LGBTQIA+

And Tango makes three

Richardson, Justin, 1963-.


At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.
Date Published:2005

Asking for a friend

Riley, Ronnie,


Eden Jones is a nonbinary kid who has Social Anxiety Disorder, and when their mother announces she is throwing a birthday party and inviting all their friends they are thrown into a panic--because while Eden's three "friends" are all real kids at school they have almost never actually spoken to any of them.
Date Published:2024

Cheer up! : love and pompoms /

Frasier, Crystal.


"Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who's under pressure to join the cheerleading squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend Bebe is a people-pleaser, a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life in order to maintain their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped-up social pressures (not to mention microaggressions and other queer youth problems), the two girls rekindle a friendship they thought they'd lost and discover there may be other, sweeter feelings springing up between them"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

"Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who's under pressure to join the cheerleading squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend Bebe is a people-pleaser, a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life in order to maintain their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped-up social pressures (not to mention microaggressions and other queer youth problems), the two girls rekindle a friendship they thought they'd lost and discover there may be other, sweeter feelings springing up between them"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

The emperor and the endless palace

Huang, Justinian.


"In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor--but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead. And in present-day Los Angeles, a college student meets a beautiful stranger and cannot shake the feeling they've met before. Across these seemingly unrelated timelines woven together only by the twists and turns of fate, two men are reborn, lifetime after lifetime. Within the treacherous walls of an ancient palace and the boundless forests of the Asian wilderness to the heart-pounding cement floors of underground rave scenes, our lovers are inexplicably drawn to each other, constantly tested by the worlds around them. As their many lives intertwine, they begin to realize the power of their undying love--a power that transcends time itself...but one that might consume them both"--
Date Published:2024

"In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor--but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead. And in present-day Los Angeles, a college student meets a beautiful stranger and cannot shake the feeling they've met before. Across these seemingly unrelated timelines woven together only by the twists and turns of fate, two men are reborn, lifetime after lifetime. Within the treacherous walls of an ancient palace and the boundless forests of the Asian wilderness to the heart-pounding cement floors of underground rave scenes, our lovers are inexplicably drawn to each other, constantly tested by the worlds around them. As their many lives intertwine, they begin to realize the power of their undying love--a power that transcends time itself...but one that might consume them both"--

Date Published:2024

Farrell Covington and the limits of style : a novel /

Rudnick, Paul.


The son of one of the country's most powerful and conservative families falls for an aspiring writer from a nice Jewish family from New Jersey, resulting in passionate but catastrophic romance that spans decades of LGBTQ+ social changes.
Date Published:2023

Generation queer : stories of youth organizers, artists, and educators /

Topping, Kimm,


Organizers. Andraya Yearwood ; Cyn Macias-Gómez ; Dehkontee Chanchan ; Gavin Grimm ; Kaylyn Ahn ; L Austin-Spooner & Katherine Ferreira O'Connor ; Lillian Lennon ; Sherené Mishitashin Harris ; Skyler Morrison ; Zander Moricz -- Artists. Alok Vaid-Menon ; Ella McKenzie ; Jess Guilbeaux ; Joshua Allen ; Meg Lee ; Reeves Gift ; Ryan Cassata ; Sara K. Dunn ; Shannon Li ; Somah Haaland -- Educators. Ashton Mota ; Blair Imani ; Desmond (Desi) Napoles ; JP Grant ; Mallery Jenna Robinson ; Mari Wrobi ; Rebekah Bruesehoff ; Sameer Hussain Jha ; Schuyler Bailar ; Trinity Neal -- From walkouts to marches: demanding queer youth safety, autonomy, and joy -- Actions for youth -- Actions for educators. A collection of short biographies featuring young LGBTQ+ leaders working to make their world more inclusive.
Date Published:2025

