The Duck Prints Press 2024 Queer Book Challenge! - hosted by unforth

read a non-fiction book about queer history
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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

640 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction health lgbtqia+ politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today by Kate Bornstein

A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today

Kate Bornstein

281 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Stonewall Reader by New York Public Library

The Stonewall Reader

New York Public Library

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring medium-paced
The Pronoun Lowdown: Demystifying and Celebrating Gender Diversity by Nevo Zisin

The Pronoun Lowdown: Demystifying and Celebrating Gender Diversity

Nevo Zisin

96 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ self help
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Angela Chen

209 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective medium-paced
A Short History of Queer Women by Kirsty Loehr

A Short History of Queer Women

Kirsty Loehr

4 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ funny informative fast-paced
Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History by Hannah McElhinney

Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History

Hannah McElhinney

216 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Emily Skidmore

True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Emily Skidmore

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman

Leslie Feinberg

240 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced