LGBTQ+ Studies

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera....

In Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, Dylan pulls back the curtain of her “It Girl” lifestyle with a witty and intimate reflection of her life pre- and post-transition.

This audiobook abounds with startling examples of unknown or often ignored aspects of American history. Bronski documents how various incarnations of social purity movements have consistently attempted to regulate all sexuality, including fantasies, masturbation, and queer sex....

Latinos across the United States are redefining their identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways....

Sophie Lewis offers an unflinching tour of enemy feminisms, from nineteenth century imperial feminists and police officers to twentieth century KKK feminists and pornophobes to today's anti-abortion and TERF feminists

For more than three decades Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture....

Judith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic book Gender Trouble redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on “gender” that have become central to right-wing movements today.

In this remarkable memoir, former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community....

In this poignant and urgent love letter to his son, award-winning Broadway, TV, and film producer Richie Jackson reflects on his experiences as a gay man in America and the progress and setbacks of the LGBTQ community over the last 50 years....

Covering American transgender history from the mid-20th century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history....

Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different. He was attracted to other boys....

A conversation starter like Three Women, The Sex Lives of African Women centers on the experiences of women of color: a mellifluous chorus celebrating the liberation, individuality, and joy of African women's multifaceted sexuality....

Before she became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention in 2016 at the age of twenty-six, Sarah McBride struggled with the decision to come out—not just to her family but to the students of American University, where she was serving as student body president....

Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after realising I was trans (by accident!) at sixteen years old. I knew I was a boy since the age of four, but realised whilst growing up that I was different....

Manuel Betancourt's Hello Stranger explores modern queer romance and the expansive possibilities of ephemeral intimacies.

Combining the wisdom of Witchcraft with perspectives on gay theory to make the path accessible to all.

From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today.

GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender....

Based on the hugely popular podcast series, Bad Gays subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and asks what we can learn about LGBTQ+ history, sexuality and identity through its villains and baddies....

As a young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. He knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christian ministry. But Lee harbored a secret: He also knew that he was gay....

From a trans rights activist and athlete, an urgent guide that changes the conversation about gender identity.

In this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. Focusing on the “orientation” aspect of “sexual orientation” and the “orient” in “orientalism,” Ahmed examines what it means for bodies to be situated in space and time.

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century....

Award-winning author Jon Savage takes us on a fast and captivating journey through the monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979.

In No Son of Mine, Corcoran traces his messy estrangement from his mother through lost geographies as well as the lost relationships with friends and family and the sense of home that were stripped away when she said he was no longer her son.