homophobia: A Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience (Paperback)

(Amazon.ca)

(Sales rank removed)



Different Loving (D/s), Threesomes (swinging), and Anapol's Polyamory are all lacking a rank. The third book is about as bland as bland can get, although the first is admittedly "spicy" (or, at least, frank).

However, lasciviously titled books like Become a Total Man Magnet: Make Every Man Fall in Love with You Instantly - Make Him Chase You Down Desperately and Beg for Attention and The Manual: A True Bad Boy Explains How Men Think, Date, and Mate--and What Women Can Do to Come Out on Top have rankings.



BDSM nonfiction

SM 101 has no ranking:

http://www.amazon.com/101-Realistic-Introduction-Jay-Wiseman/dp/0963976389/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556468&sr=1-1



The New Bottoming Book - no ranking:



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The Loving Dominant - no ranking

http://www.amazon.com/Loving-Dominant-John-Warren/dp/1890159727/ref=pd_sim_b_3



Three in Love (historic examples of menage a trois, not a how-to) - no ranking:

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Love-Menages-Ancient-Modern/dp/0595008070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556612&sr=1-1



Leslie Feinberg Transgender Warriors

Non-fiction. No erotic content.



Leslie Feinberg Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue

Non-fiction. No erotic content unless you find impassioned arguments for socialised medicine arousing.



Kate Bornstein My Gender Workbook

Non-fiction. Definitely not erotica, but does mention sometimes that there is such a thing as sex.



The Dictionary of Homophobia

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DICTIONARY-HOMOPHOBIA-History-Lesbian-Experience/dp/1551522292/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556548&sr=1-2



Challenging Homophobia: Teaching About Sexual Diversity

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Challenging-Homophobia-Teaching-Sexual-Diversity/dp/1858564131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556548&sr=1-1



Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whos-Who-Lesbian-History-Mid-Twentieth/dp/0415159830/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558561&sr=1-1



Strangers: Homosexuality in the Nineteenth Century

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strangers-Homosexuality-Nineteenth-Graham-Robb/dp/0330482246/ref=pd_sim_b_2



Sex, Love and Homophobia: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Love-Homophobia-Bisexual-Transgender/dp/1873328575/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558893&sr=1-4



Rictor Norton, Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England 1700-1830

Prof. B.R. Burg, Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean

Prof. B.R. Burg, Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy

Hans Turley, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash: Piracy, Sexuality and Masculine Identity



Vito Russo, Celluloid Closet

http://www.amazon.com/Celluloid-Closet-Homosexuality-Movies/dp/0060961325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239560084&sr=1-1

The DVD still comes up fine, incidentally.



Randy Shilts / The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk Biography

-- paperback, no ranking



Randy Shilts / Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military

-- paperback, no ranking



Randy Shilts is also the author of "And The Band Played On" -- still does have its sales ranking.



Travel guides e.g.:

http://www.amazon.com/Damron-Womens-Traveller/dp/0929435672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559742&sr=1-1



Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel, Kate Bornstein, Pomosexuals: challenging assumptions about gender and sexuality

http://www.amazon.com/PoMoSexuals-Challenging-Assumptions-Gender-Sexuality/dp/1573440744/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562607&sr=1-1

Sales Rank Stripped by Amazon.com



William N. Eskridge Jr., Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet

important nonfiction book about American law and gay rights, no adult content anywhere

http://www.amazon.com/Gaylaw-Challenging-William-Eskridge-Jr/dp/0674008049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562681&sr=1-1



Paul Ruditis, Queer as Folks

(Behind the scenes book on QaF US)

http://www.amazon.com/Queer-as-Folk-Paul-Ruditis/dp/0743476360/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239565633&sr=1-1

Cache at google, from April 4th:

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:osiXoaWLy3cJ:www.amazon.com/Queer-as-Folk-Paul-Ruditis/dp/0743476360queer+as+folk+the+book&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk



Bruce Bagemhil, Biological Exuberance

(seminal text on sexuality in animals)

http://www.amazon.com/Biological-Exuberance-Homosexuality-Diversity-Stonewall/dp/031225377X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568033&sr=1-1







Psy.D. Paul Joannides, The Guide to Getting It On, 6th Edition

Self-Help, Guide book, textbook GLTB mentioned positively, mainly heterofocused

censored on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Getting-Psy-D-Paul-Joannides/dp/1885535333/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239565932&sr=1-1



Epistemology of the Closet by Eve Kosofsky Hedgwick

http://www.amazon.com/Epistemology-Closet-Eve-Kosofsky-Sedgwick/dp/0520254066/



In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (Sexual Cultures) by Judith Halberstam

http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Time-Place-Transgender-Subcultural/dp/0814735851/



Queer Theory: An Introduction by Annamarie Jagose

http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Theory-Introduction-Annamarie-Jagose/dp/0814742343/



The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life by Michael Warner

http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Normal-Politics-Ethics-Queer/dp/0674004418/



No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Series Q) by Lee Edelman

http://www.amazon.com/No-Future-Queer-Theory-Death/dp/0822333694/



Gay TV and Straight America by Ron Becker

http://www.amazon.com/Gay-Straight-America-Ron-Becker/dp/0813536898/



The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV by Stephen Tropiano

http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Time-Closet-History-Lesbians/dp/1557835578/



Up From Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America by Larry Gross (yeah, ironic, I know)

http://www.amazon.com/Up-Invisibility-Lesbians-Media-America/dp/0231119534/



Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television, 1930s to the Present by Steven Capsuto

http://www.amazon.com/Alternate-Channels-Uncensored-Lesbian-Television/dp/0345412435/



