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Here's the First Look at DC Comics' 2023 Pride Anthology
Texas Judge Orders LGBTQ Books Be Returned to Public
Libraries
Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Winter 2023
New Book
by NPR's Ari Shapiro
Best Queer Books of 2022
LGBTQ Books That Are Banned In Schools in 2022
Trans Books By Trans Authors in 2023
Best Classic LGBTQ Novels of All Time
Author Louisa May Alcott: Transgender Man?
Conservatives are Attacking LGBTQ Books
School Bans on LGBTQ Books Escalating Dramatically

Out100 2022: LGBTQ Literary and
Publishing Stars
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Queer Book Sagas to Lose Yourself In
Untangling the Contradictions of Crime
Novelist Patricia Highsmith
Looking For Lesbians at ONE Archives
Explores Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Spark Unmasked: Comic Book
with LGBTQ Focus
LGBTQ Writers Who Have Won the
Pulitzer Prize
New Book for Parents of Newly Out LGBTQ
Kids
Pride of Our Lives:
LGBTQ Book Recommendations
New Young Adult Novel: Terror and Thrill
of Same-Sex Prom Date
Advocate Books: Having a Gay Kid Isn't Easy
Queer Friendly Books for Young Adults, Kids, Families

Featured
LGBTQ Titles
Page Boy by Elliott Page
Joy to the World by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker
Then Comes Marriage by Roberta Kaplan and Lisa Dickey
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation
Stars
Collide by Rachel Lacey
Take Your
Own Advice by Jeffrey Marsh
Love and
Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
This Book
Is So Gay: Motivational Coloring Book for Grown Ups with
Affirmations, Stress Relief & Relaxation by Natalie &
CoCo
Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore
Who Could Love You, Astor Price? by Amy Jane Lehan
The Best Strangers in the World by Ari Shapiro
Planning Perfect by Haley Neil
What's The
T? by Juno Dawson
The Pink
Marine: One Boy’s Journey Through Bootcamp to Manhood by
Greg Cope White
For the
Love of April French by Penny Aimes
The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
Glassworks
by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney
She And
Her Pretty Friend: Hidden History of Australian Women
Who Love Women by Danielle Scrimshaw

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Sara Waxelbaum and
Brianna R. Shrum
Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammond
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
My First Pride by Aida H Dee
Let's Not
Do That Again by Grant Ginder
You Gotta Be You by Brandon Kyle Goodman
Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell
The One You Want to Marry by Sophie Santos
Working Girls by Trixie and Katya
This Time For Me by Alexandra Billings
The
Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst
The Tensorate Series by Neon Yang
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
The You Kind of Kind by Nina west
Our Lonesome Nights Together by O.S. Smith
Our Short
Eternity by O.S. Smith
She and Her Pretty Friend by Danielle Scrimshaw
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
The Queer
Advantage by Andrew Gelwicks
The Family Outing by Jessi Hempel
You Better
Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
Fire on the Island by Timothy Jay Smith

Pageboy: Elliot Page to Release Memoir About Transness,
Love, and Hollywood
LGBTQ Books That Are Banned In Schools in 2022
Calvin: Children's Book Shows How a Community Can
Embrace a Trans Child's Identity
Chasten Buttigieg: New Book is Frank Discussion of
Growing Up Gay
Advocate: LGBTQ Books You Absolutely Need to Read
Interview With Brandi
Carlile About Her New Book
Novels Featuring Endearingly Messy Queer
Characters
Wikipedia: Lesbian Writers
Jenny Boylan: Best Selling
Trans Author
Molly Knox Ostertag Talks Queer YA Visibility in The
Girl From the Sea
PFLAG:
Coming Out Books
Queertopia by Briden Schueren and Paul Richmond
Burn the Page by Danica Roem
Madoodle by Dr. Elijah Nichols
Little
Ellen by Ellen DeGeneres
Naturally
Tan by Tan France
Playing
With Myself by Randy Rainbow
I Was
Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein
All In by
Billie Jean King
Miss
Memory Lane by Colton Haynes
Unprotected by Billy Porter
Touch of
Romance (The Slippery Slope) by Merry Farmer
Nothing
Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk
Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram
Welcome to
St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox
The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson, Leo
Espinosa
Antoni: Let's Do Dinner by Antoni Porowski
Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays by Jill Gutowitz
High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir by Edgar Gomez
The Thirty
Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've
Had) by Sophie Santos, Joey Soloway
This Time
for Me by Alexandra Billings
Something
Fabulous by Alexis Hall
No Way
Renee by Renee Richards
All the
Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks
Read
Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey
The
Weddings by Alexander Chee
Small Town
Pride by Phil Stamper
Bloody Summer by Carmen Maria Machado
Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby
Me by Elton John
My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart
She|He|They|Me: Interactive Guide to the Gender
Binary by Robyn Ryle
Magical
Boy by The Kao
Welcome to St. Hell by Lewis Hancox
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Loveless by Alice Oseman
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles
All About
Love by Bell Hooks

