Gay Books

Contents:

• UNVERG THE PAST: A GUI TO THE 10 BT GAY HISTORY BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ!
• TOP 100 GAY NOVELS OF THE XXI CENTURY
• THE 10 BT GAY SELF-HELP BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE READ ALREADY BY NOW!
• GAY BOOKS

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

And while you n always zy up on the uch and prs play on a movie about queer love, the LGBTQ books will take thgs one step further.All of the classics, bt-sellers and new releas on this list put gay characters at the heart of the story — or at the very least, are wrten by thors who intify as LGBTQ+.

Cght between love and lt, David mt nont the li he’s told himself before he los everythg — and everyone — who means somethg to him."How We Fight for Our Liv" by Saeed JonPoet Saeed Jon’ g-of-age memoir is a rehgly hont look at the realy of beg a Black gay man the south. This revelatn leads him down a path of fivens wh himself, God and his loved on."The Guncle" by Steven RowleyOnce-famo s star Patrick is a proud Guncle (Gay Uncle Patrick, actually).

You won’t fd a buttoned-up gay love story the pag: Purnell unearths the dysfunctn of Black, broke and queer men fallg and out of love (or, well, lt)."Juliet Tak a Breath" by Gabby RiveraThis YA novel sparkl wh humor and an origal voice. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below16Cy of Night by John Rechy16Cy of Night by John RechyNow 11% OffCred: Grove PrsTake a trip to the unrground world of gay htlers, drag queens, and sex workers this book that sndalized the lerary world when first me out but went on to bee a mt-read.

TOP 100 GAY NOVELS OF THE XXI CENTURY

Simon & Schter Asylum: A Memoir & Manifto by Edafe OkporoSimon & Schter Asylum: A Memoir & Manifto by Edafe OkporoImmigratn and LGBTQ rights activist Okporo was 26 years old when he was driven om his home Abuja, Nigeria, for the s of beg gay. Brammer's memoir--says tails everythg om how he me out llege (“ a f of gay mania") to a problematic relatnship he had wh a Christian youth group member.

"'Last Call' by Elon GreenMaclanIn a powerful work of nonfictn, this New York Tim crilly acclaimed book giv rears a chillg acunt of an elive serial killer, dubbed the “Last Call Killer, ” who preyed on gay men New York Cy the 1990s. 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.

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.

THE 10 BT GAY SELF-HELP BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE READ ALREADY BY NOW!

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.

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.

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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. Held as ‘A symbol of what gays n acplish and the dangers they face dog so’ upon his ductn to Time’s ‘100 Hero and Ins of the 20th Century’, this book about Milk and the story behd has spired a movie (Milk, 2008), a documentary (The Tim of Harvey Milk, 1984) and an opera (Harvey Milk), which is not to mentn the phenomenal footprt of his name and legacy upon gay rights anizatns and programs all across the world. Shilts was the first openly gay reporter for the San Francis Chronicle and remaed so for some time – actively wrg and performg journalism on queer subject matters for his entire reer.

While the book naturally met wh some cricism due to s pneerg, unexpected nature and led by some accuraci bee the panmic was still velopg at the time, And the Band Played On is nohels a posively ccial piece of wrg – not jt dissectg gay history, but solidly lodged as a part of s own right. The work pulls skillfully om a plethora of firsthand acunts, personal documents, and classified feral rourc to reveal the system behd the discrimatn agast gay feral employe a light never shone before. The Deviant’s War has a staggerg array of awards to s name – Wner of the 2021 Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfictn, New York Tim Book Review Edors’ Choice, and is also one of The Washgton Post’s Top 50 Nonfictn Books of 2020.