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Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America by Sarah Schulman

Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America
Sarah Schulman

176 pages • paperback • 1998 (editions)

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Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America

Sarah Schulman

176 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993
Sarah Schulman

736 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993

Sarah Schulman

736 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Tristan Jimerson, Archie Bongiovanni

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
Quick & Easy Guides

Tristan Jimerson, Archie Bongiovanni

64 pages • paperback • 2018 (editions)

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A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns

Quick & Easy Guides

Tristan Jimerson, Archie Bongiovanni

64 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Audre Lorde with Mahogany L. Browne (Contributor)

183 pages • hardcover • 1984 (editions)

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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde with Mahogany L. Browne (Contributor)

183 pages • hardcover • 1984

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How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives
Saeed Jones

192 pages • hardcover • 2019 (editions)

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How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

192 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt by Rob Sanders

Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Rob Sanders with Jamey Christoph (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

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Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Rob Sanders with Jamey Christoph (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2021

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Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
Rob Sanders with Steven Salerno (Illustrator)

48 pages • hardcover • 2018 (editions)

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Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

Rob Sanders with Steven Salerno (Illustrator)

48 pages • hardcover • 2018

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Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk, Eleri Harris

Be Gay, Do Comics
Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk, Eleri Harris with Ria Martinez (Illustrator), Breena Nunez (Illustrator), Archie Bongiovanni (Illustrator), Bianca Xunise (Illustrator), Sam Wallman (Illustrator), Benjamin A. Wilgus (Illustrator), Josh Trujillo (Illustrator), Binglin Hu (Illustrator), Elísabet Rún (Illustrator), Robyn Jordan (Illustrator), Mariah-Rose Marie (Illustrator), Matt Lubchansky (Illustrator), Maia Kobabe (Illustrator), Mady G. (Illustrator), Joey Allison Sayers (Illustrator), Nero O'Reilly (Illustrator), Hazel Newlevant (Illustrator), Dylan Edwards (Illustrator), Alex Graudins (Illustrator), Kazimir Lee (Illustrator), Levi Hastings (Illustrator), Taneka Stotts (Illustrator), Sasha Velour (Illustrator), Sfé R. Monster (Illustrator), JB Brager (Illustrator), Trinidad Escobar (Illustrator), Sage Coffey (Illustrator), Melanie Gillman (Illustrator), Julia Bernhard (Illustrator), Delta Vasquez (Illustrator), Dorian Alexander (Illustrator), Kendra Wells (Illustrator), Rosa Colón Guerra (Illustrator), Shelby Criswell (Illustrator), Alexis Sudgen (Illustrator), Jason Michaels (Contributor), Scout Tran (Illustrator), Max Dlabick (Illustrator), Shing Yin Khor (Illustrator)

256 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

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Be Gay, Do Comics

Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk, Eleri Harris with Ria Martinez (Illustrator), Breena Nunez (Illustrator), Archie Bongiovanni (Illustrator), Bianca Xunise (Illustrator), Sam Wallman (Illustrator), Benjamin A. Wilgus (Illustrator), Josh Trujillo (Illustrator), Binglin Hu (Illustrator), Elísabet Rún (Illustrator), Robyn Jordan (Illustrator), Mariah-Rose Marie (Illustrator), Matt Lubchansky (Illustrator), Maia Kobabe (Illustrator), Mady G. (Illustrator), Joey Allison Sayers (Illustrator), Nero O'Reilly (Illustrator), Hazel Newlevant (Illustrator), Dylan Edwards (Illustrator), Alex Graudins (Illustrator), Kazimir Lee (Illustrator), Levi Hastings (Illustrator), Taneka Stotts (Illustrator), Sasha Velour (Illustrator), Sfé R. Monster (Illustrator), JB Brager (Illustrator), Trinidad Escobar (Illustrator), Sage Coffey (Illustrator), Melanie Gillman (Illustrator), Julia Bernhard (Illustrator), Delta Vasquez (Illustrator), Dorian Alexander (Illustrator), Kendra Wells (Illustrator), Rosa Colón Guerra (Illustrator), Shelby Criswell (Illustrator), Alexis Sudgen (Illustrator), Jason Michaels (Contributor), Scout Tran (Illustrator), Max Dlabick (Illustrator), Shing Yin Khor (Illustrator)

256 pages • paperback • 2020

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Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History by Kadji Amin

Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History
Kadji Amin

272 pages • 2017 (editions)

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Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History

Kadji Amin

272 pages • 2017

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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 (editions)

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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

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