All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America by Suzanna Danuta Walters

http://www.amazon.com/All-Rage-Story-Visibility-America/dp/0226872327/



Queer Cinema, the Film Reader by Harry Benshoff

http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Cinema-Reader-Focus-Routledge-Readers/dp/0415319870/



True Selves - written for therapists/social workers

http://www.amazon.com/True-Selves-Understanding-Transsexualism-Professionals/dp/0787967025/ref=pd_sim_b_3



Transgender History.. is a history book

http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-History-Studies-Susan-Stryker/dp/158005224X/ref=pd_sim_b_4



Nobody Passes - an anthology about passing, including racial/gender/class passing...

http://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Passes-Rejecting-Gender-Conformity/dp/1580051847/ref=pd_sim_b_7



Becoming a Visible Man - memoir by activist Jamison Green:

http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Visible-Man-Jamison-Green/dp/082651457X/ref=pd_sim_b_8



The Transgender Studies Reader: transgender theory:

http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Reader-Susan-Stryker/dp/041594709X/ref=pd_sim_b_9



Transgender Rights - social justice, dicrimination issues, legislation.

So not erotic:

http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Rights-Paisley-Currah/dp/0816643121/ref=pd_sim_b_11



Same-Sex Marriage: The Legal and Psychological Evolution in America WesleyanUPr) by Cantor, Cantor, et al, has been deranked



Biographies



John Barrowman Anything Goes, Biography

Paperback Edition has a ranking ttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Goes-Autobiography-John-Barrowman/dp/1843173336/ref=pd_sim_m_h__3

But the hardcover edition doesn't:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Goes-John-Barrowman-Carole/dp/1843172895/ref=ed_oe_h



They also seem to have stripped the title search result with another book co-written by Krandal Krauss, <ahref=http://www.amazon.com/its-never-about-what-learned/dp/1555835716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&s=books&qid=1239553025&sr=1-1#reader>It's Never About What It's About.</a> This book is a memoir on coping with life and death in the wake of the AIDS virus. It is a reflection on spirituality, *not* an adult work.



Kate Bornstein Gender Outlaw

Autobiography. Not erotica at all.



V. G. Lee, Diary of a Provincial Lesbian

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Provincial-Lesbian-V-G-Lee/dp/0906500869/ref=sr_1_59?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559689&sr=1-59



Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, Clare Howell, eds., GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary

Non-fiction, personal biographies and essays,

I don't recall much sexual content.

http://www.amazon.com/GenderQueer-Voices-Beyond-Sexual-Binary/dp/1555837301/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561631&sr=1-1"



Mattilda a.k.a. Matthew Bernstein Sycamore (ed.), Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Paperback)

Non-fiction, personal biographies and essays. Don't remember much sexual content.

http://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Passes-Rejecting-Gender-Conformity/dp/1580051847/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561631&sr=1-2"



Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, What Becomes You

Non-fiction, autobiography. Little sexual content.

http://www.amazon.com/What-Becomes-You-American-Lives/dp0803216424ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561812&sr=1-1



Jamison Green, Becoming a Visible Man

Classic FTM memoir

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Visible-Man-Jamison-Green/dp/082651457X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561497&sr=1-1

Not only has no sales rank, but an exact title search and a search for the author, Jamison Green, gave no first page hits

Censored on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Interestingly, the search suggestions are still there!



Neil McKenna, The Secret Life Of Oscar Wilde

Critically acclaimed biography

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Oscar-Wilde/dp/0465044395/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562149&sr=1-9

Deranked by Amazon.com



John Amaechi, Man in the Middle

Autobiography of a gay former NBA player.

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Middle-John-Amaechi/dp/1933060190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239564553&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Middle-John-Amaechi/dp/1933060190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239564553&sr=1-1

Sales ranks removed



Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk

Biography of the gay right activist

sim_b_3

Stripped of rank at amazon.com



Dan Savage, The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant

No rank listed, yet it has 126 reviews

http://www.amazon.com/Kid-Happened-Boyfriend-Decided-Pregnant/dp/0452281768



Stephen Fry: Moab is my Washpot

Memoir by British national treasure Stephen Fry

http://www.amazon.com/Moab-My-Washpot-Stephen-Fry/dp/1569472025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239563712&sr=1-1

Deranked on Amazon.com



Carol Leigh, Unrepentant Whore: Collected Work of Scarlot Harlot

Primarily political, only three or so very mildly explicit scenes Sex Worker Rights political memoir, contains information about legal issues, police abuse and political organizing including much GLBT content. Amazon Ranking removed.

http://www.amazon.com/Unrepentant-Whore-Collected-Scarlot-Harlot/dp/0867195843



Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander (eds), Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry

Primarily political and memoirs focusing in rights an working conditions of sex workers.

http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Work-Writings-Women-Industry/dp/1573440426

Ranking removed



(Other sex worker books seem to be affected as well)





Self-Help



Velvet Rage - self-help book for gay men

(Amazon.com)



The Church & The Homosexual

http://www.amazon.com/Church-Homosexual-John-J-McNeill/dp/0807079316/ref=

sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554146&sr=1-1



Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their

Lovers, Families, and Friends

http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Chance-God-Liberating-Theology/dp/0807079456/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554196&sr=1-4



Freedom, Glorious, Freedom

http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Glorious-Spiritual-Fullness-EverybodyElse/dp/0807079375/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554196&sr=1-5



Gay America

http://www.amazon.com/Gay-America-Struggle-Linas-Alsenas/dp/0810994879/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554245&sr=1-2



When Your Spouse Comes Out

http://www.amazon.com/When-Your-Spouse-Comes-Out/dp/0789036290/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554351&sr=1-5



My Husband is Gay

http://www.amazon.com/My-Husband-Gay-Womans-Survival/dp/1580910890/ref=pd_sim_b_1



Outing Yourself

http://www.amazon.com/Outing-Yourself-Lesbian-Friends-Coworkers/dp/0684826178/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554398&sr=1-1



The Way Out

http://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-Freedom-Matter-Closeted/dp/0757303927/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554398&sr=1-2



"Heather Has Two Mommies" has no sales rank.

