The bt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer books 2019 clud fictn and nonfictn, poetry, science fictn and horror, graphic novels and more.
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Yterday saw the release of Choire Sicha’s excellent book Very Recent History, which follows a group of young gay men as they make their way through New York Cy the midst of the fancial crisis of the late ghts. While never even… * lgbt nonfiction *
This memoir om the global gay rights and immigratn activist reunts his beg forced to flee om a vlent mob his native Nigeria and his experienc navigatg the nfg U. Boys and Oil: Growg Up Gay a Fractured Landby Taylor Brorby.
A poet and sayist rells growg up gay ral North Dakota and how his experienc the ravaged landsp of alfields and mg led him to a reer environmental activism.
June is Pri Month, which means there are plenty of pri paras to attend, ralli to go to, and books to check off of your Pri Month readg list. From personal stori of activism to plete histori of the gay civil rights movement, the… * lgbt nonfiction *
The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. Before the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg led to the birth of the morn gay rights movement, a young astronomer and ernment employee named Frank Kameny found the Washgton, D.
, chapter of the Mattache Society, an advocy group that would lead the charge agast persecutn of gay feral employe — many of whom, like Kameny, were fired on the basis of their sexual orientatn the pre-Stonewall era.
Don’t miss this unflchg look at the Last Call Killer, so named bee he targeted gay men New York bars the 1980s and 1990s.
* lgbt nonfiction *
Yterday saw the release of Choire Sicha’s excellent book Very Recent History, which follows a group of young gay men as they make their way through New York Cy the midst of the fancial crisis of the late ghts.
While never even rporat the word “gay, ” Very Recent History follows a long tradn of providg a wdow to a very specific and often unrreprented muny. The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life Ameri by Charl KaiserKaiser’s historil look at how gay men rmed the culture of Ameri’s urban areas — particularly New York Cy — spans 56 years om the perds of silent acceptance, the tumultuo pre-Stonewall years, the empowerg ’70s, and the AIDS crisis of the ’ Velvet Rage: Overg the Pa of Growg Up a Straight Man’s World by Alan DownsPsychologist Alan Downs tak a look at the roundg issu wh the gay male muny — substance abe, prsn, sex addictn, and shame — that still persist spe creasg social acceptance of homosexualy. It’s a powerful memoir that speaks to the personal and the polil as well as the space where the two Shame: Reclaimg the Abandoned History of Radil Gay Sexualy by Patrick MooreMoore’s provotive take on the extreme sexual practic that me out of the ’70s attempts to remove the endurg shame that is the AIDS crisis’ legacy for that seemgly stctive sexual behavr.