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• Redefining Realness

  My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

  Mock, Janet, 1983-

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  Although the book is ostensibly one woman’s coming-of-age story, Mock fulfills grander purposes here; in coming to terms with her own difficult journey she also uses that experience didactically, as if to take the uninitiated, non-transgender reader…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Hope We Choose Love

  a Trans Girl's Notes From the End of the World

  Thom, Kai Cheng,

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  In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, acclaimed poet and essayist Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today.

• Trans/portraits

  Voices From Transgender Communities

  Shultz, Jackson Wright

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  In this remarkable book, Jackson Shultz records the stories of more than thirty Americans who identify as transgender. They range in age from 15 to 72; come from twenty-five different states and a wide array of racial, religious, and socioeconomic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities

  G, Mady (Mady M. Giuliani)

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  Complemented by educational worksheets and helpful examples, a comics-illustrated guide to queer and transgender life covers essential topics ranging from sexuality and gender identity to coming out and navigating gender-diverse relationships.

• Transgender Lives

  Complex Stories, Complex Voice

  Cronn-Mills, Kirstin, 1968-

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  Offers a look into the lives of transgender people and how they came to better understand, accept, and express their gender identities. Non-Fiction Young Adult selection.

• Queer as All Get Out

  10 People Who've Inspired Me

  Criswell, Shelby,

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  The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South, revealing their own personal struggle for acceptance and how they were inspired by these historical LGBTQIA+ people to live their own truth. Young Adult Graphic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Radiant

  the Life and Line of Keith Haring

  Gooch, Brad, 1952-

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  Based on interviews with those who knew Haring best and drawing from the rich archival history, Brad Gooch sets out to capture the magic of Keith a visionary and timeless icon.

• Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

  Queer Writing on Growing Up With the AIDS Crisis

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  An enthralling and incisive anthology of personal essays on the persistent impact of the AIDS crisis on queer lives.

• Oil of Every Pearl's Un-insides

  Sophie (Musical Group)

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  Available on Hoopla. Stream SOPHIE's debut and only studio album. RIP.

• Transgender Dysphoria Blues

  Against Me! (Musical group)

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  Available on Hoopla. Against Me! ‘s 6th studio album deals with gender dysphoria following Laura Jane Grace’s gender transition and coming out.

• We See Each Other

  a Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  Anderson, Tre'vell, 1991-

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  In this groundbreaking look at transgender representation in TV and film, the author weaves together the history of trans people on screen with stories of their life growing up and their formative experiences as a black, trans journalist.

• Paris Is Burning

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  An unblinking behind-the-scenes story of fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created "voguing" and drag balls.

• Casa Susanna

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  In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York.

• Lesbian Love Story

  a Memoir in Archives

  Possanza, Amelia,

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  At the heart of this riveting, inventive history, Possanza asks: How could lesbian love help us reimagine care and community? What would our world look like if we replaced its foundation of misogyny with something new, with something distinctly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  Brings together a new collection of cartoons recounting the lives and loves of a diverse group of lesbian friends.

• Welcome to St. Hell

  My Trans Teen Misadventure

  Hancox, Lewis, 1989-

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  In WELCOME TO ST. HELL, author-illustrator Lewis Hancox takes readers on the hilarious, heartbreaking, and healing path he took to make it past trauma, confusion, hurt, and dubious fashion choices in order to become the man he was meant to be. YA…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Risk It Takes to Bloom

  on Life and Liberation

  Willis, Raquel,

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  One of the most formidable Black trans activists in history, in this passionate and powerful memoir, recounts the possibility of transformation after tragedy, and how complex moments can push us all to take necessary risks and bloom toward…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Colors

  Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964-

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  Tagame follows the phenomenal success of My Brother’s Husband with another poignant, empowering, gay-centered narrative.

• Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat

  Crossing Lines

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  This lavishly illustrated volume brings together more than two hundred images—works created in public spaces, paintings, sculptures, objects, works on paper, photographs, and more. These rich visuals are accompanied by essays and interviews from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Everywhere

  Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation

  Riemer, Matthew, 1982-

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  Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this essential and empowering introduction to the history of queer liberation traces queer activism from its roots in late-19th-century Europe to the gender warriors leading the…Read moreRead more of this annotation