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• In Transit

  Being Non-binary in a World of Dichotomies

  Anderson, Dianna E.

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  Accessibly mixing queer history and theory with personal narrative, Anderson provides keen insight into non-binary experience.

• Another Appalachia

  Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

  Avashia, Neema

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  Avanshia’s essays reflect on her experience as a queer desi Appalachian woman and offers an expansive view of a region often dominated by straight white male narratives.

• He/she/they

  How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters

  Bailar, Schuyler

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  In this remarkable book, Bailar, the first trans athlete to play a sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team and now a prominent advocate for trans rights, reflects on his experiences as a trans man and explains how we might best comprehend and discuss…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

  Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

  Baume, Matt

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  This is the story of how sitcoms helped change the televised coming-out scene from a radical, dangerous act into a cause for celebration — but one that can still be just as radical today. (author description)

• Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

  Queer Writing on Growing Up With the AIDS Crisis

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  Seattle author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore edits this collection of essays on the AIDS crisis by queer writers who came of age during the epidemic.

• Dinner on Monster Island

  Essays

  De Rozario, Tania

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  In this poignant memoir-in-essays, De Rozario intertwines stories about growing up queer and brown in Singapore with her analysis of her favorite horror films. De Rozario transfixes with her idiosyncratic blend of film criticism, social critique,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Gay Man on Earth

  Driessen, Ype, 1979-

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  Dutch cartoonist Driessen makes his English-language debut with a witty fotonovela memoir sprinkled with flights of fancy. It's both a frank and funny slice of queer life and a fresh take on comics autobiography. (Publishers Weekly)

• Fine

  a Comic About Gender

  Ewing, Rhea

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  Calling on dozens of interviews conducted over a decade, Ewing illustrates the broad diversity of gender identity and expression within the transgender community.

• Fat and Queer

  An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives

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  An anthology of poets and writers exploring and celebrating the intersections of fat and queer identities.

• Body Work

  the Radical Power of Personal Narrative

  Febos, Melissa

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  Febos, a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist known for her candid and powerful autobiographical writing, details how to navigate the emotional, psychological, and physical work of intensely personal writing.

• Gender Euphoria

  Stories of Joy From Trans, Non-binary and Intersex Writers

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  A collection of essays by trans, non-binary, agender, gender-fluid and intersex writers describing the joy that comes from embracing their identities.

• High-risk Homosexual

  a Memoir

  Gomez, Edgar (Writer)

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  Gomez details his coming of age as a gay Latinx man in this funny, poignant, and fearless memoir.

• Brown Neon

  Gutiérrez, Raquel, 1976-

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  Gutiérrez’s debut essay collection skillfully engages questions of art, borders, relationships, love, gender, and identity.

• Hijab Butch Blues

  a Memoir

  H, Lamya

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  In this transformative and transgressive memoir, Lamya H shares the challenges and triumphs growing up gender nonconforming, Muslim, and a woman by finding strength and inspiration in stories from the Quran.

• Mama

  a Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found

  Hargrove, Nikkya, 1982-

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  In this searing and uplifting memoir, a young Black queer woman fresh out of college adopts her baby brother after their incarcerated mother dies, determined to create the kind of family she never had. (Publisher description)

• Before We Were Trans

  a New History of Gender

  Heyam, Kit, 1990-

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  Trans historian and activist Heyam showcases an overlooked, inclusive history of trans experience from antiquity to the present.

• Queer Love in Color

  Jordan, Jamal, 1990-

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  Jordon’s loving collection of photographs and stories offers an intimate portrait of love and affection between queer couples and families of color.

• The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams

  Katz, Jonathan, 1938-

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  The lost history of Eve Adams, a Jewish lesbian radical and activist who was convicted of obscenity and deported to Nazi Germany. Includes the original text of Adams’ rare book Lesbian Love.

• I'm in Seattle, Where Are You?

  a Memoir

  Kazār, Murtaḍá

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  Iraqi writer Gzar recounts his immigration to the US, his search for an American solider with whom he had a clandestine romance in Baghdad, and the aid and friendship found in Seattle’s gay community.

• How to Live Free in a Dangerous World

  a Decolonial Memoir

  Lawson, Shayla

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  A nonbinary, disabled, Black writer describes how travel has informed their journey to liberation. Lawson is a gifted chronicler not only of their own personal revolution, but also of the power structures that affect their place in the world. A…Read moreRead more of this annotation