(adult? O rly?)



Christopher Isherwood's



Amazon has removed the rankings of all lesbian pregnancy/parenting guides:



- Rachel Pepper The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians: How to Stay Sane and Care for Yourself from Pre-conception through Birth, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

- Stephanie Brill The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth

- Harlyn Aizley (Editor) Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All

- Andrea Askowitz My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy



Kate Bornstein Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws

THIS IS A SUICIDE PREVENTION MANUAL FOR TEENAGERS. IT IS NOT EROTICA, IT'S ABOUT SAVING KIDS' LIVES.



The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Guide-Pregnancy-Lesbians-Pre-Conception/dp/157344216X/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559468&sr=1-25



The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lesbian-Parenting-Book-Creating-Families/dp/1580050905/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559468&sr=1-29



Lesbian and Gay Psychology

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lesbian-Gay-Psychology-New-Perspectives/dp/1405102225/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559586&sr=1-40



Miriam Kaufmann

The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness

http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Sex-Disability-Disabilities/dp/1573443042/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239551237&sr=1-6

Amazon.com - ranking lost



Jessica Valenti & Jaclyn Friedman, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape

Feminist book about issues of consent and fighting rape, has also been de-ranked

http://www.amazon.com/Yes-Means-Visions-Female-Without/dp/B001TL7C00/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561038&sr=8-2

The Kindle version is OK.)



Also not listed, although He's a Stud, She's a Slut... and The Purity Myth by Valenti are still okay.



Heather Corinna, S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College"

Guide to sexuality aimed at ages 16-22. And horrors, it's GLBT-friendly, witten by the founder of Scarleteen.com, a celebrated sex-ed site for young people.

http://www.amazon.com/S-E-X-All-You-Need-Know-Progressive-Sexuality/dp/1600940102/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=books&qid=1239564840&sr=1-1

Deranked by amazon.com



Ruth Bell, Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships



Toni Weschler, Cycle Savvy: The Smart Teen's Guide to the Mysteries of Her Body



Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters



Susie Bright, Full Exposure: Opening Up to Sexual Creativity and Erotic Expression



Audacia Ray, Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration



Cathy Winks, The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex: The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever Written



Felice Newman, The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us



Nonfiction sex guides Blow Him and Going down there (oral sex guides) have removed rankings but The Complete Idiots Guide to Amazing Sex still has rankings.



Helen Boyd, My Husband Betty She's Not the Man I Married



The Whole Lesbian Sex Book

http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Lesbian-Sex-Book-Passionate/dp/1573440884/ref=ed_oe_p



Tom Shakespeare et al's "The Sexual Politics of Disability"

(sociology text book)





Uncategorized



http://www.amazon.com/Zami-Spelling-Crossing-Press-Feminist/dp/0895941228

http://www.amazon.de/Zami-Spelling-Crossing-Press-Feminist/dp/0895941228

(Sales rank removed)



http://www.amazon.com/Gender-Outlaw-Men-Women-Rest/dp/0679757015

http://www.amazon.de/Gender-Outlaw-Men-Women-Rest/dp/0679757015

(Sales rank removed)



http://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0767914295

http://www.amazon.de/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0767914295

(Sales rank removed)



http://www.amazon.com/Conundrum-York-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1590171896

(Sales rank removed)

Apparently even autobiographies about being trans constitute "adult material".



Jules Jones - proof there was a LGTB bestseller list (dated blog post with screen shot)



Lesléa Newman, Out of the Closet and Nothing To Wear

Erotic content limited to some puns on the word "pussy".



Erin McHugh, the whole "The Portable Queer" series

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+Portable+Queer&x=0&y=0



Katherine V. Forrest - all books had their ranking removed.



Amazon.de has indiscriminately (hah!) removed the rankings from any and all books listed as glbt in English Books (and only in English books; the German ones are still displayed with their rankings). Funnily enough, of the three different (English) editions of Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, only one is categorised as glbt; subsequently, the other two are still listed with their rankings while the "gay" one has been filtered. Further, Amazon.de claims this is a technical glitch.





http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Bi-Voices-Bisexuals-Around/dp/096538814X/ref=sid_dp_dp

http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Attraction-Understanding-Martin-Weinberg/dp/0195098412/ref=pd_sim_b_1

http://www.amazon.com/Bi-America-Struggles-Invisible-Community/dp/1560234792/ref=pd_sim_b_3

http://www.amazon.com/Look-Both-Ways-Bisexual-Politics/dp/0374531080/ref=pd_sim_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-History-Studies-Susan-Stryker/dp/158005224X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Child-Handbook-Families-Professionals/dp/1573443182/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Homosexuality-Francis-Mondimore/dp/0801854407

http://www.amazon.com/Dude-Youre-Fag-Masculinity-Sexuality/dp/0520252306/ref=pd_sim_b_2

http://www.amazon.com/Imagining-Transgender-Ethnography-David-Valentine/dp/0822338696/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-5

http://www.amazon.com/True-Selves-Understanding-Transsexualism-Professionals/dp/0787967025/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-10

http://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-Man-Married-Transgender/dp/1580051936/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-7

http://www.amazon.com/Testosterone-Files-Hormonal-Social-Transformation/dp/1580051731/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-8

http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Radical-Gender-Transformation/dp/0916397963/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-11

http://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Homosexuality-Francis-Mondimore/dp/0801854407





"Ranks for every shonen ai (GLBT) manga I tried are gone too."



