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True Crime
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items So many of us Americans love true crime. So here's some true crime from the LGBTQ community.
Very cool. Aphrodite Jones reissued her book about Brandon Teena with updated pronouns and everything, I've never seen another author do this.
All He Wanted: The Transgender Boy's Story
This is part of a 17 book series. But I don't think there's any better description of the book than what it already said:
“John Delia wore evening gowns. John Delia had an operation. John Delia became Diane Delia. Diane Delia was murdered. Delia’s boyfriend was accused of the crime. Their girlfriend was accused, too. One went to jail, the other didn’t.”
“John Delia wore evening gowns. John Delia had an operation. John Delia became Diane Delia. Diane Delia was murdered. Delia’s boyfriend was accused of the crime. Their girlfriend was accused, too. One went to jail, the other didn’t.”
Mary in the Lavender Pumps: Love, Murder & Gender Identity
This book is so good!! She talks about how the women he killed actually weren't sex workers. Not all of them. They were poor women who went through a lot. She talks about the backlash she's gotten. There's a podcast too. It's very good.
The Five: Untold Lives of Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
He got his nickname because he would draw pictures of the men he left the bars with as a way to break the ice. Back then nobody wanted to talk, because it was still illegal to be gay. The Doodler is still unsolved to this day.
Young, Queer, and Dead: The Doodler Bio
“Ma'am, your son isn't missing. He's just run away to see the country. You know how boys are”. That's what almost three dozen moms were told when they reported their sons missing to the police in Houston. And the cops stuck by that. Until the boys tu...
The Candy Cards: The Shocking Story of Dean Corll
A book about the ways the Mafia and lgbt communities have been linked through the years.
The Mafia and the Gays
Justin Ling had been looking into these disappearances for years. How did the system fail the Toronto community?
Missing from the Village: Serial Killer Bruce McArthur Story
1958. They beat him to death and then claimed he made an advance to get away with it. Some things change, and others don't.
Out for Queer Blood: Murder of Fernando Rios
MUST READ!! I have this book in digital, audio AND hard copy. It's that important. It's true crime and history. We learn about some of th impact the early gay newsletters had on tracking crime. Race, income, status, a little bit of everything is touc...
Indecent Advances: True Crime & Prejudice
A trans woman living and cleaning up after crime while dealing with her own health and regrets. Get it. It's good on audiobook too!
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Life in Death & Decay