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Save Yourself
Cameron Esposito - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From standup comic Cameron Esposito, a memoir that tackles sexuality, gender and equality--and how her Catholic upbringing prepared her for a career as an outspoken lesbian comedian in ways the Pope never could have imagined.Cameron Esposito wanted to be a priest and ended up a standup... |
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A Year Without a Name: A Memoir
Cyrus Grace Dunham - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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"Cyrus Grace Dunham has written a classic memoir--passionate and clear eyed and unputdownable. Bravo to this extraordinary new voice." --Mary KarrFor as long as they can remember, Cyrus Grace Dunham felt like a visitor in their own body. Their life was a series of imitations--lovable... |
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Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel
Casey McQuiston - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback
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"I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy -- this book had everything I crave. I'm jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina... |
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytellingOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths... |
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How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
Saeed Jones - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power."People don't just happen," writes Saeed Jones. "We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people... |
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Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
Jacob Tobia - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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A heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it's like to grow up not sure if you're (a) a boy, (b) a girl, (c) something in between, or (d) all of the above."When the political reality facing this country seems dark, we need shinier, sparklier... |
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Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
Amy Ellis Nutt - Random House
Format: Print book
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The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family's extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for The Washington Post When Wayne and Kelly... |
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Middlesex: A Novel
Jeffrey Eugenides - Picador
Format: Paperback
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"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent... |
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker - Open Road Media
Format: eBook
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon. A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused... |
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Imagine Me Gone
Adam Haslett - Little
Format: Print book
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD"Haslett is one of the country's most talented writers, equipped with a sixth sense for characterization."--Wall Street Journal"Ambitious and stirring . . . With Imagine Me Gone, Haslett has reached another level."... |
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The gay revolution : the story of the struggle
Lillian Faderman - Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format: Print book
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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: "This is the history of the gay and lesbian movement that we've been waiting... |
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The Hours: A Novel
Michael Cunningham - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and Flesh and Blood. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf... |
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Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial
Kenji Yoshino - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry,the trial that will stand as the most potent argument for marriage equalitySpeak Nowtells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex... |
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Magnificent . . . A tour de force of literature and love." - Vogue. "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is raucous. It hums with a dark refulgence from its first pages. . . . Singular and electric . . . [Wintersons] life with her adoptive parents was often appalling,... |
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Red: A Crayon's Story
Michael Hall - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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A blue crayon mistakenly labeled as "red" suffers an identity crisis in this picture book by the New York Times-bestselling creator of My Heart Is Like a Zoo and It's an Orange Aardvark! Funny, insightful, and colorful, Red: A Crayon's Story, by Michael Hall, is about being true... |
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It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity
Theresa Thorn - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between. This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good... |
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I Am Jazz
Jessica Herthel - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere"This is an essential tool for parents and teachers to share with children whether those kids identify as trans or not. I wish I had had a book... |
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Transgender Child, The: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
Stephanie A Brill - Dreamscape Media
Format: Audiobook on CD
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Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. Is this ever just a phase? How can you explain this to your neighbors and family? How can parents advocate for their children... |
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Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue: How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes
Christia Spears Brown - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback
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A guide that helps parents focus on their children's unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers. Reliance on Gendered Stereotypes Negatively Impacts... |
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The Most Dangerous Year
Vlada Knowlton - Passion River
Format: DVD
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Movingly told...powerful documentary --The Hollywood Reporter
Humble, yet deeply moving documentary...so beautifully effective --Los Angeles Times
Intensely Personal...it makes its case effectively --The New York Times |
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Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with No Strings Attached
Hillary Whittington - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book
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This powerful, moving story - which has already touched more than seven million through a viral video created by the Whittington family - is a mother's first-hand account of her emotional choice to embrace her transgender child.When Hillary and Jeff Whittington posted a YouTube video chronicling... |
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