Regarding amazon.co.jp: "Tried searching for a dozen or so books from the above list of various types, and in almost every case, the search page had the cover image replaced with a graphic indicating it was an adult item. If you click through you can see the actual cover art, but there is a note that it is an adult work. On the Japanese language version of the page, it says that adult materials will not be sold to anyone under 18. In both English and Japanese it says that the item cannot be shipped outside Japan."

A search for Kushiel's Scion reveals that the version published by Warner is an adult item.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Kushiels-Scion-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/044661002X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1239569007&sr=1-1

The version published by Orbit is not.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Kushiels-Scion-Treasons-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/1841493619/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1239569007&sr=1-2







If you want to protest to Amazon direct, this is their email: connect-help@amazon.com

Other ways to get in touch with them:





Or write to their CEO:



Jeffrey Bezos. (total annual compensation $81k - irrelevant but interesting).

1200 12th Avenue South

Seattle

Washington 98144-2734

United States

Phone: 206-266-1000

Fax: 206-622-2405



Another list is here:

http://jezebel.com/5209088/why-is-amazon-removing-the-sales-rankings-from-gay-lesbian-books



Craig Seymor had this going on for months:

http://craigspoplife.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-amazon-homophobic.html



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THIS LIST IS NO LONGER BEING MANUALLY UPDATED - PLEASE CHECK THE COMMENTS FOR OTHER BOOKS THAT ARE AFFECTED AND LEAVE COMMENTS WITH BOOKS THAT ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST! THANK YOU! Hi guys,following this:I've been asked for more information and am collecting the books/authors that are affected- Author/title- Level of explicitness/genre- GLTB content?- Censored on which amazon website- Link (maybe even a screencap)?Out of a Top 100 Gay Novels List on Elisa Rolle's LJ almost all the books are "purged", including authors such as Jamie O'Neill, Edmund White, Andre Aciman. Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/593110.html James Baldwin,Annie ProulxStripped of sales rank on amazon.com, but not on amazon.caJeanette Winterson'sRadclyffe Hall'sNone of which can be called "erotica" by any stretch of the imagination.(the only "sex scene" inconsists in its entirety of the words "And that night they were not divided.")Alex Beecroft:, m/m historical romance, just broken through and ranking in top 10 historical novels-- i.e. non-romance, non-gay-- and then it suddenly disappeared entirely from the rankings. The novel is NOT erotica, contains only one non-explicit sex scene, but the central premise features two male characters falling in love.The Kindle version of False Colors has a sales rank but has had the 'an m/m romance' taken off its name!Censored on Amazon.comAlex Beecroft, Captain's Surrenderheat level mild; about one page of sex scenes all told in a book 196 pages longCensored on Amazon.comThe Kindle version of Captain's Surrender has no sales rank either. http://www.amazon.com/Captains-Surrender/dp/B00140IURU Erastes- similar case to, screen cap here: http://erastes.livejournal.com/371921.html ErastesErastesErastes(on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)Storm Grant - Gym DandyLevel of explicitness/genre: a RomCom with a heat level of 2 out of 5.GLTB content?: boy meets boyCensored on which amazon website: .com, .uk, and .ca*Proof of sales rank: http://pics.livejournal.com/storm_grant/pic/0002ydd8/ Leslie FeinbergSales rank removedRita Mae BrownSales rank removedSarah Watersnow has no sales rank in one of its editions ...pd_sim_b_2It still does in another edition:The only difference seems to be that this one doesn't have the word "lesbian" anywhere in its "Look for similar items by subject".E M Forster - http://www.amazon.com/Maurice-Novel-E-M-Forster/dp/0393310329/ref=sr_1_1 ? ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550630&sr=1-1(Amazon.com - "Heat level" - neglegible)(Sales rank removed)Charlie Cochrane: Lessons in Love(no sex in the book)(Sales rank removed)Christopher Isherwood's A Single ManGay protagonist. I don't recall any explicit sex.(Sales rank removed)Edmund White's The Beautiful Room Is EmptyHaven't read, however, it's certainly critically acclaimed (as is A Single Man)(Sales rank removed)Edmund White'sBoth of the Edmund White novels do contain explicit sex scenes, but they're far from not "erotica", and they're acclaimed as literary classics.(Sales rank removed)Andrew Holleran's Dancer From The DanceGay protagonist. Non-explicit, though much is implied. Harold Robbins is steamier and retains his sales rank.(Sales rank removed)JL Langley's Tin Star (Amazon.ca)(Sales rank removed)James Buchanan: The Good Thief, Twice the Cowboy, Twice the Ride, Cheating Chance(Only his print editions have had their sales rank stripped) Amazon.comScreencap for Good Thief here: http://www.james-buchanan.com/GT.pdf More proof: http://www.james-buchanan.com/amazonfail.pdf R W DayIris Press edition - has a ranking, Kindle version of the Lethe edition has a ranking. The print version of the Lethe edition does not ( http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Sudden-Thaw-R-Day/dp/1590210638/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239551741&sr=1-1 When you search by title from the Amazon home page, the Lethe print edition doesn't even make the first page of results. In fact, the first hit is a book by another author with the same name as me, and the second is Ginn Hale's, which still has a ranking, btw.Anne Brooke - Maloney's Law- Gay crime fiction - 2 sex scenes, one brief.