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2023 LGBTQ+ Reading Challenge - hosted by longstorieshort

A book about LGBTQ+ history.
Can be fiction or nonfiction!
All books added
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America by Nathaniel Frank

Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America

Nathaniel Frank

368 pages • digital • 2009

nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003 by William N. Eskridge Jr.

Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003

William N. Eskridge Jr.

528 pages • 2008

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino

Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial

Kenji Yoshino

336 pages • 2015

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ reflective medium-paced
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France

How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS

David France

624 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction health history lgbtqia+ emotional informative slow-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

421 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

C. Riley Snorton

256 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government

David K. Johnson

277 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement by Cleve Jones

When We Rise: My Life in the Movement

Cleve Jones

304 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper, Jim Obergefell

Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality

Debbie Cenziper, Jim Obergefell

304 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics informative slow-paced
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

Randy Shilts

656 pages • paperback • 1987

nonfiction health lgbtqia+ politics emotional informative sad slow-paced