Search Guides
Stonewall Book Award (Library Materials)
Summary of all Stonewall Book Award Winners with links to library books in the catalog
About the Stonewall Award
"The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table). Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.
The Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award and the Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award are presented to English language works published the year prior to the announcement date. The award is announced in January/February and presented to the winning authors or editors at the American Library Association Annual Conference in June or July. The award winners each receive a commemorative plaque and $1,000."
Interlibrary Loan
All books that the library owns are linked to the book's catalog entry. For those that are not linked, you will need to submit an interlibrary loan request.
Stonewall Book Author Award Winner (2019-2003)
-
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Call Number: PZ7.1.C317 Hu 2018
ISBN: 9781338129304
"Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother." -
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Call Number: PZ7.1.L68 Ju 2018
ISBN: 9780763690458
"While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, -
Go the Way Your Blood Beats by Michael Amherst
ISBN: 1910924717
"Using bisexuality as a frame, Go the Way Your Blood Beats questions the division of sexuality into straight and gay, in a timely exploration of the complex histories and psychologies of human desire." - Amazon -
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
ISBN: 0735223521
"Spanning three decades and two continents, The Great Believers is the story of a group of friends and their stirring emotional journey through the 1980s AIDS crisis in Chicago and its effects on the contemporary lives of survivors." - Penguin Random House
-
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
ISBN: 0316349003
"A stunning novel on love, identity, loss, and redemption. When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she's isn't sure if she'll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family are (as well as her crush, Emil). And her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support. But as she settles into her old life,
-
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Call Number: HV6618 .S56 2017
ISBN: 9780374303235
"One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private -
Meanwhile, Elsewhere by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett (eds.)
ISBN: 1627290184
"Meanwhile, Elsewhere, a sci-fi and fantasy collection edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett, begins with a story about a trans woman who miraculously becomes pregnant after a womb transplant without having intercourse, thereby making her the new Virgin Mary in a postmodern (and so much cooler) biblical retelling." - Plenitude Magazine
-
Queer Threads by John Chaich and Todd Oldham
ISBN: 1623261058
"Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community" spotlights an international, intergenerational, intersectional mix of thirty artists who are remixing fiber craft traditions, such as crochet, embroidery, quilting, and sewing, while reconsidering the binaries of art and craft, masculine and feminine, and gay and straight." - Amazon
-
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Call Number: PZ7.1.R874 If 2016
ISBN: 9781250078407
"Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like any other girl, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. There's a reason why she transferred schools for her senior year, and why she's determined not to get too close to anyone. And then she meets Grant Everett. Grant is unlike anyone she's ever met -- open, honest, kind -- and Amanda can't -
The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Call Number: PZ7.R4829 Ham 2016
ISBN: 9781423160922
"Magnus and friends help the god of thunder find his missing weapon before all Muspellheim breaks loose."
-
Desert Boys by Chris McCormick
ISBN: 1250075505
"A luminous debut, Desert Boys by Chris McCormick traces the development of towns into cities, of boys into men, and the haunting effects produced when the two transformations overlap. Both a bildungsroman and a portrait of a changing place, the book mines the terrain between the desire to escape and the hunger to belong." - Amazon
-
How to Survive a Plague by David France
Call Number: RA643.84.N7 F73 2016
ISBN: 9780307700636
"From the creator of and inspired by the seminal documentary of the same name--an Oscar nominee--the definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, and the powerful, heroic stories of the gay activists who refused to die without a fight. Intimately reported, this is the story of the men and women who, watching their friends and lovers fall, ignored by public officials,
-
The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg
Call Number: PZ7.K83518 Po 2015
ISBN: 9780545648936
"Seventeen-year-old New Yorker Carson Smith is resigned to spending his summer in Billings, Montana, helping his mom take care of his father, a dying alcoholic he doesn't really know. Then he meets Aisha Stinson, a beautiful girl who has run away from her difficult family, and Pastor John Logan, who's long held a secret regarding Carson's grandfather, who disappeared without warning or -
George by Alex Gino
Call Number: PZ7.1.G566 Geo 2015
ISBN: 9780545812542
"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help -
The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis
ISBN: 1101872853
"Arriving in Buenos Aires in 1913, with only a suitcase and her father’s cherished violin to her name, seventeen-year-old Leda is shocked to find that the husband she has travelled across an ocean to reach is dead. Unable to return home, alone, and on the brink of destitution, she finds herself seduced by the tango, the dance that underscores every aspect of life in her new city. Knowing that she
-
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
ISBN: 9780385348829
"Speak Now tells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex marriage in our most populous state. A trial that interrogated the nature of marriage, the political status of gays and lesbians, the ideal circumstances for raising children, and the ability of direct democracy to protect fundamental rights. A trial that stands as the most potent
-
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman
Call Number: PZ8.3.P5586836 Th 2014
ISBN: 9781433816581
"A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The endmatter serves as a primer on LGBT history and culture and explains the references made in the story."
