History, Culture and Society
By: Eric Marcus
From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage. Using the heartfelt stories of more than sixty people, the author carries us through the compelling five-decade battle that has changed the fabric of American society.
By: Randy Shilts
A unique exploration of gays in the military and gay persecution in the military, the author spoke with hundreds of lesbian and gays in all levels of the military and tells their stories of pain and pride with an attention to detail and depth of feeling that will leave readers moved and educated.
By: Betty Berzon
Spotlights significant topics such as building successful same-sex partnerships, reconciling religious dilemmas, coming out to one's family, creating gay families, using voting power to effect change, dealing with legal and financial issues, and living as a gay person of color.
By: Judith Butler
In this work, the critique of gender norms is clearly situated within the framework of human persistence and survival. And to "do" one's gender in certain ways sometimes implies "undoing" dominant notions of personhood.
By: E. Patrick Johnson (Editor)
This collection's contributors speak new truths about the black queer experience. Topics include gentrification, gender nonconformity, social media, the relationship between black feminist studies and black trans studies, the black queer experience throughout the black diaspora, and queer music, film, dance, and theater.
By: Riki Wilchins
Combines straightforward prose with concrete examples from LGBT and feminist politics, as well as the author's own life, to guide the reader through the ideas that have forever altered our understanding of bodies, sex and desire.
By: Meg-John Barker
A graphic novel that explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.
By: Lillian Faderman
The sweeping story of the struggle for gay and lesbian rights—based on amazing interviews with politicians, military figures, and members of the entire LGBT community who face these challenges every day.
By: MATTILDA (AKA Matt Bernstein Sycamore) (Editor)
A collection of essays that confronts and challenges the very notion of belonging. An anthology exploring the act of passing--as the "right" gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability, body type, ethnicity, and beyond
By: Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman
A work that includes essays, commentary, comic art, and conversations from a diverse group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrier-breaking lives.
By: Daniel A. Helminiak
The Bible has been used to justify slavery, inquisitions, apartheid and the subjugation of women. Now, in this books which has sold over 100 thousand copies, read what the Bible really says about homosexuality. Top scholars, priests, and theologians share their research in this book.
By: Susan Stryker
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events.
By: Matthew Vines
The landmark book exploring what the Bible actually says—and doesn’t say—about same-sex relationships. As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines devoted years of intensive research into what the Bible says about homosexuality.
By: C. Riley Snorton
The story of Christine Jorgensen, America’s first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era.
By: Audre Lorde
Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer. From reflections on her struggle with the disease to thoughts on lesbian sexuality and African-American identity in a straight white man's world, Lorde's voice remains enduringly relevant in today's political landscape.
By: Todd Tuttle and Marc Adams
Marc Adams and Todd Tuttle draw from their experiences as fundamentalist Baptists to help educate others on how to be most effective when fighting the Religious Right.
By: Catherine Lord and Richard Meyer
A comprehensive survey covering 125 years of art that has constructed, contested or otherwise responded to alternative forms of sexuality. The book traces the rich visual legacy of art's relationship to queer culture, from the emergence of homosexuality as an identity in the late nineteenth century to the pioneering 'genderqueers' of the early twenty-first century
By: Kate Bornstein
On one level, Gender Outlaw details author, Bornstein’s, transformation from heterosexual male to lesbian woman. This particular coming-of-age story is also a provocative investigation into our notions of male and female, from a self-described nonbinary transfeminine diesel femme dyke who never stops questioning our cultural assumptions.
By: Rabbi Chaim Rapoport
In light of modern changes in attitude regarding homosexuality, and recent controversy surrounding Government legislation, Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Rapoport explores the Jewish stance on homosexuality.
By: Julia Serano
Author Julia Serano, a transsexual woman, shares her powerful experiences and observations—both pre- and post-transition—to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole.
By: Rethinking Schools
How do you respond when a child asks: "Can a girl turn into a boy?" What if your daughter brings home schoolbooks with sexist, racist stories? What does "queering the curriculum" really mean? What does it look like? What's wrong with "anti-bullying"policies? This book is filled with inspiring, from-the-ground stories about practical ways to include LGBTQ content in curriculum, make it a part of an approach to social justice, and create classrooms and schools that nurture all children and their families.
By: Sarah McBride
This book tells of McBride’s story of love and loss and a powerful entry point into the LGBTQ community’s battle for equal rights and what it means to be openly transgender. From issues like bathroom access to health care to gender in America, McBride weaves the important political and cultural milestones into a personal journey that will open hearts and change minds.
By: Brittany Wheaton Jeltema and Melissa Jeltema
book that features more than 100 fierce, brave women in the LGBTQ+ community and their stories. Our goal was to give a group of diverse women a platform to share their story and inspire others to have the courage to be uniquely themselves.Each woman featured in the book was asked a series of questions about their life as a woman in the LGBTQ+ community. They vulnerably shared their perspective in a way that sheds light on the challenges and courage it takes to overcome the obstacles they've faced.