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Books

There a whole variety of books you can read to learn more about the lovely, resilient community of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, asexuals, and more.

On LGBTQIA+ Community

The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Cenziper and Obergefell
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement by Cleve Jones
Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution by Susan Stryker
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton
Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability by Robert McRuer
The Stonewall Reader by Edmund White
The Deviant’s War by Eric Cervini
When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Cordova
The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care by Zena Sharman
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love Loss and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times edited by Carolina De Robertis
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley

*Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
*Zami by Audre Lorde
*House Rules by Heather Lewis
*Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color
*Less by Andrew Sean Greer
*Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen
*Why do Birds by Rob Hoerburger
*Northern Lights by Raymond Strom
*Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
*Maurice by E.M. Forster
*Middle Sex by Jeffrey Eugenides
*What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
*The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
*Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
*Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
*You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein
*Sissy: A coming-of-gender story by Jacob Tobia
*You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
*When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
*Call Me By Your Name by André Acimen
*Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
*The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
*Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta