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SJPL Picks: Pride Month -LGBTQ+ History

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Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with these titles focused on LGBTQ+ history in the United States and real stories of lived experiences selected by SJPL Librarians.

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The Women's House of Detention

The Women's House of Detention

A Queer History of A Forgotten Prison

by Ryan, Hugh

Book - 2022

In print only. "Today, approximately 40 percent of people in women's prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, the percentage was almost certain...Show more In print only. "Today, approximately 40 percent of people in women's prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, the percentage was almost certainly higher. Historian Hugh Ryan explores the roots of this crisis of queer and trans incarceration, connecting misogyny, racism, state-sanctioned sexual violence, colonialism, sex work, and the failures of prison reform...This is the story of one building and so much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired" --from the publisher. Show less

In print only. "Today, approximately 40 percent of people in women's prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, the percentage was almost certain...Show more In print only. "Today, approximately 40 percent of people in women's prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, the percentage was almost certainly higher. Historian Hugh Ryan explores the roots of this crisis of queer and trans incarceration, connecting misogyny, racism, state-sanctioned sexual violence, colonialism, sex work, and the failures of prison reform...This is the story of one building and so much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired" --from the publisher. Show less

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Ordinary Equality

Ordinary Equality

The Fearless Women and Queer People Who Shaped the U.S. Constitution and the Equal Rights Amendment

by Kelly, Kathleen

eBook - 2022

eBook only. "We are all living through modern constitutional history in the making, and Ordinary Equality helps teach about the past, present, and fu...Show more eBook only. "We are all living through modern constitutional history in the making, and Ordinary Equality helps teach about the past, present, and future of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) through the lives of bold fearless women. Based on author Kate Kelly's acclaimed podcast of the same name, Ordinary Equality recounts a story a century in the making-about how constitutional equality for women and Americans of all marginalized genders has been systematically undermined for the past 100-plus years, and the current movement to put it back on the table and get it across the finish line"--from the publisher. Show less

eBook only. "We are all living through modern constitutional history in the making, and Ordinary Equality helps teach about the past, present, and fu...Show more eBook only. "We are all living through modern constitutional history in the making, and Ordinary Equality helps teach about the past, present, and future of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) through the lives of bold fearless women. Based on author Kate Kelly's acclaimed podcast of the same name, Ordinary Equality recounts a story a century in the making-about how constitutional equality for women and Americans of all marginalized genders has been systematically undermined for the past 100-plus years, and the current movement to put it back on the table and get it across the finish line"--from the publisher. Show less

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It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful

It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful

How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight A Pandemic

by Lowery, Jack

Book - 2022

In print only. "In It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful, writer Jack Lowery examines Gran Fury's art and activism, fromthe iconic images like the SILEN...Show more In print only. "In It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful, writer Jack Lowery examines Gran Fury's art and activism, fromthe iconic images like the SILENCE = DEATH graphic and the Kissing Doesn't Kill poster, to the act of dropping thousands of fake bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Lowery offers a complex, moving portrait of a group that expressed through art the profound trauma of surviving the AIDS crisis and formed essential solidarities between gays and lesbians in the activist community."--from the publisher. Show less

In print only. "In It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful, writer Jack Lowery examines Gran Fury's art and activism, fromthe iconic images like the SILEN...Show more In print only. "In It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful, writer Jack Lowery examines Gran Fury's art and activism, fromthe iconic images like the SILENCE = DEATH graphic and the Kissing Doesn't Kill poster, to the act of dropping thousands of fake bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Lowery offers a complex, moving portrait of a group that expressed through art the profound trauma of surviving the AIDS crisis and formed essential solidarities between gays and lesbians in the activist community."--from the publisher. Show less

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Bad Gays

Bad Gays

A Homosexual History

by Lemmey, Huw

Book - 2022

Also available as an eAudiobook. "Part revisionist history, part historical biography, Bad Gays is based on the hugely popular podcast series. The bo...Show more Also available as an eAudiobook. "Part revisionist history, part historical biography, Bad Gays is based on the hugely popular podcast series. The book subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and asks what we can learn about LGBTQ history, sexuality, and identity through its villains and baddies"--from the publisher. Show less

Also available as an eAudiobook. "Part revisionist history, part historical biography, Bad Gays is based on the hugely popular podcast series. The bo...Show more Also available as an eAudiobook. "Part revisionist history, part historical biography, Bad Gays is based on the hugely popular podcast series. The book subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and asks what we can learn about LGBTQ history, sexuality, and identity through its villains and baddies"--from the publisher. Show less