Organizers. Andraya Yearwood ; Cyn Macias-Gómez ; Dehkontee Chanchan ; Gavin Grimm ; Kaylyn Ahn ; L Austin-Spooner & Katherine Ferreira O'Connor ; Lillian Lennon ; Sherené Mishitashin Harris ; Skyler Morrison ; Zander Moricz -- Artists. Alok Vaid-Menon ; Ella McKenzie ; Jess Guilbeaux ; Joshua Allen ; Meg Lee ; Reeves Gift ; Ryan Cassata ; Sara K. Dunn ; Shannon Li ; Somah Haaland -- Educators. Ashton Mota ; Blair Imani ; Desmond (Desi) Napoles ; JP Grant ; Mallery Jenna Robinson ; Mari Wrobi ; Rebekah Bruesehoff ; Sameer Hussain Jha ; Schuyler Bailar ; Trinity Neal -- From walkouts to marches: demanding queer youth safety, autonomy, and joy -- Actions for youth -- Actions for educators. A collection of short biographies featuring young LGBTQ+ leaders working to make their world more inclusive.

Date Published:2025

Marsha : the joy and defiance of Marsha P. Johnson /

Tourmaline.


"Black trans luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy. Through nearly two decades of research, Tourmaline brings this fabulous, scandalous, essential justice warrior to life in full color, for the first time. This book will take readers into Marsha's childhood as she struggled with gender identity in the 1950s, to her dramatic and essential involvement in the Stonewall Riots and her activism for trans rights through the 70s to the AIDS crisis, and finally, it will explore her mysterious and still unresolved death. Marsha's biography will embody the beauty of deviance. Marsha didn't wait to be freed; she declared herself free and told the world to catch up. Marsha was not merely an activist, she was an artist and a performer, a lover and a mentor, a mischievous and transgressive queen. Marsha honors the fullness of her life and will give this remarkable figure her rightful place in history"--
Date Published:2025

"Black trans luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy. Through nearly two decades of research, Tourmaline brings this fabulous, scandalous, essential justice warrior to life in full color, for the first time. This book will take readers into Marsha's childhood as she struggled with gender identity in the 1950s, to her dramatic and essential involvement in the Stonewall Riots and her activism for trans rights through the 70s to the AIDS crisis, and finally, it will explore her mysterious and still unresolved death. Marsha's biography will embody the beauty of deviance. Marsha didn't wait to be freed; she declared herself free and told the world to catch up. Marsha was not merely an activist, she was an artist and a performer, a lover and a mentor, a mischievous and transgressive queen. Marsha honors the fullness of her life and will give this remarkable figure her rightful place in history"--

Date Published:2025

Okay, Cupid

Deaver, Mason.


As a cupid Jude's job is to bring couples together, and their new assignment involves a couple of teenagers--except Jude's attraction to a certain human boy keeps getting in the way, and threatening their career.
Date Published:2024

Pink, blue, and you : questions for kids about gender stereotypes /

Gravel, Elise,


"Look under the jacket for a poster!"--Dust jacket. "An easy-to-grasp picture book, exploring questions relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, and sexism"--
Date Published:2022

Pride festivals

Hudak, Heather C., 1975-


Free to be -- What is LGBTQ? -- Looking back -- Exciting events -- Glossary -- To learn more -- Index -- Quick questions. "Explores the history of Pride festivals, why they take place, and how people celebrate across Canada."--
Date Published:2019

Pride : the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag /

Sanders, Rob, 1958-,


The very first picture book about the remarkable and inspiring story of the Gay Pride Flag!.
Date Published:2018

The queer evangelist : a socialist clergy's radically honest tale /

Dinovo, Cheri, 1950-


Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo (CM) tells her story, from her roots as a young socialist activist in the 1960s to ordained minister in the <U+2018>90s to member of provincial parliament. As the New Democratic member representing Parkdale-High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2017, DiNovo passed more LGBTQ bills than anyone in Canadian history.
Date Published:2021

Queer eye : love yourself, love your life /

Porowski, Antoni,


Well, hello! -- Living out loud with Jonathan van Ness -- Just try to say no to Bobby Berk -- Tan France doesn't care about trends -- Antoni Porowski doesn't follow recipes -- Karamo Brown chases down his dreams -- It's not a makeover; it's a make-better -- Gorgeous, inside & out -- Mirror, mirror -- Let's be real -- House rules -- Set the table -- Come together. Offering hope and acceptance, the hosts of Netflixs "Queer Eye" provide a wealth of advice for creating a happy and healthy life, one that is rooted in self-love and authenticity.
Date Published:2018

