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BOOK LIST

We’re often asked for books that might be helpful in understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues.
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Coming out
-This Book is Gay - Juno Dawson
-Is It A Choice? 3rd Edition - Eric Marcus
-Boys Like Us - Patrick Merla
-Lesbians Coming Out - Sarah Holmes
-Being Different: Lambda Youth Speak Out - Larry Dane Brimner
-Fashionably Late: Gay, Bi and Trans Men Who Came Out Later in Life - Vinnie Kinsella
Relationships
-Love Between Men - Rik Isensee
-Together Forever - Eric Marcus
-Loving Someone Gay - Don Clark, Donald H. Clark
-When Love Last Forever - Merle J Yost
Bisexual interests
-Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution - Shiri Eisner
-Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out - Loraine Hutchins, Lani Kaahumanu
-Bisexuality - Beth A Firestein
-Bi Lives: Bisexual Women Tell Their Stories - Kata Orndorff
-Getting Bi - Robyn Ochs, Sarah E. Rowley
Lesbian interests
-Girl2Girl - Norrina Rashid, Jane Hoyt, Gina Roberts
-The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For - Alison Bechdel
-Women in Love - Barbara Seyda, Diana Herrera
Transgender interests
-The Gender Book - Mel Reiff Hill, Jay Maya (book available online free at www.thegenderbook.com)
-Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out - Susan Kuklin
-Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation - Kata Bornstein, S. Bear Bergman
-My New Gender Workbook - Kate Bornstein
-Transgender Rights and Protections - Rebecca T. Klein
-Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue - Leslie Feinberg
-Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg
-Transgender Warriors - Leslie Feinberg
-Helping your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents - Irwin Krieger
-Health Issues When You're Transgender - Susan Meyer
-Coming Out as Transgender - Corona Brezina
-Identifying as Transgender - Sara Woods
-Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue - Nicholas Teich
-Transgender History - Susan Stryker
-Some Assembly Required - Arin Andrews
-Second Serve - Archie M. Richards, Jr. , Renee Richards 
-Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities - Jackson Wright Shultz
-At the Broken Place - Mary Collins, Donald Collins
​-Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community - Laura Erickson-Schroth
African-American / People of Color (POC) interests
-One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America - Keith Boykin
-Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood Among Black Women - Mignon Moore
-Gay Latino Studies - Michael Hames-Garcia, Ernesto Javier Martinez
-Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol. 2 - Nia King, Elena Rose
-Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latna/o LGBT activists - Uriel Quesada, Letitia Gomez, Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
-The Man who was a Woman and other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore - Devdutt Pattanaik
-A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder - Ma-Nee Chacaby, Mary Louisa Plummer
-Cuentamelo! - Testimonies of LGBT Latino Immigrants - Edited by Juliana Delgado Lopera
Religion / Spirituality 

-What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality - Daniel A. Helminiak
-PFLAG: Faith in Our Families - Can be found on PFLAG.org's online booklist
-The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart - Peter J. Gomes
-Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian, Gay and Jewish - Christie Balka
-The Grace of Coming Home: Spirituality, Sexuality and the Struggle for Justice - Melanie Morrison
-On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith and Love - Brian McNaught
​-Homosexuality in Islam - Scott al-Haqq Kugle
Parents / Caregiver interests
-Our Families Q and A's for Parents of LGBT Youth and Adults - Can be found on PFLAG.org booklist.
-Helping your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents - Irwin Krieger
-Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together - Robert Bernstein, Betty DeGeneres, Robert MacNeil
-Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your LGBT or Questioning Son or Daughter  - Kevin Jennings, Pat Shapiro
-Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son - Lori Duron
-Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Health Gender-Nonconforming Children - Diane Ehrensaft, Edgardo Menvielle
-Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood Among Black Women - Mignon Moore
-The ABCs of LGBT+ - Ashley Mardell
-When Your Child is Gay: What You Need to Know - Wesley C. Davidson, Jonathan L. Tobkes, Cason Crane
-This Book is for Parents of Gay Kids: A question and answer guide to everyday life - Dannielle Owens-Reid, Kristin Russo
-At the Broken Place - Mary Collins, Donald Collins 
Safer Sex & other Sexual questions
-Sexual Intimacy for Women: A guide for Same Sex Couples - Glenda Corwin
​-The Joy of Gay Sex - Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano
Youth interests
-This Book is Gay - Juno Dawson
-Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out - Susan Kuklin
-Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation - Kate Bornstein, S. Bear Bergman
-Growing Up Gay/Lesbian: A literary Anthology - Bennett L. Singer
-The ABCs' of LGBT+ - Ashley Mardell
-Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 people who have changed the world - Sarah Prager, Zoe More O'Ferrall
-GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for LGBT and Questioning Teens - Kelly Huegel
-It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying and Creating a Life Worth Living - Dan Savage, Terry Miller
-Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen - Arin Andrews
-Transgender Rights and Protections - Rebecca T. Klein
-Health Issues when you're Transgender - Susan Meyer
-Coming Out as Transgender - Corona Brezina
-Identifying as Transgender - Sara Woods
-Gay-Straight Alliances: Networking with Other Teens and Allies (LGBTQ+ Guide to Beating Bullying) - Kristina Lyn Heitkamp
Teachers / Safer Schools
-Safe Spaces: Making Schools and Communities Welcoming to LGBT Youth - Annemarie Vaccaro, Gerri August, Megan S. Kennedy
-Understanding & Teaching US Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History - Leila J. Rupp
-Transgender History - Susan Stryker
-The Right to be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America's Public Schools - Stuart Biegel
-Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People who changed the world - Sarah Prager, More O'Ferrall
-Gay-Straight Alliance: A hand book for Students, Educators and Parents - Ian K. Macgillivray
-The ABC's of LGBT+ -Ashley Mardell
-It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living - Dan Savage
-Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights - Jerome Pohlen
-Gay-Straight Alliances: Networking with Other Teens and Allies - Kristina Lyn Heitkamp
​-Safe Zones: Training Allies for LGBTQIA+ Young Adults - Kerry John Poynter
Popular novels
-The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth
-The Cosmopolitans - Sarah Schulman
-Bright Lines - Tanwi Nandini Islam
-Guapa - Saleem Haddad
-A Home at the End of the World - Michael Cunningham
-City of Night - John Rechy
-Naked - David Sedaris
-Spring Fire (Lesbian Pulp Fiction) - Vin Packer
-Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller
-The Front Runner - Patricia Nell Warren
-A Separate Peace - John Knowles
-Dancer from the Dance - Andrew Holleran
-A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood
-Other Voices, Other Rooms - Truman Capote
-Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin
-Tropic of Capricorn - Henry Miller
-Bastard Out of Carolina - Dorothy Allison
-The Lord Won't Mind - Gordon Merrick
-Queer - William S. Burroughs
-The Best Little Boy in the World: 25th Anniversary Edition - Andrew Tobias
-Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
-Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown
-Swimming Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst
-Call me by Your Name - Andre Aciman
-Goldenboy - Michael Nava
-Maurice - E M Forster
-Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories - John Dececco, Bob Guter
YA (Young Adult)
-The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Letter to Their Younger Selves - Sarah Moon, James Lecesne
-Cut Both Ways - Carrie Mesobian 
-If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russo
-The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee
-Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin
-Picture Us in the Light - Kelly Loy Gilber
-Girl Mans Up - M-E Girard
-Little & Lion - Brandy Colbert
-The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth 
-All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages - Sandra Mitchell
-Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz 
-Simon vs. the Homo Sapien Agenda - Becky Albertalli
​-Leah on the Off Beat - Becky Albertalli