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The Black Period

The Black Period

On Personhood, Race, and Origin

by Geter, Hafizah

Book - 2022

In print only. "A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at eve...Show more In print only. "A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn she's not worthy. At the same time, she manages to sidestep shame, confront disability, embrace forgiveness, and emerge from the erasures America imposes to exist proudly and unabashedly as herself. Penetrative and heartening, The Black Period captures a world brimming with potential, art, music, hope, and love despite the lasting effects of white supremacy"--from the publisher. Show less

In print only. "A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at eve...Show more In print only. "A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn she's not worthy. At the same time, she manages to sidestep shame, confront disability, embrace forgiveness, and emerge from the erasures America imposes to exist proudly and unabashedly as herself. Penetrative and heartening, The Black Period captures a world brimming with potential, art, music, hope, and love despite the lasting effects of white supremacy"--from the publisher. Show less

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Before We Were Trans

Before We Were Trans

A New History of Gender

by Heyam, Kit

Book - 2022

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whos...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusive trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance. Before We Were Trans transports us from Renaissance Venice to seventeenth-century Angola, from Edo Japan to early America, and looks to the past to uncover new horizons for possible trans futures"--from the publisher. Show less

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whos...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusive trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance. Before We Were Trans transports us from Renaissance Venice to seventeenth-century Angola, from Edo Japan to early America, and looks to the past to uncover new horizons for possible trans futures"--from the publisher. Show less

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Let the Record Show

Let the Record Show

A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

by Schulman, Sarah

Book - 2021

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today’s activists, Let the R...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today’s activists, Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration—and long-overdue reassessment—of the coalition’s inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture. Schulman, one of the most revered queer writers and thinkers of her generation, explores the how and the why, examining, with her characteristic rigor and bite, how a group of desperate outcasts changed America forever, and in the process created a livable future for generations of people across the world. Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today’s activists, Let the R...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today’s activists, Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration—and long-overdue reassessment—of the coalition’s inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture. Schulman, one of the most revered queer writers and thinkers of her generation, explores the how and the why, examining, with her characteristic rigor and bite, how a group of desperate outcasts changed America forever, and in the process created a livable future for generations of people across the world. Show less

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¡Hola Papi!

¡Hola Papi!

How to Come Out in A Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

by Brammer, John Paul

Book - 2021

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The popular LGBTQ columnist and writer presents a memoir though a series of essays that chronicle his life growing up as a queer, mixed race kid and offers advice for young people facing the same journey. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The popular LGBTQ columnist and writer presents a memoir though a series of essays that chronicle his life growing up as a queer, mixed race kid and offers advice for young people facing the same journey. Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The popular LGBTQ columnist and writer presents a memoir though a series of essays that chronicle his life growing up as a queer, mixed race kid and offers advice for young people facing the same journey. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The popular LGBTQ columnist and writer presents a memoir though a series of essays that chronicle his life growing up as a queer, mixed race kid and offers advice for young people facing the same journey. Show less

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Our Work Is Everywhere

Our Work Is Everywhere

An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans Resistance

by Rose, Syan

Book - 2021

Print only. "Through bold, symbolic imagery and surrealist, overlapping landscapes, queer illustrator and curator Syan Rose shines a light on the fac...Show more Print only. "Through bold, symbolic imagery and surrealist, overlapping landscapes, queer illustrator and curator Syan Rose shines a light on the faces and voices of these diverse, amorphous, messy, real, and imagined queer and trans communities. In their own words, queer and trans organizers, artists, healers, comrades, and leaders speak honestly and authentically about their own experiences with power, love, pain, and magic to create a textured and nuanced portrait of queer and trans realities in America. The many themes include Black femme mental health, Pacific Islander authorship, fat queer performance art, disability and health care practice, sex worker activism, and much more. Accompanying the narratives are Rose's startling and sinuous images that brings these leaders' words to visual life." --from the publisher. Show less

Print only. "Through bold, symbolic imagery and surrealist, overlapping landscapes, queer illustrator and curator Syan Rose shines a light on the fac...Show more Print only. "Through bold, symbolic imagery and surrealist, overlapping landscapes, queer illustrator and curator Syan Rose shines a light on the faces and voices of these diverse, amorphous, messy, real, and imagined queer and trans communities. In their own words, queer and trans organizers, artists, healers, comrades, and leaders speak honestly and authentically about their own experiences with power, love, pain, and magic to create a textured and nuanced portrait of queer and trans realities in America. The many themes include Black femme mental health, Pacific Islander authorship, fat queer performance art, disability and health care practice, sex worker activism, and much more. Accompanying the narratives are Rose's startling and sinuous images that brings these leaders' words to visual life." --from the publisher. Show less