Well, hello! -- Living out loud with Jonathan van Ness -- Just try to say no to Bobby Berk -- Tan France doesn't care about trends -- Antoni Porowski doesn't follow recipes -- Karamo Brown chases down his dreams -- It's not a makeover; it's a make-better -- Gorgeous, inside & out -- Mirror, mirror -- Let's be real -- House rules -- Set the table -- Come together. Offering hope and acceptance, the hosts of Netflixs "Queer Eye" provide a wealth of advice for creating a happy and healthy life, one that is rooted in self-love and authenticity.

Date Published:2018

Queer history A to Z : 100 years of LGBTQ+ activism /

Stevenson, Robin, 1968-


"This book for middle grade readers explores the history of queer activism in North America and the fight for equality for LGBTQ+ folks. The content is structured in an A-Z format, with such entries as "A Is for Activism" and "C Is for Coming Out." Readers will learn about the Stonewall Riots, Marsha P. Johnson, Indigenous queer activism, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, Pride flags and so much more. Young readers will be especially interested in learning about youth activists such as Gavin Grimm, the first Gay-Straight Alliance and the history of banned children's books in America. Award-winning author Robin Stevenson brings this history to life in a way that is equally informative, inspiring and accessible for young readers. Her books have received a Stonewall Book Honour and won the Silver Birch Award. Extensive end matter includes short biographies of historical figures, glossary, timeline, resources for kids, author's sources and index."--
Date Published:2024

"This book for middle grade readers explores the history of queer activism in North America and the fight for equality for LGBTQ+ folks. The content is structured in an A-Z format, with such entries as "A Is for Activism" and "C Is for Coming Out." Readers will learn about the Stonewall Riots, Marsha P. Johnson, Indigenous queer activism, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, Pride flags and so much more. Young readers will be especially interested in learning about youth activists such as Gavin Grimm, the first Gay-Straight Alliance and the history of banned children's books in America. Award-winning author Robin Stevenson brings this history to life in a way that is equally informative, inspiring and accessible for young readers. Her books have received a Stonewall Book Honour and won the Silver Birch Award. Extensive end matter includes short biographies of historical figures, glossary, timeline, resources for kids, author's sources and index."--

Date Published:2024

Rainbow revolutions : power, pride, and protest in the fight for queer rights /

Lawson, Jamie (Jamie F.),


Rainbow revolutions -- The Stonewall riots -- A queer new world -- The pink triangle -- The sip-in protest -- Stepping into the light -- "Your silence will not protect you" Audre Lorde -- Herstory -- "I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist." Dr. H. Anonymous -- A community in crisis -- The New York ballroom scene -- "Something beautiful" Gilbert Baker -- Pride around the world -- Trans struggles; trans rights -- What's in a name -- Act up -- Section 28 -- Landmark moments -- Equality for all! -- Proud parents -- Fierce and fabulous! -- Pushing the world forward -- The revolution continues... -- Timeline. A book about the fight for queer rights, beautifully illustrated with bold and beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight. Around one o'clock in the morning on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York, sparking days of intense rioting. What happened at Stonewall sent shockwaves around the world, and became a defining moment for the LGBTQ+ community. From the impassioned speeches of bold activists Karl Ulrichs and Audre Lorde to the birth of Pride and queer pop culture, Rainbow Revolutions charts the dramatic rise of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and celebrates the courageous individuals who stood up and demanded recognition. With bold and beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight.
Date Published:2023