-
Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones
ISBN: 9781566893749
"Prelude to Bruise is a song from a tightrope, balancing ecstatic existence and the chaos that always threatens to engulf a life on the margins. How do we reckon our past without being ravaged by it? How do we use people, their bodies, to express ourselves? Danger is everywhere in these poems, but never overwhelms them; the poet is always an anchor on the other side. And his story carries us relentlessly along." - Goodreads -
Living Out Islam by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
Call Number: BP188.14.H65.K84 20
ISBN: 9780814744482
"An indispensible chapter." - Omid Safi, University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill "An excellent contribution to the emerging literature on LBGTQ Muslims.... I was riveted." - Aminia Wadud, Starr King School for the Ministry.
-
Fat Angie by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Call Number: PZ7.C381855 Fat 2013
ISBN: 9780763661199
"Fat Angie's sister was captured in Iraq, she's the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything?"
-
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Call Number: PZ7.C88149 Be 2012
ISBN: 9780738732510
""Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while trying to come out as transgendered. An audition for a station in Minneapolis looks like his ticket to a better life in the big city. But his entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out Gabe, -
Art on Fire by Hilary Sloin
ISBN: 1612940315
"Art on Fire is the pseudo-biography of Francesca’s short but colorful life, interspersed with essays on her paintings by critics, academics, and psychologists. These razor-sharp satires on art, lesbian life, and the academic world, puncture pretentiousness with every paragraph." - Bywater Books
-
American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men by David McConnell
ISBN: 1617751324
"In American Honor Killings, straight and gay guys cross paths, and the result is murder. But what really happened? What role did hatred play? What about bullying and abuse? What were the men involved really like, and what was going on between them when the murder occurred? American Honor Killings explores the truth behind squeamish reporting and uninformed political rants of the far right or fringe
-
Raising My Rainbow by Lori Duron
ISBN: 0770437729
"Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron’s frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son." - Amazon
-
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Call Number: PZ7.S1273 Ar 2012
ISBN: 9781442408920
"Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will -
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery
ISBN: 9781594486470
"A stunning story of love, sexual obsession, treachery, and tragedy, about an artist and her most famous muse in Paris between the World Wars." - Goodreads
-
For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough by Keith Boykin
ISBN: 1936833158
"The new book, For Colored Boys, addresses longstanding issues of sexual abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, racism, and homophobia in the African American and Latino communities, and more specifically among young gay men of color. The book tells stories of real people coming of age, coming out, dealing with religion and spirituality, seeking love and relationships, finding their own identity in or out of the
-
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright
ISBN: 1416940049
"In this spirited exploration of strength and personality, a fabulous NYC teen knows he’s destined for greatness—if only he can survive his first job." - Amazon
-
Sweet Like Sugar by Wayne Hoffman
ISBN: 075826562X
"With eloquence and wit, Wayne Hoffman explores the unlikely camaraderie between a young Jewish man and an Orthodox rabbi, in this rich, insightful novel about love, honesty, faith, and belonging." - Amazon
-
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
Call Number: HQ76.3.U5 B696 2011
ISBN: 9780807044391
"A Queer History of the United States is groundbreaking and accessible. It looks at how American culture has shaped the LGBT, or queer, experience, while simultaneously arguing that LGBT people not only shaped but were pivotal in creating our country. Using
-
Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture by Jonathan D. Katz and David C. Ward
ISBN: 1588342999
"An entirely new interpretation of modern American portraiture based on the history of sexual difference. Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, companion volume to an exhibition of the same name at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
-
Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
ISBN: 0385736657
"Logan Witherspoon recently discovered that his girlfriend of three years cheated on him. But things start to look up when a new student breezes through the halls of his small-town high school. Sage Hendricks befriends Logan at a time when he no longer trusts or believes -
More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson
ISBN: 0061732273
"The lives of four unlikely friends intersect on the backstreets of New Orleans. Living amid poverty and violence, these fragile heroes of the American underclass redefine our notions of family, redemption, and love." - Amazon -