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Love Is An Ex-country

Love Is An Ex-country

A Memoir

by Jarrar, Randa

Book - 2021

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. ""Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this &qu...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. ""Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this "viscerally elegant" and "intimately edgy" memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America." --from the publisher. Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. ""Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this &qu...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. ""Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this "viscerally elegant" and "intimately edgy" memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America." --from the publisher. Show less

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Last Call

Last Call

A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

by Green, Elon

Book - 2021

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and had all the hallmarks of the most noto...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the skyhigh murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost entirely forgotten. This gripping true-crime narrative tells the story of the Last Call Killer and the decades-long chase to find him. And at the same time, it paints a portrait of his victims and a vibrant community navigating threat and resilience" Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and had all the hallmarks of the most noto...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the skyhigh murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost entirely forgotten. This gripping true-crime narrative tells the story of the Last Call Killer and the decades-long chase to find him. And at the same time, it paints a portrait of his victims and a vibrant community navigating threat and resilience" Show less

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The Natural Mother of the Child

The Natural Mother of the Child

A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood

by Malcolm Belc, Krys

eBook - 2021

Available in eBook and eAudiobook format only. By considering how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully align...Show more Available in eBook and eAudiobook format only. By considering how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully align with Belc's own experience, The Natural Mother of the Child journeys both toward and through common perceptions of what it means to have a body and how that body can influence the perception of a family. The Natural Mother of the Child is the story of a person moving past societal expectations to take control of his own narrative, with prose that delights in the intimate dailiness of family life and explores how much we can ever really know when we enter into parenting. Show less

Available in eBook and eAudiobook format only. By considering how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully align...Show more Available in eBook and eAudiobook format only. By considering how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully align with Belc's own experience, The Natural Mother of the Child journeys both toward and through common perceptions of what it means to have a body and how that body can influence the perception of a family. The Natural Mother of the Child is the story of a person moving past societal expectations to take control of his own narrative, with prose that delights in the intimate dailiness of family life and explores how much we can ever really know when we enter into parenting. Show less

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The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

by Bechdel, Alison

Book - 2021

Also available as an eBook. "From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times"-- Also available as an eBook. "From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times"-- Show less

Also available as an eBook. "From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times"-- Also available as an eBook. "From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times"-- Show less

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Dear Senthuran

Dear Senthuran

A Black Spirit Memoir

by Emezi, Akwaeke

Book - 2021

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Interweaving candid, intimate letters to friends, lovers, and family, Emezi reveals the raw pain of their...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Interweaving candid, intimate letters to friends, lovers, and family, Emezi reveals the raw pain of their journey as a spirit in the human world, the perils of all-consuming love and intimacy, and the hard-earned reward of achieving both literary recognition and a peaceful, joyous home. Electrifying and radically honest, animated by the same voracious intelligence that distinguishes their fiction, Dear Senthuran is a revelatory account of what it means to embody multiple spirits, to fight for survival, and to bend the world to one's will" --from the publisher. Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Interweaving candid, intimate letters to friends, lovers, and family, Emezi reveals the raw pain of their...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Interweaving candid, intimate letters to friends, lovers, and family, Emezi reveals the raw pain of their journey as a spirit in the human world, the perils of all-consuming love and intimacy, and the hard-earned reward of achieving both literary recognition and a peaceful, joyous home. Electrifying and radically honest, animated by the same voracious intelligence that distinguishes their fiction, Dear Senthuran is a revelatory account of what it means to embody multiple spirits, to fight for survival, and to bend the world to one's will" --from the publisher. Show less

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Beyond the Gender Binary

Beyond the Gender Binary

by Vaid-Menon, Alok

Book - 2020

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artist...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination." --from the publisher. Show less

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artist...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination." --from the publisher. Show less

