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Queer Nonfiction Book Recs for Pride Month
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items Queer history, memoirs, and educational book recommendations to read for Pride Month and all year long
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Queer Nonfiction
A deeply interesting exploration of queerness as explored through folklore and throughout history. Also delves into queer historical figures in both ancient times and the recent past!
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters
This is the story of a road trip across the red states of America and the queer people that live in them, those who love their states and communities, those who fight for their voices to be heard even when it seems impossible.
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States
a memoir about domestic abuse and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
A deeply fascinating history of queer women in the 20th century and the spaces and people that shaped culture into what it is today
A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture
one of the most banned books in America - a autobiographical comic about the author's own experience of gender
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
These “very funny-deep dives into the lives of the most dastardly queer people in history” offer a passionate argument for rethinking gay politics beyond identity
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History - Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller
Washington, D.C., has always been a city of secrets. Few have been more dramatic than the ones revealed in James Kirchick’s Secret City.
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
Details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and joy
Queer Enlightenments by Anthony Delaney
A gripping new journey through ancient history, uncovering the origins of homophobia and the untold stories of those who dared to love.
The Queer Thing About Sin: SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES BOOK ...
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen