13 very gay and very good books you should read this Pri Month | Mashable

Contents:

• BT GAY HISTORIL ROMANCE
• UNVERG THE PAST: A GUI TO THE 10 BT GAY HISTORY BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ!
• GAY HISTORIL FICTN BOOKS
• 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH

BT GAY HISTORIL ROMANCE

In honor of LGBTQ History Month, celebrated every October, here are books that aim to shed light on and clarify signifint historil moments that rmed and shaped the morn lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights movement. "The Gay Revolutn: The Story of the Stggle" by Lillian FarmanA thorough troductn to the history of the gay and lbian civil rights movements, this book chronicl the early stggl of LGBTQ dividuals om the 1950s to prent day g a pilatn of enlighteng terviews wh policians, ary officials and members of the muny. "When We Rise: My Life the Movement" by Cleve JonThis semi-tobgraphil acunt follows Cleve Jon as he explor his inty as a gay man the 1950s, disvers a muny and a e through his mentor, Harvey Milk, and p wh the ravagg effects of the AIDS epimic.

"Sister Outsir: Essays and Speech" by Audre LorA celebratn of tersectnaly, black lbian poet and femist Audre Lor analyz the prence of ageism, sexism, racism, classism and homophobia her own life through a llectn of lyril says and speech. "The Men wh the Pk Triangle" by Hez Heger (Used)In lurid tail, Hez Hager unfolds the te story of Josef Kohout — a man who was imprisoned a Nazi ncentratn mp for beg gay — and effectively remds the world of the torture gay dividuals suffered at the hands of the Nazi regime. JohnsonWh the help of classified documents and terview wh ary officials, David Johnson argu that Senator Joseph McCarthy was jt as guilty of promotg anti-Communism paranoia as he was spirg polici that nsired homosexualy a threat to natnal secury.

UNVERG THE PAST: A GUI TO THE 10 BT GAY HISTORY BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ!

"The Celluloid Closet: Homosexualy the Movi" by Vo RsoPublished 1987, Rso’s analysis of the portrayal of homosexualy film has laid the foundatn for the how we evaluate LGBTQ reprentatn film today and has supported the argument that reprentatn matters. The Uned Stat of Ameri" by Eric CerviWhile many believe the fight for LGBTQ rights began at New York Cy’s Stonewall Inn durg the summer of 1969, actually began wh a grassroots “homophile” movement that has been largely overlooked. Cervi documents the work of Frank Kameny and other gay activists durg the late 1950s and ‘60s, illumatg their role layg the groundwork that would lead to the Stonewall NBC Out on Twter, Facebook & Instagram.

That might seem untertuive, nsirg how homophobia, sexism, racism, and a lot of other -isms often crease the farther back time we go, but on the other hand, the remr that LGBTQ people have always existed and found ways to live wh their circumstanc is an upliftg one. A closeted Iranian teen who jt moved to the cy and whose only exposure to the gay muny has been men dyg of AIDS the media; a girl whose gay uncle is an AIDS activist; and her bt iend, the only out guy their school, fightg back agast his nservative’s parents expectatns, e together unexpected and life-changg ways. The exploratn of gay history media has e a long way om the propagandized monizatn that experienced the early days of Hollywood, and we even have a ferally endorsed ‘LGBT History Month’ that is celebrated a wi variety of plac across the world such as the US, UK, most of Wtern Europe, and Atralia, but that’s not to say that is perfect.

GAY HISTORIL FICTN BOOKS

A Revolutn by Rob Sanrs (2019)Hidn From History by Mart B Duberman (1990)The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts (1982)And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (1987)The Deviant’s War by Eric Cervi (2020)Good As You by Pl Flynn (2017)Comg Out Unr Fire by Allan Bébé (2010)David Bowie Ma Me Gay by Darryl W. Bullock (2017)Strangers by Graham Robb (2005)The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life Ameri by Charl Kaiser (2019)The LGBTQ+ History Book (distributed) by DK (2023).

The begng of the (morn) fight for gay rights and equaly is a perfect place to start this list – jt as this illtratn-rich reamg of the famo Stonewall Rts is a perfect f for the almost-start of the tnal procs – early primary. A Revolutn don’t jt addrs gay rights issu but also the polil tensns and passnate buildup of the motivatn behd the rt and protts general, allowg for a kid-iendly yet highly tuive troductn to real-life issu no matter where and how they might prent themselv.

Hidn From History – Reclaimg the Gay & Lbian Past is tailed, attentive, rg, and revolutnary – but even then remas an admted drop the sea that is the dynamic, persistent prence of gay culture and queerns throughout all of human history.

13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH

For, as the book scrib, ‘gayns’ is no morn phenomenon, nor n any way be perceived as fundamentally ‘un-normal’ – om everywhere and exists wh everyone. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Tim of Harvey Milk vers the life and tim of San Francis cy supervisor Harvey Milk – om his early reer, stat as the first ever openly gay Amerin elected polician, and then assassatn at the hands of disgntled adversary Dan Whe on the 27th November 1978. Sce, and thanks part to the thor – legendary San Francis Chronicle journalist Shilts, who was a hero his own right – Milk’s legacy has bee a source of great spiratn for the gay muny, and that strong spir is ptured perfectly wh the pag of The Mayor of Castro Street.