Rainbow revolutions -- The Stonewall riots -- A queer new world -- The pink triangle -- The sip-in protest -- Stepping into the light -- "Your silence will not protect you" Audre Lorde -- Herstory -- "I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist." Dr. H. Anonymous -- A community in crisis -- The New York ballroom scene -- "Something beautiful" Gilbert Baker -- Pride around the world -- Trans struggles; trans rights -- What's in a name -- Act up -- Section 28 -- Landmark moments -- Equality for all! -- Proud parents -- Fierce and fabulous! -- Pushing the world forward -- The revolution continues... -- Timeline. A book about the fight for queer rights, beautifully illustrated with bold and beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight. Around one o'clock in the morning on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York, sparking days of intense rioting. What happened at Stonewall sent shockwaves around the world, and became a defining moment for the LGBTQ+ community. From the impassioned speeches of bold activists Karl Ulrichs and Audre Lorde to the birth of Pride and queer pop culture, Rainbow Revolutions charts the dramatic rise of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and celebrates the courageous individuals who stood up and demanded recognition. With bold and beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight.

Date Published:2023

Reclaiming Two-spirits : sexuality, spiritual renewal & sovereignty in Native America /

Smithers, Gregory D., 1974-


A sweeping history of Indigenous traditions of gender and sexuality that decolonizes North America's past and reveals how Two-Spirit people are reclaiming their place in Native nations.
Date Published:2022

Red : a crayon's story /

Hall, Michael, 1954-,


Red's factory-applied label clearly says that he is red, but despite the best efforts of his teacher, fellow crayons and art supplies, and family members, he cannot seem to do anything right until a new friend offers a fresh perspective.
Date Published:2015

So gay for you : friendship, found family, & the show that started it all /

Hailey, Leisha, 1971-


Prologue: Love at first sight -- Learning the ropes -- Like fish out of water -- Lights, camera, action -- Lightning in a bottle -- Land of milk and honeys -- Labor of lust -- Loved and lost -- Let's call the whole thing off -- Lost and found -- Long live the Buzzsox -- Losing the plot -- Liberty and justice for all -- Epilogue: Like a pair of pants. An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word--including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their personal lives. "Are you comfortable with nudity?" my manager asked. In the early 2000s, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey--both young artists trying to figure it all out--met at auditions for an unknown little TV show. Given that it was a show about lesbians living in Los Angeles, with the first ever ensemble cast of openly queer female characters, Kate and Leisha knew the project was going to be unlike anything else out there--that is, if it even got picked up. Then, one million people watched the premiere. The show, which came to be called The L Word, turned into a trailblazing phenomenon. Its influence on pop culture, in the political arena, and in the lives of viewers has been lasting, impactful, even life-saving. And in addition to changing the course of television history, The L Word changed Kate and Leisha's lives forever. Suddenly, they were the faces of lesbian culture in a society still hostile to queerness. And one of them wasn't even out yet. Luckily, they had each other. From their first day on set, Kate and Leisha were so inseparable that the cast joked they were like a pair of pants--you couldn't have one leg without the other. Hence the name for their branded partnership and podcast, PANTS, launched in 2020 and downloaded over twenty million times. This friendship has seen Kate and Leisha through their greatest triumphs and most painful moments, stumbling from closeted queer kids to LGBTQ+ activists, actors, podcasters, and business owners. Full of never-before-shared glimpses into the making of The L Word, Kate and Leisha's real-life loves and losses, and their experiences as queer icons, So Gay for You is a heartfelt, inspiring love letter to a ride or die friendship over the decades, and a testament to the liberating power of chosen family.
Date Published:2025