- GLTB content - Yes- Censored on which amazon website - amazon.us and amazon.ukAmazon UK link - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maloneys-Law-Anne-Brooke/dp/1933720484/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216456533&sr=8-1 Amazon US link - http://www.amazon.com/Maloneys-Law-Anne-Brooke/dp/1933720484/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215868106&sr=8-1 Both have had their ranking stripped. It's also very hard now to search directly for the book as you can't do just any combination of author/title into the search field. It has to be title OR author and not both. That's a change from last week ...Krandall KrausCannot be searched by on Amazon directly by title http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1239552371/ref=sr_gnr_aps?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=loves%20last%20chance Could be googled and got this link http://www.amazon.com/Loves-Last-Chance-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/1555835058 >the amazon listing.You cannot even search for things by title.Jane Davitt(m/m romance)No sales ranks anymore (same author,doesLJ post about sales rank: http://janedavitt.livejournal.com1065639.html Shayla KerstenErotic romance (Ellora's Cave), GLTB contentCensored on Amazon.comVarious authorsWomen's erotica (some same sex encounters but mostly het)Censored on Amazon.comJackson, Chase, KerstenEerotic romance (Kensington Aphrodisia)No GLTB contentCensored on Amazon.comAccording to the authors on the Kensington Aphrodisia group, all of the Aphro stories have had ranking removed. Aphro novels are erotic romance and some have GLBT content.Mary RenaultTamara Allen"Sweet romance" - all the sex is behind closed doors, apart from a kiss or two and some cuddling. It features two men falling in love.Censored on all amazon websitesThe Kindle version has never had a sales rank, as far as the author knows. The print version lost its sales rank on Friday morning.George Bennett FainNo sales rank. Description contains the phrase "homosexual tones".Whereas hir other book, This Darkest Hour, still has a sales rank, even though it's full of smut. Description contains the phrase "sexy gay novella". But it's out of print, so that might have anything to do with it.Lee Rowan, all books in the print editions, Kindle versions seem to be there, but the Kindle editions are not in author's profile (affects Ransom, Winds of Change, Eye of the Storm, Sail Away, Walking Wounded, Speak Its Name).They are all m/m romance, heat level 3-3.5 on a scale of 5Censored on Amazon.comIt also affects self-published authors:MarquesateExplicit, military gay erotica, m/mCensored on amazon.co.uk and amazon.comIt has become impossible to find the book when searching generally. Search box now has to be set on "books"Jenna Jones,, andm/m romance http://www.amazon.com/Something-Beautiful-Jenna-Jones/dp/1603704116 /ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_img_inHad ranks strippedAngela Fiddler -Explicit m/m GLBT content, Kindle version still onlineIsabel MillerHistorical novel. Erotic content limited to the words "Where's my wet? Where's my melt?"Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe,Explicit GLBTCensored on Amazon.comFae Sutherland & Marguerite LabbeExplicit GLBTCensored on Amazon.comJulia SeranoNon-fiction - about trans women and femininity. Not very explicit at all. Some description (for example, frank talk of anatomy), but overall, pretty tame.Censored on Amazon.comJacqueline Carey'sseries, first trilogy has sales ranks (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, Kushiel's Avatar) but not the second trilogy (Kushiel's Scion, Kushiel's Justice, Kushiel's Mercy), mass-market paperback editions.Mild side of explicit, definitely BDSM, maybe occasional GLBT pairings but mostly het.Censored on Amazon.comLinks (first three just for reference):Gerri Hill, The Rainbow CedarGeorgia Beers, Too Close to TouchE. Lynn Harris, "I Say A Little Prayer"Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships http://www.amazon.com/I-Say-Little-Prayer-Novel/dp/0385512724/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_4 -- hardcover, no ranking http://www.amazon.com/Say-Little-Prayer-Lynn-Harris/dp/1400077281/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_12 -- paperback, no rankingKindle Edition still ranked.E. Lynn Harris, "Not A Day Goes By"Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships http://www.amazon.com/Not-Day-Goes-Lynn-Harris/dp/1400075785/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_10 -- paperback, no rankingHardcover, Kindle, and Large print still rankedE. Lynn Harris, "Not A Day Goes By"Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships http://www.amazon.com/Any-Way-Wind-Blows-Novel/dp/0385721188/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_9 -- paperback, no ranking http://www.amazon.com/Any-Wind-Blows-Lynn-Harris/dp/0385495056/ref=ed_oe_h -- hardcover, no ranking http://www.amazon.com/Any-Wind-Blows-Lynn-Harris/dp/078625792X/ref=ed_oe_h -- large print, no ranking (but also out of print) Kindle edition still has a ranking.This is particularly awful because E. Lynn Harris is an author with a special Amazon "store" Quentin Crisp - most works seems to have befallen the same fate:Censored on Amazon.comPatricia Nell Warren, The Front RunnerGay romance granddaddy of them all, published in 1974Its sales ranks are stripped by AmazonVarious, I Do: an anthology in support of marriage equalityVarying heat levels, some erotica. A charity anthology in support of the Lambda Legal Fund.Perihan Magden, Two GirlsNot explicit at all - a tragic story about two teenage girls falling in love, although I don't recall the word 'lesbian' ever even being mentioned outright.Censored at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de (the English edition; the German edition still has its sales rank)Marion Zimmer Bradly, The Catch TrapA bare handful of not very explicit sex scenes in over almost 700 pages. What might be more of a problem is that one of the protagonists is rather young when the relationship starts. - gay relationhsip, gay rights issues.Censored at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk. On amazon.de the sales rank has been removed for the English edition in http://www.amazon.de/Catch-Trap-Marion-Zimmer-Bradley/dp/0345315642 one