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• Nothing Ever Just Disappears

  Seven Hidden Queer Histories

  Hester, Diarmuid, 1982-

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  In print only. "Both thought-provoking and eye-opening, this radical new history of seven queer lives, including Josephine Baker in Paris and E.M. Forster in Cambridge, illuminates the connections to where they lived, who they loved and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 365 Gays of the Year

  Plus 1 for a Leap Year : Discover LGBTQ+ History One Day at a Time

  Laney, Lewis,

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  In print only. A celebration of Queer history told through one LGBTQ+ figure for each day of the year.

• Lesbian Love Story

  a Memoir in Archives

  Possanza, Amelia,

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  In print only. When Amelia Possanza moved to Brooklyn to build a life of her own, she found herself surrounded by queer stories: she read them on landmark placards, overheard them on the pool deck when she joined the world's largest LGBTQ…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The LGBTQ+ History Book

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  In print only. "Showcasing the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience, this diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, celebrating the victories and untold triumphs of LGBTQ+ people throughout history…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie

  Infinite Identities Around the World

  Wind, Lee,

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  In print only. "Author Lee Wind takes readers across the globe to examine gender identity and representation throughout history. Learn how cultures both past and present debunk the idea of a gender binary."

• Kind Like Marsha

  Learning From LGBTQ+ Leaders

  Prager, Sarah, 1986-

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  In print only. A nonfiction book for kids profiling 14 influential and inspiring leaders in the LGBTQ+ community throughout history and the world with an author's note at the back.

• The Transgender Issue

  Trans Justice Is Justice for All

  Faye, Shon, 1988-

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  In print only. "Journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice."

• Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas

  Remembering Xicana Indígena Ancestries

  Zepeda, Susy J., 1977-

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  In eBook only. "Acts of remembering offer a path to decolonization for Indigenous peoples forcibly dislocated from their culture, knowledge, and land. Susy J. Zepeda highlights the often overlooked yet intertwined legacies of Chicana…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love That Story

  Observations From a Gorgeously Queer Life

  Van Ness, Jonathan,

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  Also available in eBook and downloadable audiobook. "In this candid essay collection, the star of Netflix's "Queer Eye" takes a thoughtful, in-depth look at current topics through his own personal experience, providing stories that speak…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Transformer

  a Story of Glitter, Glam Rock, & Loving Lou Reed

  Doonan, Simon, 1952-

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  In print only. "Paying homage to Lou Reed's groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary, this first-hand account of the album's impact on the LGBTQIA+ community captures a pivotal moment when those long silenced were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Women's House of Detention

  a Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

  Ryan, Hugh, 1978-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Secret City

  the Hidden History of Gay Washington

  Kirchick, James,

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  Also available as an eBook and downloadable audiobook. "For decades, the specter of homosexuality haunted Washington. The mere suggestion that a person might be gay destroyed reputations, ended careers, and ruined lives. At the height of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ordinary Equality

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

  Kelly, Kathleen, 1980-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful

  How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

  Lowery, Jack (Writer)

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bad Gays

  a Homosexual History

  Lemmey, Huw,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before We Were Trans

  a New History of Gender

  Heyam, Kit, 1990-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• People of Pride

  25 Great LGBTQ Americans

  Clemesha, Chase,

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  In print only. What do Frank Ocean, Sally Ride, George Takei, and Sharice Davids all have in common? They're all proud LGBTQ Americans! Featuring people from a variety of occupations and backgrounds, this collection of 25 short biographies…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Queer as All Get Out

  10 People Who've Inspired Me

  Criswell, Shelby,

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  In print only. The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South, revealing their own personal struggle for acceptance and how they were inspired by these historical LGBTQIA+ people to live their own truth.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Engagement

  America's Quarter-century Struggle Over Same-sex Marriage

  Issenberg, Sasha,

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  Also available as downloadable audiobook. "On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal throughout the United States. But the road to victory…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Living Queer History

  Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City

  Rosenthal, Gregory Samantha, 1983-

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  eBook only. "Living Queer History tells the story of an LGBTQ community in Roanoke, Virginia, a small city on the edge of Appalachia. Interweaving historical analysis, theory, and memoir, Gregory Samantha Rosenthal tells the story of their…Read moreRead more of this annotation