d rique delacoste felice newman and mary winfrey trautmann country of origin united states headquarters location berkeley california distribution publishers group west publication types books imprints midnight editions official website www.cleispress.com cleis press is an independent publisher of books in the areas of sexuality erotica feminism gay and lesbian studies gender studies fiction and human rights . the press was founded in 1980 in minneapolis minnesota . it later moved to california to san francisco and is now based out of berkeley . 1 it was founded by fr d rique delacoste felice newman and mary winfrey trautmann 2 who collectively financed wrote and published the press s first book fight back feminist resistance to male violence in 1981 . in 1987 they published sex work writings by women in the sex industry by delacoste with priscilla alexander . 3 history edit over the years cleis press has published nonfiction books by susie bright annie sprinkle edmund white essex hemphill gore vidal christine jorgensen matthue roth patrick califia violet blue author mark a. michaels and patricia johnson and tristan taormino among others . fiction includes works by achy obejas stephen elliott erastes author reissues of classic lesbian pulp fiction including ann bannon s historic beebo brinker series the nancy clue series by mabel maney virginia woolf s first completed novel melymbrosia and an english language novel set in north korea jia by hyejin kim . other cleis press authors include lori bryant woolridge cole riley mitzi szereto neil plakcy radclyffe james lear richard labont . cleis press erotic anthologies have included work from well known story writers sacchi green shanna germain jeremy edwards michelle augello page charlotte stein adr forte and teresa noelle roberts . cleis press produces many erotica collections and self help sex guides including the ultimate guide to fellatio the whole lesbian sex book and the good vibrations guide to sex . some of their collections include best gay asian erotica best bisexual women s erotica and best lesbian bondage erotica and annual anthologies titled best gay erotica best lesbian erotica and best women s erotica . in winter of 2010 they began of yearly anthology of bondage erotica starting with best bondage erotica 2011 . cleis press also publishes a wide variety of other thematic collections including rachel kramer bussel s please ma am erotic stories of male submission caught looking erotic tales of voyeurs and exhibitionists alison tyler s frenzy 60 stories of sudden sex mitzi szereto s multiple genre anthologies and kristina wright s genre themed erotic romance anthologies and best erotic romance series . in 2000 cleis press founded midnight editions a human rights imprint that aims to present fiction nonfiction and photojournalism from regions where repression and censorship are endangering creative expression . midnight editions published the little school tales of disappearance and survival in argentina a 1986 memoir by former political prisoner and amnesty international board member alicia partnoy 4 as well as the diary of a political idiot normal life in belgrade by jasmina te anovi . cleis press has also published a number of books on transgender issues including patrick califia s sex changes transgender politics and loren cameron s body alchemy transsexual portraits . more recently they also published the transgender child a handbook for families and professionals by stephanie brill and rachel pepper a guidebook for the friends and families of transgender and gender nonconforming children which addresses significant social legal and medical issues . the press has been the recipient of many awards including several lambda literary awards . 5 references edit contact us . cleis press . retrieved 2013 08 16 . feminist collections v. 3 no. 2 winter 1982 . minds.wisconsin.edu . retrieved 2013 08 16 . sex work edited by fr d rique delacoste and priscilla alexander . 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