Inseparable: Desire between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue
ISBN: 157344717X
"Emma Donoghue examines how desire between women in English literature has been portrayed, from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross-dressing knights to contemporary murder stories. She looks at the work of those writers who have
-
The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Call Number: PZ7.B915985 Vas 2009
ISBN: 9780803733404
"The summer after graduating from an Iowa high school, eighteen-year-old Dade Hamilton watches his parents' marriage disintegrate, ends his long-term, secret relationship, comes out of the closet, and savors first love." -
Stray Dog Winter by David Francis
ISBN: 1522689117
"Enthralling, atmospheric, and suspenseful, Stray Dog Winter is at once an unconventional Cold War thriller and an original, unforgettable love story set in 1980s Moscow." - Amazon -
Unfriendly Fire by Nathaniel Frank
Call Number: UB418.G38 F73 2009
ISBN: 9780312373481
"When the "don't ask, don't tell" policy emerged as a political compromise under Bill Clinton in 1993, it only ended up worsening the destructive gay ban that had been on the books since World War II. Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Nathaniel Frank exposes the military's policy toward guys and lesbians."
-
Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg
ISBN: 1569475369
"Twenty years have passed since Joseph left his family and his religious Israeli community when he fell in love with a man, the brilliant rabbi Yoel Rosenzweig. Now, for his fiftieth birthday, Joseph is preparing to have his five sons and the daughter-in-law he has never met spend the Sabbath with him in his Tel Aviv penthouse. This will be the first time he and his sons will have all been together in nearly two decades." - Amazon -
Dishonorable Passions by William N. Eskridge
ISBN: 9780670018628
"The nation's sexual revolution of the 1960s fueled a social movement of people seeking repeal of sodomy laws, but it was not until the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. ... Edgar Hoover), Dishonorable Passions reveals how American sodomy laws affected the lives of both homosexual and heterosexual Americans." - Amazon
-
The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
ISBN: 159448273X
"The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history—Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and -
Dog Years: A Memoir by Mark Doty
ISBN: 0061171018
"When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he brings home Beau, a large, malnourished golden retriever in need of loving care. Joining Arden, the black retriever, to complete their family, Beau bounds back into life. Before long, the two dogs become Doty's intimate companions, and eventually the very life force that keeps him from abandoning all hope during the
-
Grief: a Novel by Andrew Holleran
ISBN: 1401308945
"Reeling from the recent death of his invalid mother, a worn, jaded professor comes to our nation's capital to recuperate from his loss. What he finds there--in his repressed, lonely landlord, in the city's mood and architecture, and in the letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln--shows him new, poignant truths about America, yearning, loneliness, and mourning itself." - Amazon
-
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Call Number: PN6727.B3757 Z46 2007
ISBN: 9780618871711
"This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's a father-daughter tale perfectly suited to the graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent,
-
Babyji by Abha Dawesar
ISBN: 1400034566
"Sexy, surprising, and subversively wise, Babyji is the story of Anamika Sharma, a spirited student growing up in Delhi. At school she is an ace at quantum physics. At home she sneaks off to her parents’ scooter garage to read the Kamasutra. Before long she has seduced an elegant older divorcée and the family servant, and has caught the eye of a classmate coveted by all the boys." - Amazon
-
The Fabulous Sylvester by Joshua Gamson
ISBN: 0312425694
"Yale-trained sociologist Joshua Gamson uses Sylvester's life to lead us through the story of the 1970s, when a generation took off its shame. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle in this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture." - Amazon
-
The Master by Colm Tóibín
ISBN: 0743250419
"Beautiful and profoundly moving, The Master tells the story of Henry James, a man born into one of America’s first intellectual families who leaves his country in the late nineteenth century to live in Paris, Rome, Venice, and London among privileged artists and writers. With stunningly resonant prose, “The Master is unquestionably the work of a first-rate novelist: artful, moving, and very beautiful” (The -
Evolution's Rainbow by Joan Roughgarden
ISBN: 0520260120
"In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science—and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of
-
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
ISBN: 0618446885
"The Book of Salt serves up a wholly original take on Paris in the 1930s through the eyes of Binh, the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home, Binh observes their domestic entanglements while seeking his own place in the world. In a mesmerizing tale of yearning and betrayal,
-
Lost Prophet by John D'Emilio