instance, and left for two other editions, as well as the German one.) - http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Trap-Marion-Zimmer-Bradley/dp/0345315642 A.J. Mirag, ClippingsExplicit GLBTCensored on Amazon.comPatricia Highsmith's The Price of SaltClassic lesbian novelChris Bridges, Giggling Into the PillowCollection of funny erotica, all or mostly het, very explicitUS Amazon deranked itInterestingly, the hardcover edition is still ranked:Kiernan Kelly, Riding Heartbreak RoadKiernan Kelly, In Bear CountryKiernan Kelly, Seti's HeartKiernan Kelly, In Bear Country II: The Barbary CoastKiernan Kelly, In Their Own Skins: Shifting SandsAll deranked by amazon.comAnn Rice, Sleeping Beauty seriesThe Story of OBest Lesbian Erotica books series.Jay Lygon, Chaos Magic, Love RunesGLBT eroticaThird book in the trilogy, Personal Demons, still has a ranking.Michael Thomas Ford's booksSteve Berman, Vintage (YA novel)Berman (a YA novel)Catherine Lundoff (ed), Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades(lesbian ghost stories)ALL of the books from the GLBT publisher Torquere Press have been deranked!Some examples:Eden BradleyContemporary erotica and erotic romance (No GLBT content)Censored on amazon US, UK (can't even get search results under my name), Canada, GermanyTITLES: The Dark Garden The Darker Side of Pleasure Exotica: Seven Days of Kama Sutra, Nine Days of Arabian Nights Hot Nights, Dark Desires (erotic romance anthology) Exclusive (erotic romance anthology) Surrender: Tales of Submission (erotica anthology) Forbidden Fruit Naughty Bits (erotica anthology) A 21st Century Courtesan Beyond Desire (erotica anthology)Mary Renault, The Friendly Young Ladiescensored at amazon.comLauren Dane, Taking Care of Business:Deranked at Amazon.com)Patti O'Shea, In Twilight's ShadowParanormal Romance/one consummated love scene at the end of the book, no GLTB contentCensored on amazon.comSteve Kluger, Almost Like Being in LoveStory about two high school boys who fall in love and then drift apart during college. No adult content.Dan SavagePregnant Boyfriend: Censored on Amazon.com/ca/co.ukCassidy Ryan, Sleeping with the PastCensored on Amazon.com and .co.ukA search for Richard Stevenson, author of the Don Strachey mysteries, gives you only the Kindle versions of his books and one of the movies: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=richard+stevenson&x=0&y=0 Alexander Chee, EDINBURGH(sales rankign removed; interestingly, it still shows up in "all departments" search results).Justin Chin, BURDEN OF ASHES(sales ranking removed, but does not show up in "all department" searches).Justin Chin, HARMLESS MEDICINEKatherine V Forrest, Curious Wine(arguably one of the most famous lesbian novels):Katherine V Forrest, Daughters of a Coral Dawn(and also its two sequels):Rank removed on amazon.co.uk and amazon.deKatherine V Forrest, All in the Seasoning(Ranking removed)Liberty Square: A Kate Delafield mystery (and other Kate Delafield books--these are mystery novels and I believe them to contain little, if any, romantic/erotic content other than the fact that the main character is a lesbian):Clare London: "The Gold Warrior" "Twisted Brand" "Sparks Fly"Gay romance AND/OR gay erotica. They all contain explicit m/m sex scenes, but of course there's no way of identifying that for certain from the blurb.All have lost their sales rankings in BOTH dot COM and CO UK.Taboo Treats, Liz Andrews editorVERY explicit BDSM Halloween eroticaYes, at least 2 of the 6 storiesAmazon US Taboo Treats does not show in an All Departments searchFlipped Fables, S A Clements editorExplicit m/m anthologyyes, m/mUSAngelia Sparrow, "Pushing the Boundaries of Reality" Kindle editionerotic cyberpunknoUS, does show up in Kindle Store searchesAngelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, "Color of Magic/Color of Money" (kindle)fantasy eroticayes, m/mUS Color of Magic/Color of Money shows up in the Kindle store but not in All DepartmentsToybox: Sounds, edited M.Rode (kindle)eroticayes, m/mUS Sounds shows in a Books and Kindle search, but not a general one. Toyboxes for Oil, Rope and Collars are also missing on the generalAngelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, "Collared Hearts"BDSM eroticayesUS Collared Hearts has problems with its listing and is not showing up on All Department searches, although it shows on Kindle Store and BooksJohn Clelandsexually explicit, mostly het sex. usually classified as, at least one lesbian encounterCensored on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.caLAWRENCE SCHIMEL reports that all of his books have been stripped of their sales rankings. Author MICHAEL D. SNEDIKER reports the same.Emma Holly, FairyvilleIt's got straight and gay erotic romance, plus m/m/f menageThere's a budget version of it that still shows up in searches, but not the 'real' version.Laura Baumbach: A Bit of Rough, Out There in the Night, Details of the Hunt, Hostage, Blood Desires, Scared Stiff, Blood Claim, MEXICAN HEAT, The Lost Temple of Karttikeya, The Ties That Bind, Roughhousing, A Bite Before ChristmasSteamy, GLBT, Censored on amazon.comAll MLR Press books are de-ranked, too.Alex Sanchez Rainbow Boys (YA)m_b_2(Sales rank removed)Alex Sanchez, Rainbow Road (YA)(Sales rank removed)Rainbow High (YA)(Sales rank removed)(None of Alex Sanchez's other books have lost their rankings though they all contain m/m content)Mark Probst http://www.amazon.ca/Filly-Mark-R-Probst/dp/0979777305/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 &s=books&qid=1239547211&sr=8-1 (amazon.ca)(Sales rank removed)None of the [YA] f/f books I checked had their rankings removed - this includes books by Julie Peters, Ellen Wittlinger and Nancy Garden, among others. Neither have David Levithan's or Brett Hartinger's or any of the other m/m novels I checked. Most of the novels I checked are mainstream teen fiction, that were well reviewed in library journals, as that is what I'm most familiar with.Marion Dane BauerAnthology by YA authors about 'growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends', has an age recommendation of 9-12 and has no ranking.The Advocate College Guide for LGBT StudentsNo protagonist, but intended for LGBT college-bound students. Haven't read, but I expect is non-explicit.