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Rowan Ellis: Interview
with LGBTQ Book Authors
LGBTQ Nation: Top Ten Books on Trans Issues
Inspiring Children's Books
With a Positive Message
Lesbian Author Marijane Meaker Dies at 95
Best Classic LGBTQ Novels of All Time
Out100 2022: LGBTQ Literary and
Publishing Stars
LGBTQ Writers Who Have Won the
Pulitzer Prize
Ranker: Best Gay Authors
Black LGBTQ Book
Recommendations
Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough
Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
Self Care
Workbook for Non-Binary Teens by Michelle Mann
Calvin by
JR and Vanessa Ford
My
Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are by Kodo Nishimura
Gay Like
Me: A Father Writes to His Son by Richie Jackson
Yours
Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson
Broken
Horses by Brandi Carlile
Our Gay
History in 50 States by Zaylore Stout
Here For
It by R. Eric Thomas

It's About
Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
Queer Love
in Color by Jamal Jordan
Raising my
Rainbow by Lori Duron
A Peacock
Among Pigeons by Tyler Curry
She's Not
There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Tomorrow
Will Be Different by Sarah McBride
Gender
Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Too Much
is Not Enough by Andrew Rannells
Deviants
War by Dr. Eric Cervini
Untamed by
Glennon Doyle
The
Chiffon Trenches by Andre Leon Talley
All Boys
Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
House of
Nutter: The Rebel Tailor of Savile Row by Lance
Richardson
I Have
Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg
Girl From
the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Essential Books About the AIDS Epidemic
You Need to Read
Advocate Mag: Best LGBTQ Memoirs of 2019
Out100 2022: LGBTQ Literary and
Publishing Stars
Queer Friendly Books for Young Adults, Kids, Families
Novels Featuring Endearingly Messy Queer
Characters
Amazon: Pride Month Book List
Wikipedia: Gay Writers
Some Books We
Can Take Pride In
Epic Reads: Youth Adult Books with
Bisexual Characters
Broken
Horses by Brandi Carlile
The Sky
Blues by Robbie Couch
How to Be
a Girl by Marlo Mack
The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
The Things
That Matter by Nate Berkus
For All
Who Hunger by Emily M.D. Scott
God and
the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines
Like
Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins
Good
Things Happen Slowly by Fred Hersch
They Both
Die at the End by Adam Silvera
The
Queen's English by Chloe Davis
Rainbow
Rainbow by
Lydia Conklin
Loveless by Alice Oseman

We Are Everywhere by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown
Fairest by Meredith Talusan
Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
Stonewall by Martin Duberman
First Time for Everything by Henry Fry
Sissy by Jacob Tobia
Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
Body Grammar by Jules Ohman
Our Colors by Gengoroh Tagame
When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Speak Now:
Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
Bestiary
by K-Ming Chang
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
We Play
Ourselves by Jen Silverman
Beneath
the Moon by Yoshi Yoshitani
The Better
Liar by Tanen Jones
Life of
the Party by Olivia Gatwood
Malice by
Heather Walter
The
Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
DC Comics
Unveils Special Edition Pride Month 2023 Anthology
The 2023 edition features the release of a 104-page DC
Pride special with four different covers created by
LGBTQ designers. The annual anthology will feature
all-new stories spotlighting LGBTQ fan favorites.
The special edition features stories based on new trans
and non-binary superhero, Circuit Breaker, as well as
Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Crush and Tim Drake and
Connor Hawke. The comic features an introduction by Phil
Jimenez, a main cover by Mateus Manhanini as well as
additional covers by Gabriel Picolo (wraparound), Jen
Bartel (spot foil), and Oscar Vega (cardstock). The
anthology also includes a five-page preview of an
upcoming Dreamer story by Nicole Maines and Rye Hickman.