Call Number: E185.97.R93 D46 2003
ISBN: 0684827808
"One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, the openly gay Rustin is not the household name that
-
Letters to Montgomery Clift by Noel Alumit
ISBN: 1931561028
"I started my life in America and my search for my parents, well only my mother now with Monty as my guide. The journey to find my mother would not be complete without him. And so begins Letters To Montgomery Clift, a first novel by Noel Alumit; a coming of age story of Bong Bong Luwad, a Filipino boy, who enlists the spirit of 1950s screen idol Montgomery Clift to help him find his mother who is
-
How Sex Changed by Joanne Meyerowitz
Call Number: HQ77.95.E85 M48 2002
ISBN: 0674009258
"How Sex Changed is a fascinating social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the United States. Joanne Meyerowitz tells a powerful human story about people who had a deep and unshakable desire to transform their bodily sex. In the last century when many challenged the social categories and hierarchies of race, class, and gender, transsexuals questioned biological sex itself, the category
Stonewall Book Author Award Winner (2002-1971)
-
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre Project
Call Number: PR6061.A83 L37 2001
ISBN: 0375727191
"The Tectonic Theater Project, led by their founder Moisés Kaufman, traveled to Laramie in the aftermath of the murder with the intent of creating a theatrical portrait of a town coming to grips with horrible, hate-fueled violence." - StageAgent
-
The Scarlet Professor by Barry Werth
Call Number: PE64.A78 W47 2001
ISBN: 0385494688
"In this provocative and unsettling look at the consequences of America's puritanical "need to punish," Barry Werth explores the tragic story of one of America's great literary minds whose life and career were shattered by the "Pink Scare." - Amazon
-
Affinity by Sarah Waters
ISBN: 1573228737
"In this novel, Margaret Prior begins visiting the female prisoners at Millbank prison in an attempt to help her overcome the depression that led to a suicide attempt the year before." - BookRags
-
Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet by William N. Eskridge
Call Number: KF4754.5 .E84 1999
ISBN: 0674341619
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual nonconformity in the United States." - Amazon
-
Po Man's Child: A Novel by Marci Blackman
Call Number: PS3552.L34257 P6 1999
ISBN: 0916397599
"A vivid assortment of characters inhabit Blackman's first novel, a haunting, dark and visceral story of family entanglements, failure and survival. When she was young, Po Childs numbed herself emotionally to such a degree that she could only feel when she sank the blade of a knife into her skin." - Publishers Weekly -
My Lesbian Husband: Landscape of a Marriage by Barrie Jean Borich
ISBN: 1555972926
"A recovered substance abuser who once spiraled perilously downward, devoid of any focus beyond hanging out, Borich is truly in recovery, a partner in a love that literally reconfigures her existence." - Amazon
-
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Call Number: PS3553.U484 H68 2002
ISBN: 9780312243029
"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 to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair." - Amazon -
Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America by Sarah Schulman
Call Number: ML410.L2857 S38 1998
ISBN: 0822321327
"In Stagestruck noted novelist and outspoken critic Sarah Schulman offers an account of her growing awareness of the startling similarities between her novel People in Trouble and the smash Broadway hit Rent. Written with a powerful and personal voice, Schulman’s book is part gossipy narrative, part behind-the-scenes glimpse into the New York theater culture, and part polemic on
-
Working Parts: A Novel by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
ISBN: 187806794X
"Working Parts examines the life of a smart, funny, accomplished woman who finally faces the hard truth that, at the age of 27, she cannot read. Lori Taylor makes a pact with her best friend, fellow bike mechanic Miguel, that she will learn to read if he, a virgin, learns to kiss. This book follows these best buddies, a lesbian and a straight man, as they confront then try to overcome their secret shames. -
The Shared Heart by Adam Mastoon
ISBN: 0688149316
"Adam Mastoon's beautifully reproduced photographs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual young people are a revelation: each subject, posed yet casual, looks directly into the camera and invites us into his or her life. But the book is more than a photo gallery, and the personal statements written by each young person brings a sense of what it means to be a gay youth today. In a world in which gay teens are
-
Hood by Emma Donoghue
ISBN: 9780062117106
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Room,Emma Donoghue, Hood is a graceful tale of a young woman who must come toterms with love and loss in the wake of her partner’s sudden passing. The NewYork Times Book Review calls Hood “utterly charming,” writing that,“Ms. Donoghue displays her confidence by avoiding the grandiose and the showy,and dipping into the ordinary with control -
Geography of the Heart: A Memoir by Fenton Johnson
Call Number: HQ75.8.R67 J65 1996
ISBN: 068481417X