(Sales rank removed)Robert Adrich Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History (amazon.ca)(Sales rank removed)Dr. Nathaniel Frankhas also been pulled from the rankings. A book on- not exactly racy stuff.Louis-Georges Tin (Editor), Marek Redburn (Translator): The Dictionary of Homophobia: A Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience (Paperback)(Amazon.ca)(Sales rank removed)(D/s),(swinging), and Anapol'sare all lacking a rank. The third book is about as bland as bland can get, although the first is admittedly "spicy" (or, at least, frank).However, lasciviously titled books likeandhave rankings.BDSM nonfictionSM 101 has no ranking:The New Bottoming Book - no ranking: http://www.amazon.com/New-Bottoming-Book-Janet-Hardy/dp/1890159352/ref=pd_cp_b_3?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=096397638 9&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0BD587CY97NNHM9DFDQPThe Loving Dominant - no rankingThree in Love (historic examples of menage a trois, not a how-to) - no ranking:Leslie FeinbergNon-fiction. No erotic content.Leslie FeinbergNon-fiction. No erotic content unless you find impassioned arguments for socialised medicine arousing.Kate BornsteinNon-fiction. Definitely not erotica, but does mention sometimes that there is such a thing as sex.The Dictionary of HomophobiaChallenging Homophobia: Teaching About Sexual DiversityWho's Who in Gay and Lesbian HistoryStrangers: Homosexuality in the Nineteenth CenturySex, Love and Homophobia: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender LivesRictor Norton, Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England 1700-1830Prof. B.R. Burg, Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century CaribbeanProf. B.R. Burg, Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's NavyHans Turley, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash: Piracy, Sexuality and Masculine IdentityVito Russo,The DVD still comes up fine, incidentally.Randy Shilts / The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk Biography http://www.amazon.com/Mayor-Castro-Street-Times-Harvey/dp/0312560850/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239560212&sr=1-1 -- paperback, no rankingRandy Shilts / Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military http://www.amazon.com/Conduct-Unbecoming-Gays-Lesbians-Military/dp/0312342640/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239560212&sr=1-4 -- paperback, no rankingRandy Shilts is also the author of "And The Band Played On" -- still does have its sales ranking.Travel guides e.g.:Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel, Kate Bornstein, Pomosexuals: challenging assumptions about gender and sexualitySales Rank Stripped by Amazon.comWilliam N. Eskridge Jr., Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closetimportant nonfiction book about American law and gay rights, no adult content anywherePaul Ruditis, Queer as Folks(Behind the scenes book on QaF US)Cache at google, from April 4th:Bruce Bagemhil, Biological Exuberance(seminal text on sexuality in animals)Psy.D. Paul Joannides, The Guide to Getting It On, 6th EditionSelf-Help, Guide book, textbook GLTB mentioned positively, mainly heterofocusedcensored on Amazon.comEpistemology of the Closet by Eve Kosofsky HedgwickIn a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (Sexual Cultures) by Judith HalberstamQueer Theory: An Introduction by Annamarie JagoseThe Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life by Michael WarnerNo Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Series Q) by Lee EdelmanGay TV and Straight America by Ron BeckerThe Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV by Stephen TropianoUp From Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America by Larry Gross (yeah, ironic, I know)Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television, 1930s to the Present by Steven CapsutoAll the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America by Suzanna Danuta WaltersQueer Cinema, the Film Reader by Harry BenshoffTrue Selves - written for therapists/social workersTransgender History.. is a history bookNobody Passes - an anthology about passing, including racial/gender/class passing...Becoming a Visible Man - memoir by activist Jamison Green:The Transgender Studies Reader: transgender theory:Transgender Rights - social justice, dicrimination issues, legislation.So not erotic:Same-Sex Marriage: The Legal and Psychological Evolution in America WesleyanUPr) by Cantor, Cantor, et al, has been derankedJohn Barrowman, BiographyPaperback Edition has a ranking ttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Goes-Autobiography-John-Barrowman/dp/1843173336/ref=pd_sim_m_h__3But the hardcover edition doesn't:They also seem to have stripped the title search result with another book co-written by Krandal Krauss, It's Never About What It's About. This book is a memoir on coping with life and death in the wake of the AIDS virus. It is a reflection on spirituality, *not* an adult work.Kate BornsteinAutobiography. Not erotica at all.V. G. Lee, Diary of a Provincial LesbianJoan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, Clare Howell, eds., GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual BinaryNon-fiction, personal biographies and essays,I don't recall much sexual content.Mattilda a.k.a. Matthew Bernstein Sycamore (ed.), Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Paperback)Non-fiction, personal biographies and essays. Don't remember much sexual content.Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, What Becomes YouNon-fiction, autobiography. Little sexual content.Jamison Green,Classic FTM memoirNot only has no sales rank, but an exact title search and a search for the author, Jamison Green, gave no first page hitsCensored on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Interestingly, the search suggestions are still there!Neil McKenna, The Secret Life Of Oscar WildeCritically acclaimed biographyDeranked by Amazon.comJohn Amaechi, Man in the MiddleAutobiography of a gay former NBA player.Sales ranks removedMilk: A Pictorial History of Harvey MilkBiography of the gay right activist http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Pictorial-History-Harvey/dp/1557048282/ref=pd_ sim_b_3Stripped of rank at amazon.comDan Savage, The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get PregnantNo rank listed, yet it has 126 reviewsStephen Fry: Moab is my WashpotMemoir by British national treasure Stephen FryDeranked on Amazon.comCarol Leigh, Unrepentant Whore: Collected Work of Scarlot HarlotPrimarily political, only three or so very mildly explicit scenes Sex Worker Rights political memoir, contains information about legal issues, police abuse and political organizing including much GLBT content. Amazon Ranking removed.Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander (eds), Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex IndustryPrimarily political and memoirs focusing in rights an working conditions of sex workers.Ranking removed(Other sex worker books seem to be affected as well)Velvet Rage - self-help book for gay men http://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Rage-Overcoming-Growing-Straight/dp/0738210617/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239553616&sr=1-1 (Amazon.com)The Church & The Homosexualsr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554146&sr=1-1Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and TheirLovers, Families, and FriendsFreedom, Glorious, FreedomGay AmericaWhen Your Spouse Comes OutMy Husband is GayOuting YourselfThe Way Out"Heather Has Two Mommies" has no sales rank. http://www.amazon.com/Heather-Has-Two-Mommies-Anniversary/dp/1555835430/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239555808&sr=1-1 (adult? O rly?)Christopher Isherwood's Christopher and His Kind and Kate Bornstein's My Gender Workbook and Hello Cruel World are all missing their ranks as well.Amazon has removed the rankings of all lesbian pregnancy/parenting guides:- Rachel Pepper- Stephanie Brill- Harlyn Aizley (Editor)- Andrea AskowitzKate BornsteinTHIS IS A SUICIDE PREVENTION MANUAL FOR TEENAGERS. IT IS NOT EROTICA, IT'S ABOUT SAVING KIDS' LIVES.The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for LesbiansThe Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising ChildrenLesbian and Gay PsychologyMiriam KaufmannThe Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and IllnessAmazon.com - ranking lostJessica Valenti & Jaclyn Friedman, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without RapeFeminist book about issues of consent and fighting rape, has also been de-rankedThe Kindle version is OK.)Also not listed, although He's a Stud, She's a Slut... and The Purity Myth by Valenti are still okay.Heather Corinna, S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College"Guide to sexuality aimed at ages 16-22. And horrors, it's GLBT-friendly, witten by the founder of Scarleteen.com, a celebrated sex-ed site for young people.Deranked by amazon.comRuth Bell, Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book for Teens on Sex and RelationshipsToni Weschler, Cycle Savvy: The Smart Teen's Guide to the Mysteries of Her BodyJessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism MattersSusie Bright, Full Exposure: Opening Up to Sexual Creativity and Erotic ExpressionAudacia Ray, Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in on Internet SexplorationCathy Winks, The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex: The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever WrittenFelice Newman, The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of UsNonfiction sex guides Blow Him and Going down there (oral sex guides) have removed rankings but The Complete Idiots Guide to Amazing Sex still has rankings.Helen Boyd, My Husband Betty She's Not the Man I MarriedThe Whole Lesbian Sex BookTom Shakespeare et al's "The Sexual Politics of Disability"(sociology text book)(Sales rank removed)(Sales rank removed)(Sales rank removed)(Sales rank removed)Apparently even autobiographies about being trans constitute "adult material".Jules Jones - proof there was a LGTB bestseller list (dated blog post with screen shot) http://julesjones.livejournal.com/209349.html (both UK and US sites)Lesléa Newman,Erotic content limited to some puns on the word "pussy".Erin McHugh, the whole "The Portable Queer" seriesKatherine V. Forrest - all books had their ranking removed.Amazon.de has indiscriminately (hah!) removed the rankings from any and all books listed as glbt in English Books (andin English books; the German ones are still displayed with their rankings). Funnily enough, of the three different (English) editions of Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, only one is categorised as glbt; subsequently, the other two are still listed with their rankings while the "gay" one has been filtered. Further, Amazon.de claims this is a technical glitch."Ranks for every shonen ai (GLBT) manga I tried are gone too."Regarding: "Tried searching for a dozen or so books from the above list of various types, and in almost every case, the search page had the cover image replaced with a graphic indicating it was an adult item. If you click through you can see the actual cover art, but there is a note that it is an adult work. On the Japanese language version of the page, it says that adult materials will not be sold to anyone under 18. In both English and Japanese it says that the item cannot be shipped outside Japan."A search for Kushiel's Scion reveals that the version published by Warner is an adult item.The version published by Orbit is not.If you want to protest to Amazon direct, this is their email: connect-help@amazon.comOther ways to get in touch with them: http://clicheideas.com/amazon.htm Or write to their CEO:Jeffrey Bezos. (total annual compensation $81k - irrelevant but interesting).1200 12th Avenue SouthSeattleWashington 98144-2734United StatesPhone: 206-266-1000Fax: 206-622-2405Another list is here:Craig Seymor had this going on for months:Please sign the petition: Tags: amazon, censorship, filters