DC Comics Unveils Special Edition Pride Month 2023
Covers
Here's the First Look at DC Comics' 2023 Pride Anthology
Maines previously made history as the first person to
portray a trans superhero on television in the role of
Nia Nal on The CW’s Supergirl, based on the DC Comics
character of the same name. Also released to mark Pride
Month is The DC Book of Pride, a new character
encyclopedia by Jadzia Axelrod. The hardback book
features profiles on more than 50 LGBTQ characters
including Batwoman, Aquaman, Jon Kent and Nubia and will
be released on 16 May via Amazon. They’ve also dive into
the archives with three out-of-print comics being
released in a new special edition comic book, DC Pride:
Through the Years #1.
It celebrates landmark issues of days past but also
tease new stories yet to come, including Alan Scott as
Green Lantern. DC Comics also continues Pride-themed
variant cover all-year round on series that feature
queer characters in regular and lead roles. This
includes Superman #5, Tim Drake: Robin #10, Nightwing
#105 and Wonder Woman #800 to name a few.

To celebrate Pride in 2023 DC and Warner Bros. Discovery
have confirmed partnerships with a number of nonprofit
LGBTQ organizations. This includes Trans Lifeline, PFLAG
National, The Trevor Project, Family Equality, Human
Rights Campaign, and Athlete Ally.
[Source: Jonny Yates, Pink News, Mat 2023]
Inspiring LGBTQ Themed
Children's Books
Black LGBTQ Book
Recommendations
Essential Books About the AIDS Epidemic
You Need to Read
Timeline: 20 Years of LGBTQ Literature
Childrens Books That
Feature LGBTQ Characters
Queer Unicorn: Queer Kids
Stories
NBC News: More Than Half of Banned Books Challenged for
LGBTQ Content
EW: Review of Dear Evan Hanson and
More
Rowan Ellis: Interview
with LGBTQ Book Authors
Recommended LGBTQ Books
Gay
Authors

Poet Mary Oliver
Mary Jane
Oliver (1935-2019) was an lesbian American poet who won
the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work
is inspired by nature, rather than the human world,
stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary walks in
the wild. It is characterized by a sincere wonderment at
the impact of natural imagery, conveyed in unadorned
language. In 2007, she was declared to be the country's
best-selling poet.
Mary Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M. (Vlasak)
Oliver in September 1935, in Maple Heights, Ohio, a
semi-rural suburb of Cleveland. Her father was a social
studies teacher and an athletics coach in the Cleveland
public schools. As a child, she spent a great deal of
time outside where she enjoyed going on walks or
reading. Oliver described her family as dysfunctional,
adding that though her childhood was very hard, writing
helped her create her own world. Oliver revealed that
she had been sexually abused as a child and had
experienced recurring nightmares.

Oliver began writing poetry at the age of 14. She
graduated from the local high school in Maple Heights.
In the summer of 1951 at the age of 15 she attended the
National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, now known
as Interlochen Arts Camp, where she was in the
percussion section of the National High School
Orchestra. At 17 she visited the home of the late
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, in
Austerlitz, New York, where she then formed a friendship
with the late poet's sister Norma. Oliver and Norma
spent the next six to seven years at the estate
organizing Edna St. Vincent Millay's papers.
Oliver studied at The Ohio State University and Vassar
College in the mid-1950s, but did not receive a degree
at either college.
On a visit to Austerlitz in the late 1950s, Oliver met
photographer Molly Malone Cook, who would become her
partner for over forty years. In Our World, a book of
Cook's photos and journal excerpts Oliver compiled after
Cook's death, Oliver writes, "I took one look at Cook
and fell, hook and tumble." Cook was Oliver's literary
agent. They made their home largely in Provincetown,
Massachusetts, where they lived until Cook's death in
2005, and where Oliver continued to live until
relocating to Florida.
Oliver valued her privacy and gave very few interviews,
saying she preferred for her writing to speak for
itself. In 2012, Oliver was diagnosed with lung cancer,
but was treated and given a "clean bill of health."
Oliver died of lymphoma on January 2019, at the age of
83.
Mary
Oliver: Biographical Notes
Poetry Foundation: Mary Oliver
Academy of
American Poets: Mary Oliver
Books
and Bio: Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver: Collection of Her Poems
Mary Oliver: Lesbian Poet, Mystic of
Nature
Featured
LGBTQ Titles
Memorial by Bryan Washington
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Queer
Anxieties: Of Young Adult Literature and Culture by
Derritt Mason
Parable of
the Sower by Octavia Butler
Don't Fucking
Panic by Kelsey Darraugh
What Does
a Princess Really Look Like? by Mark Loewen
The New
Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
If Beale
Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Raising
Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting by Kyl
Myers
Red, White
and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
I Can't
Date Jesus by Michael Arceneaux
Queer
Virtue by Elizabeth Edman
Good Boy:
My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Boylan
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Agorafabulous by Sara Benincasa
Wow, No
Thank You by Samantha Irby
Lady
Romeo: Radical, Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman
by Tana Wojczuk
Gay Man's
Guide to Life by Britt East
The 2000s
Made Me Gay by Grace Perry
Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs the United States of
America by Eric Cervini
I Have
Always Been Me by Precious Brady Davis
Tom Boy Land by Melissa Faliveno and Joey Soloway
I'm in Seattle, Where Are You? by Mortada Gzar
Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting
by Kyl Myers and Joey Soloway
Queer Stories Help Youth Heal and Build
Bridges
Most Notable LGBTQ Books of 2021
Lambda Literary: Best LGBTQ Books of 2020
Books by Queer Black
Authors
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
See Yourself, Be Yourself:
Queer Celebs Join Panel on LGBTQ Visibility
Ultimate LGBTQ Pride Book List
Childrens Books That
Feature LGBTQ Characters
Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyard
Before Her (The One) by Jacqueline Woodson
Love and Estrogen (The Real Thing) by Samantha Allen
Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening) by Kevin Allison
Tale of
Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager
George by
Alex Gino
Julian is
a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Large
Fears by Myles Johnson
Pink is
for Boys by Robb Pearlman
Prince and
Knight by Daniel Haack
We Have
Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Love
Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson
Book of
Pride: LGBTQ Heroes That Changed the World by Mason Funk
A Family
is a Family is a Family by Sara O'Leary
Annie's
Plaid Shirt by Stacy Davids
Donovan's
Big Day by Leslea Newman
Princess
Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill
Promised
Land by Adam Reynolds
My Two
Moms and Me by Michael Joosten
The
Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Stonewall:
A Building, An Uprising, A Revolution by Rob Sanders
Except
When They Don't by Laura Gehl

