Is it a Choice? – 3rd Edition: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Gay & Lesbian People
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Many titles are available through libraries/interlibrary loans either as physical books or audiobooks, so we encourage you to check with your local library. Some books (such as literature from PFLAG) may only appear as a link in the written book list. This is not a complete list of all LGBTQIA+ books by any means, as new books are being published all the time and older books may become less relevant. Some books might only be available as physical copies while some might have ebook or audiobook options (we have no control over what books are published as audio).
Time Out - Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Caryln Greenwald
Coming Out Stories: Personal Experiences of Coming Out from Across the LGBTQ+ Spectrum - Emma Goswell, Sam Walker
LGBT Revolution: Coming Out - Ron MC Fondor
Dear Parents, I'm Not Straight - Ash Appleblue
Coming Out, Again: Transition Stories - Sabrina Symington
Coming Out: Insights and Tips for Teenagers - Kezia Endsley
This Book Is Gay - Juno Dawson
Boys Like Us - Patrick Merla
Is It a Choice? 3rd Edition - Eric Marcus
Fashionably Late: Gay, Bi and Trans Men Who Came Out Later in Life - Vinnie Kinsella
My Handful of Stars: Coming Out at Age 90 - Kenneth Felts
For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home -Keith Boykin
A Family by Any Other Name: Exploring Queer Relationships - Bruce Gillespie
Male Couple's Guide - Eric Marcus
Gay Men's Introduction to Love and Relationships - Richard L. Travis
Love Between Men - Rik Isensee
Loving Someone Gay - Don Clark
Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships - Juno Roche
Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life - Lois Shearing
Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution - Shiri Eisner
Bisexuality: The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority - Beth A. Firestein
Everything You Need to Know about Bisexuality - Greg Baldino
Bi Lives: Bisexual Women Tell their Stories - Kata Orndorff
Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain - Kate Harrad
The Bisexual Option: Second Edition - Fritz Klein
Best Bi Short Stories: Bisexual Fiction - Sheela Lambert
Bi: Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth - Ritch C. Savin-Williams
Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist - Terry Catasus Jennings, Rosita Stevens-Holsey
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th Century America - Lillian Faderman
Ask a Queer Chick: A Guide to Sex, Love and Life for Girls Who Dig Girls - Lindsay King-Miller
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For - Alison Bechdel
Dispatches from Lesbian America - Cheela Romaine Smith, Giovanna Capone, Xequina Maria Berber
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought - Briona Simone Jones
To Believe in Women - Lillian Faderman
Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression - Iris Gottlieb
Coming out, Again: Transition Stories - Sabrina Symington
Beyond the Gender Binary - Alok Vaid-Menon
The Gender Book - Mel Reiff Hill, Jay Mays (booklette version online free at thegenderbook.com.)
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out - Susan Kuklin
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation - Kate Bornstein
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Marsha P. Johnson - Leslie Feinberg
Transgender Rights and Protections - Rebecca Klein
Coming out as Transgender - Corona Brezina
Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for parents - Irwin Krieger
Health Issues When You’re Transgender - Susan Meyer
My New Gender Workbook - Kate Bornstein
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue - Leslie Feinberg
Transgender 101: A Guide to Coping with Gender Dysphoria - Adrienne J
Some Assembly Required - Arin Andrews
Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to Complex Issue - Nicholas Teich
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities - Laura Erickson-Schroth
Identifying as Transgender - Sara Woods
Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities - Jackson Wright Shultz
Spectrum: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words - Maxfield Sparrow
Bi: Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth - Ritch C. Savin-Williams
Trans Love: An anthology of Transgender and Non-Binary Voices - Freiya Benson
Sovereign Erotics: A collective of Two-Spirit Literature - Deborah Miranda, Daniel Heath Justice, Qwo-Li Driskill
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought - Briona Simone Jones
Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood Among Black Women - Mignon Moore
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder - Ma-Nee Chacaby
The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore - Devdutt Pattanaik
Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism - Uriel Quesada, Letitia Gomez, Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2. - Nia King
Gay Latino Studies - Michael Hames-Garcia, Ernesto Javier Martinez
Cuentamelo! - Testimonies of LGBT Latino Immigrants - Juliana Delgado Lopera
Inscrutable Belongings: Queer Asian North American Fiction - Stephen Hong Sohn
Black. Queer. Southern.Women.: An Oral History - E. Patrick Johnson
For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home -Keith Boykin
Queer Love in Color - Jamal Jordan
Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens - Leigh Finke
Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World - Tomas Prower
Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith - Afdhere Jama
Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims - Scott Siraj Al-Haqq Kugle
Queer Christianities: Lived Religion in Transgressive Forms - Michael F. Pettinger, Kathleen T. Talvacchia, Mark Larrimore
The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart - Peter J. Gomes
I'm Muslim and My Gender Doesn't fit Me (Free version online at click here.)