Prologue: Love at first sight -- Learning the ropes -- Like fish out of water -- Lights, camera, action -- Lightning in a bottle -- Land of milk and honeys -- Labor of lust -- Loved and lost -- Let's call the whole thing off -- Lost and found -- Long live the Buzzsox -- Losing the plot -- Liberty and justice for all -- Epilogue: Like a pair of pants. An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word--including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their personal lives. "Are you comfortable with nudity?" my manager asked. In the early 2000s, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey--both young artists trying to figure it all out--met at auditions for an unknown little TV show. Given that it was a show about lesbians living in Los Angeles, with the first ever ensemble cast of openly queer female characters, Kate and Leisha knew the project was going to be unlike anything else out there--that is, if it even got picked up. Then, one million people watched the premiere. The show, which came to be called The L Word, turned into a trailblazing phenomenon. Its influence on pop culture, in the political arena, and in the lives of viewers has been lasting, impactful, even life-saving. And in addition to changing the course of television history, The L Word changed Kate and Leisha's lives forever. Suddenly, they were the faces of lesbian culture in a society still hostile to queerness. And one of them wasn't even out yet. Luckily, they had each other. From their first day on set, Kate and Leisha were so inseparable that the cast joked they were like a pair of pants--you couldn't have one leg without the other. Hence the name for their branded partnership and podcast, PANTS, launched in 2020 and downloaded over twenty million times. This friendship has seen Kate and Leisha through their greatest triumphs and most painful moments, stumbling from closeted queer kids to LGBTQ+ activists, actors, podcasters, and business owners. Full of never-before-shared glimpses into the making of The L Word, Kate and Leisha's real-life loves and losses, and their experiences as queer icons, So Gay for You is a heartfelt, inspiring love letter to a ride or die friendship over the decades, and a testament to the liberating power of chosen family.

Date Published:2025

When Brooklyn was queer [talking book CD]

Ryan, Hugh, 1978-,


"The groundbreaking, never-before-told story of Brooklyn's vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day. When Brooklyn Was Queer is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn, from the early days of Walt Whitman in the 1850s up through the women who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and beyond. No other book, movie, or exhibition has ever told this sweeping story. Not only has Brooklyn always lived in the shadow of queer Manhattan neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and Harlem, but there has also been a systematic errasure of its queer hsitory--a great forgetting. Ryan is here to unearth that history for the first time, and show how the formation of Brooklyn is inextricably linked to the stories of the incredible people who created the Brooklyn we know today. Folks like Ella Wesner and Florence Hines, the most famous drag kings of the late-1800s; E. Trondle, a transgender man whose arrest in Brooklyn captured headlines for weeks in 1913; Hamilton Easter Field, whose art commune in Brooklyn Heights nurtured Hart Crane and John Dos Passos; Mabel Hampton, a black lesbian who worked as a dancer at Coney Island in the 1920s; Gustave Beekman, the Brooklyn brothel owner at the center of a WWII gay Nazi spy scandal; and Josiah Marvel, a curator at the Brooklyn Museum who helped create a first-of-its-kind treatment program for gay men arrested for public sex in the 1950s. Through their stories, WBWQ brings Brooklyn's queer past to life"--
Date Published:2019

"The groundbreaking, never-before-told story of Brooklyn's vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day. When Brooklyn Was Queer is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn, from the early days of Walt Whitman in the 1850s up through the women who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and beyond. No other book, movie, or exhibition has ever told this sweeping story. Not only has Brooklyn always lived in the shadow of queer Manhattan neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and Harlem, but there has also been a systematic errasure of its queer hsitory--a great forgetting. Ryan is here to unearth that history for the first time, and show how the formation of Brooklyn is inextricably linked to the stories of the incredible people who created the Brooklyn we know today. Folks like Ella Wesner and Florence Hines, the most famous drag kings of the late-1800s; E. Trondle, a transgender man whose arrest in Brooklyn captured headlines for weeks in 1913; Hamilton Easter Field, whose art commune in Brooklyn Heights nurtured Hart Crane and John Dos Passos; Mabel Hampton, a black lesbian who worked as a dancer at Coney Island in the 1920s; Gustave Beekman, the Brooklyn brothel owner at the center of a WWII gay Nazi spy scandal; and Josiah Marvel, a curator at the Brooklyn Museum who helped create a first-of-its-kind treatment program for gay men arrested for public sex in the 1950s. Through their stories, WBWQ brings Brooklyn's queer past to life"--

Date Published:2019

The winter knight

Battis, Jes, 1979-


"A queer, modern Arthurian tale set in contemporary Vancouver. An autistic college student who is the latest reincarnation of Sir Gawain is drawn deeper and deeper into the family secrets and round table feuds he's spent his life trying to avoid while a Valkyrie tries to figure out who is murdering knights before the body count climbs"--
Date Published:2023