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Patrick Califia

Author of Macho Sluts: Erotic Fiction

31+ Works 2,997 Members 30 Reviews 12 Favorited

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Includes the names: Pat Califa, Pat Califia, Patrick Califia, Pat Califia-Rice, Patrick Califia-Rice, Patrick Califia; Pat Califia, Patrick Califia; Pat Califia; Patrick Califia-Rice

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Works by Patrick Califia

Macho Sluts: Erotic Fiction (1988) 427 copies

Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex (1661) 396 copies

Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism (1997) 277 copies

Sapphistry : The Book of Lesbian Sexuality (1980) 229 copies

Sensuous Magic (1993) 199 copies

Doc and Fluff: The Dystopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker (1990) 170 copies

Speaking Sex to Power: The Politics of Queer Sex (2002) 138 copies

Melting Point (1993) 137 copies

Doing It for Daddy: Short and Sexy Fiction about a Very Forbidden Fantasy (1994) 118 copies

The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader (1996) 117 copies

The Lesbian S/M Safety Manual (1988) 107 copies

No Mercy: Short Stories (2000) 102 copies

Advocate Adviser (1991) 94 copies

Forbidden Passages: Writings Banned in Canada (1995) 76 copies

Diesel Fuel: Passionate Poetry (1997) 71 copies

Boy in the Middle: Erotic Fiction (1818) 66 copies

Best Lesbian Erotica 2001 (Best Lesbian Erotica Series) (2000) — Editor; Contributor — 55 copies

Century of lesbian erotica (1998) 48 copies

Hard Men (2004) 45 copies

Mortal Companion (2004) 41 copies

Bitch Goddess: The Spiritual Path of the Dominant Woman (1998) 36 copies

Sexpert (1992) 23 copies

Blood and Silver: Erotic Stories (2007) 12 copies

Das schwule 1 x 1 : Tips und Tricks für alle Lebenslagen (1997) 3 copies

Sexe et utopie (2008) 3 copies

Frauen und andere Raubtiere (2009) 2 copies

The vampire 1 copy

Lesbian Sexuality {article} 1 copy

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow [short story] 1 copy

Report of the Last Program Meeting {article} 1 copy

Anti-Antiporn {article} 1 copy

Associated Works

Love in Vein II : Eighteen More Tales of Vampiric Erotica (1997) — Contributor — 492 copies

Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 448 copies

The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories (1993) — Contributor — 296 copies

A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories (1999) — Contributor — 242 copies

Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories (1993) — Contributor — 219 copies

Flesh and the Word: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (1992) — Contributor — 193 copies

Erotica: Women's Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood (1990) — Contributor — 168 copies

Dick for a Day: What Would You Do If You Had One? (1997) — Contributor — 104 copies

The Best American Erotica 1993 (1993) — Contributor — 98 copies

Best of the Best Lesbian Erotica (2000) — Contributor — 98 copies

Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica (2011) — Contributor — 93 copies

Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica (1996) — Contributor — 91 copies

The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics (1999) — Contributor — 78 copies

The Leading Edge: An Anthology of Lesbian Sexual Fiction (Lady Winston Series) (1987) — Introduction — 69 copies

A Century of Gay Erotica (1998) — Contributor — 60 copies

Set in Stone (2001) — Contributor — 58 copies

Sons of Darkness: Tales of Men, Blood and Immortality (1996) — Contributor — 57 copies

Best Lesbian Erotica 1996 (1996) — Contributor — 40 copies

See Dick Deconstruct: Literotica for the Satirically Bent (2001) — Foreword — 34 copies

Blood Lust: Erotic Vampire Tales (2005) — Contributor — 32 copies

Best of Best Lesbian Erotica 2 (2005) — Contributor — 31 copies

Ritual Sex (1996) — Contributor — 31 copies

Best Gay Erotica 2006 (2005) — Contributor — 28 copies

Transgender Erotica: Trans Figures (Southern Tier Editions) (2006) — Contributor — 28 copies

Best Gay Erotica 2004 (2003) — Contributor — 25 copies

Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales For Women (1996) — Contributor — 21 copies

OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture (2022) — Contributor — 19 copies

The Best Of Both Worlds: Bisexual Erotica (2005) — Contributor — 19 copies

Men of Mystery: Homoerotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense (2007) — Contributor — 17 copies

Electric 2: Best Lesbian Erotic Fiction (2003) — Contributor — 16 copies

Eros Ex Machina (1998) — Contributor — 13 copies

Diary of a thought criminal (1996) — Afterword — 11 copies

Sinister Wisdom 2: Lesbian Writing and Publishing (1976) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Califia, Patrick
Legal name: Califia, Patrick
Other names: Califia-Rice, Pat
Califia-Rice, Patrick
Califia, Pat (birth name)
Birthdate: 1954
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: San Francisco, California, USA
Occupations: psychotherapist
writer
Short biography: Grew up in Utah in a Mormon family.
Moved to San Francisco, advocated for LGBT and disability rights.
F to M sex change
Married Matt Rice.
Continues to live in San Francisco and is a therapist.

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Macho Sluts: Erotic Fiction by Pat Califia

Margaret Atwood got it all wrong but Patrick Califia got it right.

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jpeeler501 | 8 other reviews | Oct 12, 2022 |

Macho Sluts : Erotic Fiction by Patrick Califia-Rice

Contains:
Jessie --
The finishing school --
The calyx of Isis --
The hustler --
The surprise party --
The vampire --
The spoiler --
A dash of vanilla --
A note on lesbians, AIDS, and safer sex.

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Lemeritus | 8 other reviews | Nov 18, 2021 |

Public Sex: Culture of Radical Sex by Pat Califia

anti porn movement

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ritaer | 4 other reviews | Jun 14, 2021 |

Boy in the Middle: Erotic Fiction by Patrick… by Patrick Califia

Oh my god the racism, and now that I know that Xan West exists I'm so over it.

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knownever | Jan 3, 2019 |

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Statistics

Works: 31
Also by: 33
Members: 2,997
Popularity: #8,512
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 30
ISBNs: 56
Languages: 6
Favorited: 12

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