LGBTQ+

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CeCé Telfer summarizes her struggles in her eight-page prologue as the first transgender woman “to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Championships in the 400-meter hu

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Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America’s Greatest Female Impersonator depicts vividly, and in great detail, the extraordinary career of Julian Eltinge (1881–1941), born William Da

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This charmingly produced little book is a new volume in the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series put out by Princeton University Press that aims to show how our contemporary preoccupat

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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity is a collection of essays by Julia Serano originally released in 2007.

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"‘Some girls fancy sailors, others fancy soldiers. But you, my dear, are a fag hag!’"

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Leading Lady is a breezy chronicle of Busch’s life and career, interspersed with anecdotes about his encounters with divas of the stage and screen.”

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The author, herself bisexual, undertook the book “to bring the colourful world of bi-sexual scholarship out of the shadows” and to show that bisexuality “is a normal part of sexuality,” an ambition

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“Orit Avishai has infused great passion and time into her research and writing, which shows the reader that a person can be openly LGBTQIA+ and a practicing Jew who can live a joyous, fulfi

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“Despite his many travails and struggles, professional and personal—in relation to sexuality, class, ethnicity, and now ageism—Duberman acknowledges also his many successes in public as in

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“The book seems hurried as if the author was rushing to be the first to publish a book about Walker.”

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“filled with passion for his subject, fascinating if sometimes eccentric insights, and delicious backstage gossip.”

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Feminism by Bernadine Evaristo is one of a series of books commissioned by Tate Publishing and Tate Britain ahead of the rehang of Tate Britain’s collection in 2023.

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Gender by Travis Alabanza is one of a series of books commissioned by Tate Publishing and Tate Britain ahead of the rehang of Tate Britain’s collection in 2023.

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The canon of queer cinema has exploded over the past half-century. There are excellent films from all countries that allow such films to be made.

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Fieldwork: A Forager’s Memoir rambles over rough terrain of food and family.

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Bagby’s immaculate research, coupled with her keen sense for real-life character development and dramatic arcs, makes for a fascinating and surprisingly quick read on a fo

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“Filled with stories and gossip, the book will have strong appeal for aspiring writers and readers interested in LGBTQ life in the 1940s.”

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A Pros and Cons List for Strong Emotions is a memoir full of love, humor, and pain.

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“food for thought as to how much things have changed, and how much they have stayed the same, or in some cases appear to be returning.”

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My Pinup may be brief, but it is amazingly rich, more a prose poem than a conventional essay. . . . My Pinup is a gem.”

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One reads Miguel Missé’s The Myth of the Wrong Body with growing excitement and thumping of the air not just because of one’s sympathy with its content, but also because of his sociologica

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Aware of the controversy and skepticism surrounding bisexuality, the author Julia Shaw, herself bisexual, sets out to trace the lineage of this condition that she insists is not “mysterious, threat

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Heyam has gone a long way to realizing their ambition to ‘open up space for so many more new ways to relate to gender . . .

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Fifty-seven-year-old Diana Goetsch, formerly Doug Goetsch, made the decision at 50 to surrender to the transition process and become a full-blooded transgender woman after decades of heartache. 

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