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir - Samra Habib
Homosexuality in Islam - Scott Siraj Al-Haqq Kugle
Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America -Katrina Daly Thompson
The Gospel of Inclusion, Revised Edition: A Christian Case for LGBT+ Inclusion in the Church -Brandan j. Robertson
Dear Parents, I'm not Straight - Ash Appleblue
Beyond the Gender Binary - Alok Vaid-Menon
The Gender Identity Guide for Parents - Tavi Hawn
Our Families Q and A’s for Parents of LGBT Youth and Adults (from PFLAG)
Straight Parents, Gay Children - Robert A. Bernstein
Helping Your Transgender Teen - Irwin Krieger
Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your LGBTQ Son or Daughter - Kevin Jennings
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son - Lori Duron
Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood Among Black Women - Mignon Moore
The ABC's of LGBT+ - Ashley Mardell
This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids - Dannielle Owens-Reid
It's OK to Say "They" - Christy Whittlesey
Queer Adolescence: Understanding the Lives of LGBTQIA Youth - Charlie McNabb
Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children - Diane Ehrensaft
Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child - Telaina Erikse
My Rainbow - DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal, Art Twink
Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Teens - Stephanie A. Brill
The Right to Be Out - Stuart Biegel
Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships - Juno Roche
Girl Sex 101 - Allison Moon
Sexual Intimacy for Women: A Guide for Same Sex Couples - Glenda Corwin
The Joy of Gay Sex - Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano
Time Out - Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Caryln Greenwald
Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens - Leigh Finke
Beyond the Gender Binary - Alok Vaid-Menon
Queer, the Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens - Kathy Belge, Marke Bieschke
This Book Is Gay - Juno Dawson
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out - Susan Kuklin
The ABC's of LGBTQ - Ashley Mardell
GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for LGBTQ Teens - Kelly Huegel
Gender Outlaws - Kate Bornstein
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World - Sarah Prager
It Gets Better - Terry Miller, Dan Savage
Coming Out as Transgender - Corona Brezina
Health Issues When You're Transgender - Susan Meyer
Some Assembly Required - Arin Andrews
Transgender Rights and Protections - Rebecca Klein
Identifying as Transgender - Sara Woods
Gay-Straight Alliances: Networking with Other teens and allies - Kristina Lyn Heitkamp
Growing Up Gay/Lesbian - Bennett L. Singer
Everything You Need to Know about Bisexuality - Greg Baldino
Coming Out: Insights and Tips for Teenagers - Kezia Endsley
Read This, Save Lives: A Teacher's Guide to Creating Safer Classrooms for LGBTQ+ Students - Sameer Jha
Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights - Jamie Lawson
Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression - Iris Gottlieb
Beyond the Gender Binary - Alok Vaid-Menon
Understanding & Teaching US Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History - Leila J. Rupp
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World - Sarah Prager
Gay-Straight Alliances - Ian K. Macgillivray
It Gets Better - Terry Miller, Dan Savage
How to They/Them - Stuart Getty
The ABC's of LGBTQ+ - Ashley Mardell
Gay & Lesbian History for Kids - Jerome Pohlen
The Right to Be Out - Stuart Biegel
Safe Zones - Kerry John Poynter
Queer Adolescence: Understanding the Lives of LGBTQIA Youth - Charlie McNabb
Gay-Straight Alliance - Kristina Lyn Keitkamp
Safe Spaces - Annemarie Vaccaro, Gerri August, Megan S. Kennedy
The Stonewall Riots - Gayle E. Pitman
Rainbow Revolutionaries - Sarah Prager
It’s OK to Say They: Tips for Educator Allies of Transgender and Nonbinary Students - Christy Whittlesey, Mordecai Vezina
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth
Guapa - Saleem Haddad
Bright Lines - Tanwi Nandini Islam
The Cosmopolitans - Sarah Schulman
Naked - David Sedaris
Less - Andrew Sean Greer