"From the author of the award-winning novels Crossing The River and Scissors, Paper, Rock comes a powerful book about the transformative power of love. Fenton Johnson recounts the history of "how I feel in love how I came to be with someone else, how he came to death and how I helped." Johnson interweaves two stories: his own upbringing as the youngest of a Kentucky whiskey maker's
-
Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley
Call Number: PS3557.R4949 D74 1997
ISBN: 9780684829920
"A love affair between two boys in the rural South. Nathan, a high-school sophomore and the only child of an abusive father, becomes smitten with Roy, a senior who lives next door. Almost without realizing it (and with some reluctance on both sides), they begin an achingly tender romance. Ultimately, peer pressure leads to tragedy."
-
Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation by Urvashi Vaid
ISBN: 0385472994
"Since the decade to lift the ban on gays in the military, the emergence of gay conservatives, and the onslaught of antigay initiatives across America, the gay and lesbian community has been asking itself tough questions: Where should the movement go? What do we want? In Virtual Equality, veteran activist Urvashi Vaid tackles these questions with a unique combination of visionary politics and hard-
-
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence by Marion Dane Bauer
ISBN: 0064405877
"Original stories by C. S. Adler, Marion Dane Bauer, Francesca Lia Block, Bruce Coville, Nancy Garden, James Cross Giblin, Ellen Howard, M. E. Kerr, Jonathan London, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Lesléa Newman, Cristina Salat, William Sleator, Jacqueline Woodson, and Jane Yolen. Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young adults, and each honestly portrays its
-
Uncommon Heroes by Philip Sherman and Samuel Bernstein
ISBN: 9780964177901
"This photo-essay anthology includes over one hundred thirty profiles of noted gay and lesbian Americans. Many of the subjects are famous - extraordinary individuals such as Elton John, Martina Navratilova, Greg Louganis, and Melissa Etheridge - but the book also brings new faces into the limelight; community activists, writers, athletes,
-
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature by Dorothy Allison
Call Number: PS3551.L453 Z475 1994
ISBN: 1563410443
"In this compelling collection of essays and autobiographical narratives, the author probes her experience of being a lifelong feminist activist, a controversial sex radical, and an expatriate Southern writer with an attitude. Winner of the 1995 Lambda Literary Award (Lesbian Studies) and the 1995 American Library Association Gay/Lesbian Book Award." - BOOK JACKET.
-
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
ISBN: 1459608453
"Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? Thats the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, -
Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son by Phyllis Burke
ISBN: 0679421882
"A beautifully written memoir of the author's fight to legally co-parent her lesbian lover's child--an inspiring story of love, liberation, and family values. Set against the background of the San Francisco lesbian-gay civil rights struggle, Burke's uplifting portrait of her nontraditional family will deeply touch readers." - Goodreads
-
Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry by Essex Hemphill
Call Number: PS3558.E47925 C47 1992
ISBN: 0452268176
"Ceremonies offers provocative commentary on highly charged topics such as Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs of African-American men, feminism among men, and AIDS in the black community." - Goodreads -
Making History by Eric Marcus
ISBN: 0060167084
"Through his engaging oral histories, Eric Marcus traces the unfolding of LGBTQ civil rights effort from a group of small, independent underground organizations and publications into a national movement, covering the years from 1945 to 1990. Here are the stories of its remarkable pioneers: a diverse group of nearly fifty Americans, who hail from all corners of the nation." - HarperCollins Publishers
-
Halfway Home by Paul Monette
ISBN: 0380717972
"Weakened by AIDS, artist Tom Shaheen retreats to a remote California beach to come to terms with his illness and his life, until his estranged brother, Brian, comes back into his life, and, after years of resentment, they build a new relationship and become a family." - Goodreads
-
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman
Call Number: HQ75.6.U5 F33 1991
ISBN: 0231074883
"As Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this groundbreaking book, she reclaims the history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America, tracing the evolution of lesbian identity and subcultures from early networks to more recent diverse lifestyles. She draws from journals, unpublished manuscripts, songs, media
-
Crime against Nature by Minnie Bruce Pratt
ISBN: 1938334043
"In spare and forceful language Minnie Bruce Pratt tells a moving story of loss and recuperation, discovering linkages between her own disenfranchisement and the condition of other minorities. She makes it plain, in this masterful sequence of poems, that the real crime against nature is violence and oppression." - Academy of American Poets -
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality by Wayne Dynes (ed.)
