LGBTQIA+ Nonfiction
A variety of non-fiction reflecting lives and experiences across the broad spectrum of gender and sexual orientation, selected by librarians at The Seattle Public Library.
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In Transit
Accessibly mixing queer history and theory with personal narrative, Anderson provides keen insight into non-binary experience.
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Another Appalachia
Avanshia’s essays reflect on her experience as a queer desi Appalachian woman and offers an expansive view of a region often dominated by straight white male narratives.
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Between Certain Death and A Possible Future
Seattle author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore edits this collection of essays on the AIDS crisis by queer writers who came of age during the epidemic.
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Fine
Calling on dozens of interviews conducted over a decade, Ewing illustrates the broad diversity of gender identity and expression within the transgender community.
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Fat and Queer
An anthology of poets and writers exploring and celebrating the intersections of fat and queer identities.
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Body Work
Febos, a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist known for her candid and powerful autobiographical writing, details how to navigate the emotional, psychological, and physical work of intensely personal writing.
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Gender Euphoria
A collection of essays by trans, non-binary, agender, gender-fluid and intersex writers describing the joy that comes from embracing their identities.
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High-risk Homosexual
Gomez details his coming of age as a gay Latinx man in this funny, poignant, and fearless memoir.
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Brown Neon
Gutiérrez’s debut essay collection skillfully engages questions of art, borders, relationships, love, gender, and identity.
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Before We Were Trans
Trans historian and activist Heyam showcases an overlooked, inclusive history of trans experience from antiquity to the present.
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