A Separate Place - John Knowles
Dancer from the Dance - Andrew Holleran
A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood
Other Voices, Other Rooms - Truman Capote
A Home at the End of the World - Michael Cunningham
City of Night - John Rechy
Bastard Out of Carolina - Dorothy Allison
Queer - William S. Burroughs
The Best Little Boy in the World - Andrew Tobias
Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
Call Me by Your Name - Andre Aciman
Christodora - Tim Murphy
Topic of Cancer - Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn - Henry Miller
Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin
Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown
Carol - Patricia Highsmith
Swimming Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst
All the Things We Don't Talk About - Amy Feltman
Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo
Be Gay, Do Comics - Matt Lubchansky, Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk
Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens - Leigh Finke
The Times I Knew I Was Gay - Eleanor Crewes
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli
Leah on the Off Beat - Becky Albertalli
Little & Lion - Brandy Colbert
Pet - Akwaeke Emezi
Girl Mans Up - M-E Girard
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz
If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russo
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee
Picture Us in the Light - Kelly Loy Gilbert
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages - Saundra Mitchell
Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth
The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to Their Younger Selves - Sarah Moon
Cut Both Ways - Carrie Mesrobian
I Wish You All the Best - Mason Deaver
Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender
Release - Patrick Ness
The Music of What Happens - Bill Konigsberg
What If It's Us - Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity - Theresa Thorn, Noah Grigni
My Rainbow - DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal, Art Twink
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress - Christine Baldacchino
Julian Is a Mermaid - Jessa Love
Auntie Uncle: Drag Queen Hero - Ellie Royce
Tabitha and Magoo Dress Up Too - Michelle Tea
I Am Jazz - Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings
Love Makes a Family - Sophie Beer
My Two Dads and Me - Michael Joosten, Izak Zenou
My Two Moms and Me - Michael Joosten, Izak Zenou
Heather has Two Mommies - Leslea Newman, Laura Cornell
I’m Not a Girl: A Transgender Story - Maddox Lyons, Jessica Verdi, Dana Simpson
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex - Angela Chen
A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality - Molly Muldoon
The Love and Sex Life of an Aromantic Asexual - Laurel Federbush
Asexual Perspectives: 47 Asexual Stories - Sandra Bellamy
How to be ACE: A memoir of Growing up Asexual - Rebecca Burgess
Asexual Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Hopkinson, Anna Hopkinson
I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life - Cody Daigle-Orians
Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights - Jamie Lawson
Modern Herstory - Blair Imani
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets - Gayle E. Pitman
Rainbow Revolutionaries - Sarah Prager
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights - Ann Bausum
To Believe in Woman: What Lesbians Have Done for America - A History - Lillian Faderman
Gay & Lesbian History for Kids - Jerome Pohlen
Queer: A Graphic History - Meg-John Barker
The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook - Ashley Molesso, Chessie Needham
When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History - Hugh Ryan
Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance. - Syan Rose
Living Queer History: Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City - Gregory Samantha Rosenthal
Black.Queer.Southern.Women.: An Oral History - E. Patrick Johnson
The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice – Ross Murray
Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America -Jorjet Harper and Chuck Colbert
