As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

Someone who isn't straight
Read  an autobiography, memoir, or biography of someone who is gay, bisexual, asexual, lesbian, pansexual, or any sexuality that isn't straight.
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Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall

Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

Greg Marshall

9 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury by Matt Richards

Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury

Matt Richards

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Pageboy by Elliot Page

Pageboy

Elliot Page

8 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

7 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

Wow, No Thank You.

Samantha Irby

10 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny reflective medium-paced
How Y'All Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan

How Y'All Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

Leslie Jordan

4 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
A Burst of Light: And Other Essays by Audre Lorde

A Burst of Light: And Other Essays

Audre Lorde

144 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s by Tom Doyle

Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s

Tom Doyle

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative medium-paced
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Nagata Kabi

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ manga memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
David Hockney by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

David Hockney

Little People, Big Dreams

Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

32 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art biography childrens informative lighthearted medium-paced