Call Number: HQ76.25 .E53 1990
ISBN: 0824065441
"Discusses the social and legal history of homosexuality, as well as sex research, gender issues, homophobia, and discrimination." - WorldCat
-
Eighty-Sixed by David B. Feinberg
ISBN: 0802139027
"In 1980, B. J. Rosenthal's only mission is to find himself a boyfriend and avoid setbacks like bad haircuts, bad sex, and Jewish guilt. In post-AIDS 1986, B.J.'s world has changed dramatically -- his friends and lovers are getting sick, everyone is at risk, and B.J. is panicking. Parrying high-wire wit against unbearable human tragedy, Eighty-Sixed now stands as a testament to an era. "If Woody Allen -
In Search of Gay America by Neil Miller
ISBN: 0871133040
"Award-winning journalist Neil Miller traveled through small towns, rural regions, midsize cities, suburbs, and large urban centers in search of what it means to be gay in America in the late 1980s. He explores the enormous changes that are taking place in the lives of lesbians and gay men." - Goodreads
-
After Delores by Sarah Schulman
ISBN: 1551525151
"A new edition of Sarah Schulman's acclaimed 1988 novel, a noirish tale about a no-nonsense coffee-shop waitress in New York who is nursing a broken heart after her girlfriend Dolores leaves her; her attempts to find love again are funny, sexy, and ultimately even violent. After Delores is a fast-paced, electrifying chronicle of the Lower East Side's lesbian subculture in the 1980s." - Amazon -
The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
ISBN: 1491537639
"A literary sensation and bestseller in both England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of gay life before the scourge of AIDS; an elegy, possessed of chilling clarity, for ways of life that can no longer be lived with total impunity. “Impeccably composed and meticulously particular in its observation of everything” (Harpers & Queen), it focuses on the friendship of
-
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Call Number: RA644.A25 S48 1987
ISBN: 0312009941
"Upon it's first publication twenty years ago, And The Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting. An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or -
A Restricted Country by Joan Nestle
Call Number: HQ75.4.N47 A3 2003
ISBN: 9781573441520
"A proud working class woman, an "out" lesbian long before the Rainbow revolution, Joan Nestle has stood at the forefront of American freedom struggles from the McCarthy era to the present day. Available for the first time in years, this revised classic collection of personal essays offers an intimate account of the lesbian, feminist, and civil rights movements." - Amazon
-
The Spirit and the Flesh by Walter Williams
ISBN: 0807046159
"Author’s note: Shortly after the second revised edition this book was published in 1992, the term "Two-Spirit Person" became more popular among native people than the older anthropological term "berdache." When I learned of this new term, I began strongly supporting the use of this newer term. I believe that people should be able to call themselves whatever they wish, and scholars should respect and acknowledge their change of terminology. I went on record early on in convincing other anthropologists to shift away from
-
Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS by Cindy Patton
ISBN: 9780896082595
"The tragic appearance of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome has produced a unique constellation of political, social, and cultural conflicts. Sex and Germs examines our response to AIDS and argues for a more comprehensive understanding of sexuality and its control by way of a reintegration of the body into political discourse." - Black Rose Books
-
Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds by Judy Grahn
ISBN: 0807079111
"Examines the life styles of gay men and women and discusses the role of gay culture in mainstream society." - Amazon
-
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities by John D'Emilio
Call Number: HQ76.8.U5 D45 1998
ISBN: 0226142671
"With thorough documentation of the oppression of homosexuals and biographical sketches of the lesbian and gay heroes who helped the contemporary gay culture to emerge, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities supplies the definitive analysis of the homophile movement in the U.S. from 1940 to 1970. John D'Emilio's new preface and afterword examine the conditions that shaped the book and
-
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo
ISBN: 0060961325
"Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film." - Amazon -
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography by J.R. Roberts
ISBN: 0930044215
"African American Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Homosexuality, Women's Studies, Bibliogrpahy." - Amazon -
Surpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman
Call Number: HQ75.5 .F33 1981
ISBN: 0688003966
"Draws a variety of sources from the writings of Henry James to the Ladies Home Journal to explore 500 years of friendship and love between women and to cast light on shifting female sexuality theories." - Amazon
-
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality by John Boswell
Call Number: HQ76.3.E8 B67
ISBN: 9780226067117
"John Boswell's National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay members—among them priests, bishops, and even saints—when it was first published twenty-five years ago. The historical breadth of Boswell's research (from the
-
Now the Volcano: An Anthology of Latin American Gay Literature by Winston Leyland (ed.)