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Queercore

Queercore

How to Punk A Revolution : An Oral History

eBook - 2020

eBook only. "Queercore traces the history of a scene originally “fabricated” in the bedrooms and coffee shops of Toronto and San Francisco by a few y...Show more eBook only. "Queercore traces the history of a scene originally “fabricated” in the bedrooms and coffee shops of Toronto and San Francisco by a few young, queer punks to its emergence as a relevant and real revolution. Queercore gets a down-to-details firsthand account of the movement explored through the people that lived it—from punk’s early queer elements, to the moments Toronto kids decided they needed to create a scene that didn’t exist, to the infiltration of the mainstream by Pansy Division, and the emergence of riot grrrl as a sister movement—as well as the clothes, zines, art, film, and music that made this movement an exciting in-your-face middle finger to complacent gay and straight society. Queercore will stand as both a testament to radically gay politics and culture and an important reference for those who wish to better understand this explosive movement." --from the Publisher Show less

eBook only. "Queercore traces the history of a scene originally “fabricated” in the bedrooms and coffee shops of Toronto and San Francisco by a few y...Show more eBook only. "Queercore traces the history of a scene originally “fabricated” in the bedrooms and coffee shops of Toronto and San Francisco by a few young, queer punks to its emergence as a relevant and real revolution. Queercore gets a down-to-details firsthand account of the movement explored through the people that lived it—from punk’s early queer elements, to the moments Toronto kids decided they needed to create a scene that didn’t exist, to the infiltration of the mainstream by Pansy Division, and the emergence of riot grrrl as a sister movement—as well as the clothes, zines, art, film, and music that made this movement an exciting in-your-face middle finger to complacent gay and straight society. Queercore will stand as both a testament to radically gay politics and culture and an important reference for those who wish to better understand this explosive movement." --from the Publisher Show less

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Here for It

Here for It

Or, How to Save your Soul in America : Essays

by Thomas, R. Eric

Book - 2020

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Eric redefines what it means to be an "other" through...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Eric redefines what it means to be an "other" through the lens of his own life experience. He explores the two worlds of his childhood: the barren urban landscape where his parents' house was an anomalous bright spot, and the verdant school they sent him to in white suburbia. Ultimately, Eric seeks the answer to the ever more relevant question: Is the future worth it? Why do we bother when everything seems to be getting worse? As the world continues to shift in unpredictable ways, Eric finds the answers to these questions by re-envisioning what "normal" means, and in the powerful alchemy that occurs when you at last place yourself at the center of your own story." --from the publisher. Show less

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Eric redefines what it means to be an "other" through...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Eric redefines what it means to be an "other" through the lens of his own life experience. He explores the two worlds of his childhood: the barren urban landscape where his parents' house was an anomalous bright spot, and the verdant school they sent him to in white suburbia. Ultimately, Eric seeks the answer to the ever more relevant question: Is the future worth it? Why do we bother when everything seems to be getting worse? As the world continues to shift in unpredictable ways, Eric finds the answers to these questions by re-envisioning what "normal" means, and in the powerful alchemy that occurs when you at last place yourself at the center of your own story." --from the publisher. Show less

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The Deviant's War

The Deviant's War

The Homosexual Vs. the United States of America

by Cervini, Eric

Book - 2020

In print only. "Based on firsthand accounts, recently declassified FBI records, and forty thousand personal documents, Eric Cervini's The Deviant's W...Show more In print only. "Based on firsthand accounts, recently declassified FBI records, and forty thousand personal documents, Eric Cervini's The Deviant's War unfolds over the course of the 1960s, as the Mattachine Society of Washington, the group Kameny founded, became the first organization to protest the systematic persecution of gay federal employees. It traces the forgotten ties that bound gay rights to the Black Freedom Movement, the New Left, lesbian activism, and trans resistance. Above all, it is a story of America (and Washington) at a cultural and sexual crossroads; of shocking, byzantine public battles with Congress; of FBI informants; murder; betrayal; sex; love; and ultimately victory." --from the Publisher. Show less

In print only. "Based on firsthand accounts, recently declassified FBI records, and forty thousand personal documents, Eric Cervini's The Deviant's W...Show more In print only. "Based on firsthand accounts, recently declassified FBI records, and forty thousand personal documents, Eric Cervini's The Deviant's War unfolds over the course of the 1960s, as the Mattachine Society of Washington, the group Kameny founded, became the first organization to protest the systematic persecution of gay federal employees. It traces the forgotten ties that bound gay rights to the Black Freedom Movement, the New Left, lesbian activism, and trans resistance. Above all, it is a story of America (and Washington) at a cultural and sexual crossroads; of shocking, byzantine public battles with Congress; of FBI informants; murder; betrayal; sex; love; and ultimately victory." --from the Publisher. Show less

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In the Dream House

In the Dream House

A Memoir

by Machado, Carmen Maria

Book - 2019

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "[Machado] looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as saf...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "[Machado] looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations of the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships. Machado's dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek, and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be." -Publisher provided Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "[Machado] looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as saf...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "[Machado] looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations of the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships. Machado's dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek, and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be." -Publisher provided Show less

