LGBTQ+ Voices | Adult Non-Fiction available through York Public Library

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Sorted : growing up, coming The Stonewall reader : edited out, and finding my place : a by the New York Public Library memoir by Jason Baumann by Jackson Bird For the fiftieth anniversary of the "Internet creator and activist Jackson Bird Stonewall uprising, an anthology demystifies the transgender experience chronicling the tumultuous fight for by sharing his own story, while debunking LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the trans history milestones and educating activists who spearheaded it, with a readers with Transgender 101 facts" foreword by Edmund White. Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, This is a collection of first-hand accounts, diaries, periodic literature, One life and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that by Megan Rapinoe documented both the years leading up to and the years The Olympic gold medalist and two-time following the , considered the most Women’s World Cup champion describes significant event in the gay liberation movement. her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements and her public advocacy of civil rights and We are everywhere : protest, urgently needed social change. power, and pride in the history Illustrations. of Liberation by Matthew Riemer Here for it : or, how to save Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this your soul in America : essays essential and empowering introduction to by R. Eric Thomas the history of queer liberation traces A humorist and playwright provides a queer activism from its roots in late-19th-century Europe to heartfelt and humorous memoir-in-essays the gender warriors leading the charge today. about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope and every awkward, extraordinary stumble along the way.

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Untamed The pride guide : a guide to by Glennon Doyle sexual and social health for An activist, speaker and philanthropist LGBTQ youth offers a memoir wrapped in a wake-up by Jo Langford call that reveals how women can reclaim Focuses on the realities of being a sexual their true, untamed selves by breaking minority teen, providing guidance and free of the restrictive expectations and understanding for children, parents, and cultural conditioning that leaves them supporters feeling dissatisfied and lost.

Queer, there, and everywhere : Tomorrow will be different : 23 people who changed the love, loss, and the fight for world trans equality by Sarah Prager by Sarah McBride LGBTQ chronicle for teens shares hip, The national press secretary for the engaging facts about 23 influential presents a gender-ambiguous notables from the era timely memoir about her struggles with of the Roman Empire to the present, and relationships against exploring how they defied convention to a backdrop of the transgender equality promote civil rights, pursue relationships on their own movement. terms and shape culture.

LGBTQ : the survival guide for Fairest : a memoir lesbian, gay, bisexual, by Meredith Talusan transgender, and questioning The award-winning journalist and activist teens presents a coming-of-age memoir that by Kelly Huegel describes her experiences as a Filipino Presents a resource for gay, lesbian, boy with albinism, a white immigrant transgender, bisexual, and queer Harvard student, a transgender woman teenagers, covering such topics as and an artist whose work reflects illusions , confronting prejudice, gender identity, and in race, disability and gender. making healthy choices I would leave me if I could : a Transgender children and collection of poetry youth : cultivating pride and by Halsey joy with families in transition Pop star Halsey reveals never-before- by Elijah C. Nealy seen poetry of longing, love, and the Nealy, a therapist and former deputy nuances of bipolar disorder. executive director of 's LGBT Community Center, and himself a trans man, has written the first-ever comprehensive guide to understanding, : a memoir supporting, and welcoming trans kids. Covering everything by Garrard Conley from family life to school and mental health issues, as well A poignant account by a survivor of a as the physical, social, and emotional aspects of transition, church-supported this book is full of best practices to support trans kids facility that claimed to "cure" describes its intense Bible study program and the daily threats of his abandonment by family, friends and God, an experienced that transformed the author's relationships and self- understandings.