ISBN: 0917342666
"Winston Leyland (b.1940) wasa leading figure in American LGBT publishing and won the Stonewall Book Award in 1980. He established the Gay Sunshine Press in 1975, which was notable for its pioneering anthologies of gay writing from other cultures, and his Gay Sunshine Journal (1970-82) was particularly influential for its interviews with prominent gay writers of the era. The vast majority of
-
Now That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality by Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward
ISBN: 015667601X
"Enlightening and positive informative and compassionate, Now That You Know has become a standard reference for families with gay sons or daughters, Written by two mothers of gay children, the book discusses the nature of homosexuality and works toward helping both children and parents understand the experience of the other." - Goodreads
-
Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book by Ginny Vida (ed.)
ISBN: 0684806827
"The complete lesbian resource guide, Our Right to Love instantly became a classic when it was first published in 1978. Now fully revised and expanded for the 1990s, this new edition includes over 60 articles and interviews covering the many aspects of lesbian life: relationships, sexuality, health, activism, education and sports, religion and spirituality, the law and legal issues, multiethnic
-
Familiar Faces, Hidden Lives: The Story of Homosexual Men in America Today by Howard Brown
Call Number: HQ76.3.U5 B7
ISBN: 0151301492
"After serving as a senior health services official in New York City during the Lindsay administration, Brown publicly revealed his homosexuality--and served, until his death in 1975, as a spokesman for gay liberation. The familiar faces he writes of are those men he knew sexually and socially, professionally and politically. Brown's book also illustrates the complex problems of a homosexual's life
-
Homosexuality: Lesbians and Gay Men in Society, History, and Literature by Jonathan Ned Katz (ed.)
ISBN: 9780405073670
-
Sex Variant Women in Literature: A Historical and Quantitative Survey by Jeannette Howard Foster
Call Number: PN56.L45 F6 1985
ISBN: 0930044657
"Fascinating in its account of famous Lesbians throughout the years, analyzing the books they wrote, their efforts to achieve publication and their lives with other Lesbians. Ranging from the Biblical Ruth and Sappho through creative works in all languages of Western Europe (Italian, French, German, Spanish, English, and Portuguese), Jeanette Howard Foster analyzes poetry, drama and fiction for all
-
Lesbian/Woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
Call Number: HQ76.3.U5 M37
ISBN: 0912078200
"Lesbian/Woman, written by the founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, is a comprehensive account of the lesbian world by two of the GLBT community's legendary activists." - Goodreads -
The Gay Mystique: The Myth and Reality of Male Homosexuality by Peter Fisher
ISBN: 0812814312
"A homosexual discusses the problems of his way of life and explores the myths surrounding the gay movement." - Amazon
-
Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller
ISBN: 1511334401
"Patience and Sarah is a meticulously researched historical novel, originally self-published by the author in 1969. This classic of GLBT literature garnered so much attention that the American Library Association created its first Stonewall Award specifically for it in 1971. Grammy Award-winning narrator Janis Ian and Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Jean Smart each perform as one of the