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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. 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.

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. Moore argu a generatn lost to the disease rulted a lack of sexual awarens and pri among young gay men.

A Queer History of the Uned Stat by Michael BronskiBronski’s exhstive text chronicl the history of non-heterosexual activy om the very begngs of the untry’s roots — begng wh Columb’ arrival 1492 and endg the prent Prophet: The Life and Tim of Bayard Rt by John D’EBayard Rh was rponsible for teachg the prcipl of non-vlent prott to Mart Luther Kg, Jr., yet his stat as an openly gay man the midst of the civil rights movement kept him om beg regnized for the efforts and activism he Gentrifitn of the Md: Wns to a Lost Generatn by Sarah SchulmanSchulman’s memoir of the AIDS years is a somber look at the vibrant muny of artists and activists who populated downtown Manhattan and a mt-read for those nostalgic for the pre-gentrified era of the late ’80s and early ’90s the East Village and Lower East to the Kniv: A Memoir of Distegratn by David WojnarowiczThe provotive artist, bt known for the film Fire My Belly, provis an important and trospective look at a generatn’s experienc wh sex, hope, stigmatizatn, and crisis this llectn of personal the Band Played On: Polics, People, and the AIDS Epimic by Randy ShiltsShilts’ lible and ntroversial reportg on the AIDS epimic not only reveals the origs of the vis’ spread but also exam the ramifitns of the medil muny and the ernment’s ignorance of the Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro by André SoarThis bgraphy tells the story of the first Lat Amerin movie star, whose ath was one of the most shockg sndals of the early days of Hollywood.

Ement Outlaws: The Gay Wrers Who Changed Ameri by Christopher BramPost-war Amerin lerature was shaped by important ntributns om the lik of Tman Capote, Jam Baldw, Tennsee Williams, and Allen Gsberg, and Bram’s book tails how they shaped further generatns of wrers, cludg Tony Khner, Edmund Whe, and Armistead Mp, as well as the cultural inti of everyday Amerins. Coverg: The Hidn Asslt on Our Civil Rights by Kenji YoshoUsg his inty as a gay Asian-Amerin man, Yosho argu Coverg — part manifto, part memoir — that our society still valu the domant cultural norms spe s supposed appreciatn for diversy. It is an appreciatn of the many facets of inty polics and an attack on the notn of Outsir by Audre LorThis llectn of speech and says om the fluential and outspoken Audre Lor touch on racism, sexism, and homophobia whout losg a sense of hope for posive rults the face of class stggl.

Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Tim of John Horne Burns by David MargolickJohn Horne Burns is the unrrated novelist at the center of Margolick’s bgraphy, and one who was the first to pict gay life wh the ary his first novel, The Gallery. Tango: My Childhood, Backward and High Heels by Jt Vivian BondPerformance and rerdg artist Jt Vivian Bond crafts a touchg and pensive memoir about growg up ral Maryland and nontg genr norms, as well as tailg an emotnally abive sexual relatnship wh a childhood Home by Alison BechlAlison Bechl’s geo and heartbreakg graphic memoir follows the artist as she grappl wh both her own sexualy and the revelatn that her ld, distant father led a secret life as a gay man.

Ceremoni by Essex HemphillHemphill’s llectn of poetry and mentary tackl the experience of beg an Ain Amerin and a gay man a society that ref to accept and Loathg: Rants and Rav of a Ragg AIDS Clone by David B. It’s a powerful, paful, sometim unapologetilly humoro take on a taboo topic that don’t lend self to bold and brash Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rt of Us by Kate BornsteLegendary transgenr activist and wrer Kate Bornste tails her transn om a heterosexual man to a lbian woman this morn classic about challengg genr and cultural Naked Civil Servant by Quent CrispThe famoly flamboyant Quent Crisp shar the experienc of livg a time and place where acceptance was difficult to obta this humoro and adventuro memoir about his unapologetic homosexualy 1920s and ’30s Historian: The Life and Tim of Samuel Steward, Profsor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renega by Jt SprgA ntemporary of Gert Ste, Alice B.