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June is Pride Month
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LGTBQIA+ History
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The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History
Marc Stein - NYU Press
Format: Paperback
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On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, the most important moment in LGBTQ history - depicted by the people who influenced, recorded, and reacted to it. June 28, 1969, Greenwich Village: The New York City Police Department, fueled by bigoted liquor licensing practices and an omnipresent... |
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Gay America: Struggle for Equality
Linas Alsenas - Amulet Books
Format: Print book
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Milestones of gay and lesbian life in the United States are brought together in the first-ever nonfiction book published specifically for teens. Profusely illustrated with archival images, the groundbreaking Gay America reveals how gay men and women have lived, worked, and loved for the past... |
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A Queer History of the United States
Michael Bronski - Beacon Press
Format: Paperback
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Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction A Queer History of the United States is more than a "who's who" of queer history: it is a book that radically challenges how we understand American history. Drawing upon primary-source documents, literature, and cultural... |
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Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America
Dudley Clendinen
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A chronicle of the Gay Rights crusade traces the movement's development into a force to change American society, drawing from hundreds of interviews and analyzing the factions within the movement, as well as their different agendas and internecine struggles. 50,000 first printing. |
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The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids
Ann Travers - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking look at the lives of transgender children and their families Some "boys" will only wear dresses; some "girls" refuse to wear dresses; in both cases, as Ann Travers shows in this fascinating account of the lives of transgender kids, these are often more... |
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LGTBQIA+ Community Voices and Biographies
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Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Susan Kuklin - Candlewick Press
Format: Book
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A 2015 Stonewall Honor BookA groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent... |
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Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities
Jackson Wright Shultz - Dartmouth
Format: Hardcover
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Although transgender people are increasingly represented in academic studies and popular culture, they rarely have the opportunity to add their own voices to the conversation. In this remarkable book, Jackson Shultz records the stories of more than thirty Americans who identify as transgender.... |
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When We Rise: Coming of Age in San Francisco, AIDS, and My Life in the Movement
Cleve Jones - Hachette Books
Format: Print book
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The partial inspiration for the forthcoming ABC television mini-series from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, executive producer Gus Van Sant, and starring Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Carrie Preston, and Rachel Griffiths. "You could read Cleve Jones's book... |
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Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight
Loren A. Olson MD - Oak Lane Press
Format: Paperback
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Dr. Loren A. Olson has frequently been asked two questions: How could you not know that you were gay until the age of forty Wasn't your marriage just a sham to protect yourself at your wife's expense In Finally Out, Dr. Olson answers these questions by telling the inspiring story of his evolving... |
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And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality
Mark Segal - Openlens
Format: Hardcover
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"[A] swiftly written debut memoir...[Segal] vividly describes his firsthand experience as a teenager inside the Stonewall bar during the historic riots, his participation with the Gay Liberation Front, and amusing encounters with Elton John and Patti LaBelle....A jovial yet passionately... |
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Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death
LILLIAN FADERMAN - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Harvey Milk - eloquent, charismatic, and a smart-aleck - was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, but he had not even served a full year in office when he was shot by a homophobic fellow supervisor. Milk's assassination at the age of forty-eight made him the most... |
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Tools for Teens
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LGBTQ: The Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens
KELLY HUEGEL MADRONE - Free Spirit Publishing
Format: Paperback
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LGBTQ is the indispensable resource for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning teens - and their allies. This fully revised and updated third edition includes current information on LGBTQ terminology, evolving understandings of gender identity and sexual identity, LGBTQ... |
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Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens
KATHY BELGE - Zest Books
Format: Paperback
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Teen life is hard enough with all of the pressures kids face, but for teens who are LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender) , it's even harder. When do you decide to come out? To whom? Will your friends accept you? And how on earth do you meet people to date? Updated in 2018,... |
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Trans Teen Survival Guide
FOX FISHER - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Frank, friendly and funny, Trans Teen Survival Guide will leave transgender and non-binary teens informed, empowered and armed with all the tips, confidence and practical advice they need to navigate life as a trans teen.Wondering how to come out to your family and friends, what it's... |
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The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
Rylan Jay Testa - New Harbinger Publications, Inc.,
Format: Print book
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This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive workbook will help you navigate your gender identity and expression at home, in school, and with peers. If you are a transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) teen, you may experience unique challenges with identity and interpersonal relationships.... |
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Gender Identity: Beyond Pronouns and Bathrooms
Maria Cook - Nomad Press
Format: Paperback
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An informative and project-filled book for middle graders to explore the meaning and history behind LGBTQ rights movements, including biographies of key figures in gender and gay/lesbian history, the context behind today's transgender "bathroom wars" and dozens of activities... |
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Learn More
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Human Rights in Focus: The Lgbt Community
Damon Karson - Referencepoint Press
Format: Hardcover
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Human rights advocates contend that the LGBT community has yet to achieve full equality and acceptancein the United States and elsewhere. In recent years in the United States, state legislators have introduced more than 250 bills that limit LGBT rightsand twenty of these have become law.... |
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They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities
Eris Young - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Showing what life is like as a nonbinary or genderqueer person, this book explores relationships, mental and physical health, language use and identity and appearance, providing advice for nonbinary people and how friends and family can support them. |
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Gender Identity
Nicki Peter Petrikowski - Rosen Pub Group
Format: Book
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The definition of gender has been evolving with societys views on sexuality and this title offers readers an unbiased, non-political, and medical analysis of gender identity today. Topics covered include forms of being transgender, such as transexual, gender queer, and intersex, as well... |
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Coping With Gender Dysphoria
Ellen McGrody - Rosen Publishing Group
Format: Library Binding
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For transgender youth, the process of exploring gender can be exciting, but also difficult and painful. This book discusses the challenges of living with gender dysphoria, offering young adult readers resources and strategies for coping in different contexts: at home, at school, out in public,... |
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