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• So Many Stars

  An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-spirit People of Color

  De Robertis, Caro,

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  'So Many Stars' knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color as they share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space for themselves and their communities in the world. "

• A Black Queer History of the United States

  Snorton, C. Riley,

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  Explore the overlooked history of the Black queer community through cultural moments and famous figures that have influenced the fight for Black and queer rights and the ways in which "blackness, queerness, and transness indelibly shape America's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let the Record Show

  a Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

  Schulman, Sarah, 1958-

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  "Based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today's activists, Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration--and long-overdue reassessment--of the coalition's inner workings, conflicts, achievements,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nothing Ever Just Disappears

  Seven Hidden Queer Histories

  Hester, Diarmuid, 1982-

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  A thought-provoking and eye-opening investigation of the intersection between environment, creativity, and identity. This radical new history of seven queer lives, including Josephine Baker in Paris and E.M. Forster in Cambridge.

• The Famous Lady Lovers

  Black Women and Queer Desire Before Stonewall

  Woolner, Cookie,

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  "Decades prior to the Stonewall Uprising, in the 1920s and 1930s, Black 'lady lovers'-as women who loved women were then called-crafted a queer world. In the cabarets, rent parties, speakeasies, literary salons, and universities of the Jazz Age and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Is Queer Food?

  How We Served a Revolution

  Birdsall, John, 1959-

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  "Piecing together a dazzling mosaic of queer lives, spaces, and meals, beloved food writer John Birdsall unfolds the complex story of how, through times of fear and persecution, queer people used food to express joy and build community--and ended up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line

  Lovatt, Elizabeth,

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  A warm and humorous blend of history, cultural criticism, and memoir in celebration of everyday queer women, called and volunteered for the lesbian helpline that existed in North London in the 1990s.

• The Stonewall Reader

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  Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of first accounts, diaries, periodic literature, and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before Gender

  Lost Stories From Trans History, 1850-1950

  Erlick, Eli,

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  "An expansive exploration of the exciting lives of 30 trans people from 1850-1950 that radically changes everything you've been told about transgender history"

• Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects

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  "Spanning over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artifacts that highlight the under-recognized histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities."

• Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000

  Walters, Barry

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  The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life.

• The Secret Public

  How Music Moved Queer Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream

  Savage, Jon,

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  "A monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979"

• Sick and Dirty

  Hollywood's Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

  Koresky, Michael, 1979-

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  "A blazingly original history celebrating the persistence of queerness onscreen, behind the camera, and between the lines during the dark days of the Hollywood Production Code."

• Before We Were Trans

  a New History of Gender

  Heyam, Kit, 1990-

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  "An exploration about the history of transgender and gender nonconforming people, with a focus on those who identified in other than a straightforward binary fashion"

• Morally Straight

  How the Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusion Changed the Boy Scouts--and America

  De Socio, Mike,

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  The history of the decades-long battle to lift the Boy Scouts' ban on openly gay members.

• The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick

  Sex and the Supreme Court in the Age of AIDS

  Padgett, Marty, 1969-

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  A captivating account of one man's awakening to injustice that went to the Supreme Court and beyond one man's story into history.

• The Deviant's War

  the Homosexual Vs. the United States of America

  Cervini, Eric, 1992-

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  LGBTQ+ history told through one man's history during the "postwar, pre-Stonewall" years, fighting discrimination through activism.

• Dining Out

  First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants

  Piepenburg, Erik,

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  "Dining Out explores how gay people came of age, came out, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets, but in restaurants, from cruisy urban cafeterias of the 1920s to mom-and-pop diners that fed the Stonewall generation to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ballroom

  a History, a Movement, a Celebration

  Roberson, Michael,

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  "A gorgeous, authoritative, and image-filled celebration of pageantry and community created by ballroom culture for Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ people."

• P.S. Burn This Letter Please

  the Fabulous and Fraught Birth of Modern Drag, in the Queens' Own Words

  Olsen, Craig,

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  This charming history of modern drag, combines the "poignancy of a coming-of-age narrative, the mordant humor of a gossip column, and the rigor of an archival investigation. It's an essential window into a long-hidden history".