Best Black Queer Books
According to Black LGBTQ Leaders
Jacqueline Wilson: Children's Book Author Comes Out at
Age 74
Superhero Diversity in
Comic Books
Penguin Random House: Ultimate LGBTQ Pride Book List
Molly Knox Ostertag Talks Queer YA Visibility in The
Girl From the Sea
Advocate Mag: Best LGBTQ Books of 2019
LGBTQ Writers Who Have Won the
Pulitzer Prize
Books for Gay Teens Who Have Just Come Out
Fun Home:
A Family Tragicomedy by Alison Bechdel
Tomorrow
Will Be Different by Sarah McBride
Stella
Brings the Family by Miriam Schiffer
Novel
Gazing by Eve Kosofsky
She’s Not
There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Boylan
Annie on
My Mind by Nancy Garden
Redefining
Realness by Janet Mock
Real Queer
America by Samantha Allen
Call Me By
Your Name by Andre Aciman
Morris
Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine
Baldacchino
Sparkle
Boy by Leslea Newman
We Are
Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
Jacob's
New Dress by Sarah Hoffman, Ian Hoffman, Chris Case
Sister
Outsider by Audre Lourde
Daddy,
Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman
How We
Fight for our Lives by Saeed Jones
The
Stonewall Reader Edited by New York Public Library
Will
Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Two Boys
Kissing by David Levithan
If I Was
Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Zami: A
New Spelling of My Name (Biomythography) by Audre Lourde
Stone
Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Less by
Andrew Sean Greer
Red White
and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels
Wikipedia: Gay Writers
Some Books We
Can Take Pride In
Novels Featuring Endearingly Messy Queer
Characters
New Book:
Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Library Refuses to Move Gay Kids Book After "Family"
Group Complains
Timeline: 20 Years of LGBTQ Literature
Mommy,
Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman
Ill Give
You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Meaty by
Samantha Irby
Aristotle
and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Simon vs
the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
The
Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
Boy Meets
Boy by David Levithan
Oranges
Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Queer
History of the United States by Michael Bronski
Hurricane
Child by Kacen Callender
The Goblin
Market by Christina Rosetti
Drama by
Raina Telgemeier
No Ashes
in the Fire by Darnell Moore
Love and
Resistance by Jason Baumann
This Day
in June by Gayle Pitman
Better
Nate Than Never by Tim Federle
In the
Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The House
You Pass On the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Juliet
Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
We Are
Everywhere by Matthew Reimer, Leighton Brown
Pride: The
Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
We Are
Okay by Nina Lacour
Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell
In Our
Mothers' House by Patricia Pollacco
Under the
Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Ash by
Melinda Lo
When
Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan
Everything
Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Ivy
Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Best Classic LGBTQ Novels of All Time
Same Sex Relationships Hidden in Classic Literature
Samantha Irby: Black Bisexual Author
Book Review: Oranges are Not The Only Fruit
Queer Friendly Books for Young Adults, Kids, Families
Epic Reads: Youth Adult Books with
Bisexual Characters
Book Riot: Books for Parents of LGBTQ Kids
GOP Ramps Up
LGBTQ Book Banning Efforts
Republican officials in a number of states have ramped
up efforts to ban books with LGBTQ themes from school
libraries, along with books that discuss race, and books
by women, NPR reported.
Those efforts have been particularly strenuous in Texas,
where State Rep. Matt Krause, a "Texas lawmaker running
for attorney general, identified a list of 850 books
that he says should be questioned; many of those books
are written by women, people of color and LGBTQ
authors," NPR detailed.
Maia Kobabe's graphic novel memoir "Gender Queer: A
Memoir" was targeted by Texas State Rep. Jeff Cason. The
state's governor, Greg Abbott, "sent a letter to the
state's school board association saying public schools
shouldn't have pornographic or obscene material." NPR
Abbott did not provide any specific examples of content.