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Gender Queer

Gender Queer

A Memoir

by Kobabe, Maia

Book - 2019

Also available as an eBook. "Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere." -Publisher provided Also available as an eBook. "Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere." -Publisher provided Show less

Also available as an eBook. "Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere." -Publisher provided Also available as an eBook. "Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere." -Publisher provided Show less

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How We Fight for Our Lives

How We Fight for Our Lives

A Memoir

by Jones, Saeed

Book - 2019

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning ...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir and a haunting reflection of the nation as a whole"-- Provided by publisher. Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning ...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir and a haunting reflection of the nation as a whole"-- Provided by publisher. Show less

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Over the Top

Over the Top

A Raw Journey to Self-love

by Van Ness, Jonathan

Book - 2019

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Over the Top uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptan...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Over the Top uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptance that Jonathan is today. In this revelatory, raw, and rambunctious memoir, Jonathan shares never-before-told secrets and reveals sides of himself that the public has never seen. " -Publisher provided Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Over the Top uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptan...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Over the Top uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptance that Jonathan is today. In this revelatory, raw, and rambunctious memoir, Jonathan shares never-before-told secrets and reveals sides of himself that the public has never seen. " -Publisher provided Show less

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Naturally Tan

Naturally Tan

A Memoir

by France, Tan

Book - 2019

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan shares his journey and the lessons he's learned a...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan shares his journey and the lessons he's learned along the way about being a successful businessman, a devoted spouse, and self-acceptance. From navigating the gay community, to finding the love of his life, to creating a popular ladies' clothing lines for Kingdom & State and Rachel Parcell, Inc. to joining Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, and Jonathan Van Ness on Queer Eye as positive, representative celebrity role models for LGBTQ people, Tan followed his own path to develop his signature style and embrace life on his own terms." --from the publisher. Show less

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan shares his journey and the lessons he's learned a...Show more Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan shares his journey and the lessons he's learned along the way about being a successful businessman, a devoted spouse, and self-acceptance. From navigating the gay community, to finding the love of his life, to creating a popular ladies' clothing lines for Kingdom & State and Rachel Parcell, Inc. to joining Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, and Jonathan Van Ness on Queer Eye as positive, representative celebrity role models for LGBTQ people, Tan followed his own path to develop his signature style and embrace life on his own terms." --from the publisher. Show less

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Love and Resistance

Love and Resistance

Out of the Closet Into the Stonewall Era

Book - 2019

Also available as an eBook. "This powerful collection—which captures the energy, humor, and humanity of the groundbreaking protests that surrounded t...Show more Also available as an eBook. "This powerful collection—which captures the energy, humor, and humanity of the groundbreaking protests that surrounded the Stonewall Riots—celebrates the diversity of this rights movement, both in the subjects of the photos and by presenting Lahusen and Davies’ distinctive work and perspectives in conversation with each other. A preface, captions, and part introductions from curator Jason Baumann provide illuminating historical context. And an introduction from Roxane Gay, best-selling author of Hunger, speaks to the continued importance of these iconic photos of resistance." Show less

Also available as an eBook. "This powerful collection—which captures the energy, humor, and humanity of the groundbreaking protests that surrounded t...Show more Also available as an eBook. "This powerful collection—which captures the energy, humor, and humanity of the groundbreaking protests that surrounded the Stonewall Riots—celebrates the diversity of this rights movement, both in the subjects of the photos and by presenting Lahusen and Davies’ distinctive work and perspectives in conversation with each other. A preface, captions, and part introductions from curator Jason Baumann provide illuminating historical context. And an introduction from Roxane Gay, best-selling author of Hunger, speaks to the continued importance of these iconic photos of resistance." Show less

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Real Queer America

Real Queer America

LGBT Stories From Red States

by Allen, Samantha

Book - 2019

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Allen takes us on a cross-country road-trip stretching all the way from Provo, Utah to the Rio Grande Val...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Allen takes us on a cross-country road-trip stretching all the way from Provo, Utah to the Rio Grande Valley to the Bible Belt to the Deep South. Her motto for the trip: "Something gay every day." -Publisher provided Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Allen takes us on a cross-country road-trip stretching all the way from Provo, Utah to the Rio Grande Val...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Allen takes us on a cross-country road-trip stretching all the way from Provo, Utah to the Rio Grande Valley to the Bible Belt to the Deep South. Her motto for the trip: "Something gay every day." -Publisher provided Show less

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