But GOP officials in other states have also increased
attacks on books they say are objectionable. In a recent
article, The New York Times noted several titles that
were yanked from school libraries in various places
around the country, including "All Boys Aren't Blue," by
gay Black author George M. Johnson and Alison Bechdel's
graphic novel "Fun Home," a memoir of her own youth as a
lesbian and her relationship with her father, who was
closeted. "Gender Queer" was also singled out by
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina, who called the
memoir "pornographic."
The book-banning push is "part of a trend of
conservative-led fights across the country over how
schools can teach about issues of race, particularly
systemic racism, as well as sex and gender, blurring the
already-faint line between local and national politics,"
the Houston Chronicle said.
Though critical race theory is taught in colleges, and
not in elementary, middle, or high schools, the term has
been appropriated to indicate books in general that
discuss issues of race in America, news reports said.

Books by writers of color have come under attack, with
reports citing two Toni Morrison novels. "The Bluest
Eye" and "Beloved" (the latter won the Pulitzer Prize)
have faced challenges. The campaign of Glenn Youngkin,
the Virginia gubernatorial candidate who defeated
incumbent Terry McAuliffe, pointed at "Beloved" as an
example of what should not be in schools. Youngkin made
education a central plank of his campaign, and his
campaign used a decade-old video in which a conservative
activist attacks "Beloved" in its advertising.
Two members of a Virginia school board in Spotsylvania
County called for books to be not only banned, but
burned, NPR noted, quoting representative Rabih
Abuismail as saying, "I think we should throw those
books in a fire." Fellow school board member Kirk Twigg
"said he wants to 'see the books before we burn them so
we can identify within our community that we are
eradicating this bad stuff,'" NPR added.
However, though critical race theory is loudly decried
by Republican officials, it is books with LGBTQ content
that the GOP is more focused on eradicating, at least in
Texas, the Houston Chronicle said.
[Source: Kilian Melloy, Edge Media Network, Nov 2021]
LGBTQ Books That Are Banned In Schools in 2022
School Bans on LGBTQ Books Escalating Dramatically
Sheriff Urges Library to Yank Books with LGBTQ Content
Filthy and Obscene: GOP Attacks Books About LGBTQ Kids
and Racism
Mississippi Mayor Withholds $110k in Library Funds Over
LGBTQ Books
Two Students Sue School District for Banning LGBTQ Books
Florida Senate Bill Could Ban Books With LGBTQ
Characters
South Carolina Governor Calls for LGBTQ Book to be
Banned in Schools
Tennessee GOP Wants to Ban Books that Promote LGBTQ
Lifestyle
More Republican Leaders Try to Ban Books on LGBTQ Issues
School Board Bans Books on LGBTQ Issues and More
Tennessee Bill Would Ban Books that Mention LGBTQ People
LGBTQ
Reading List:
General Topics
On Being Different: What it Means to Be a Homosexual by
Merle Miller
Mom, Dad, I’m Gay: How Families Negotiate Coming Out by
Ritch C. Savin-Williams (American Psychological
Association, 2001)
Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk
About Their Experiences by C.W. Griffin, M.J. Wirth, &
A.J. Wirth (1986)
Youth in
Crisis: What Everyone Should Know About Growing Up Gay
by Mitchell Gold & Mindy Drucker
The Big
Gay Book by John Preston (Editor)
Is It a Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently
Asked Questions about Gays and Lesbians by Eric Marcus
The Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men: The Basic ACLU Guide
to a Gay Person’s Rights by Nan Hunter, E. Machaelson, &
B. Stoddard
Beyond Tolerance: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals on
Campus by Nancy Evans and Vernon Wall, (American College
Personnel Association)
Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price by Warren Blumfeld
(Editor, 1998)

In Search
of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change by
Neil Miller (1989)
Loving Someone Gay (New Edition) by Don Clark (1987)
Positively Gay: New Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life
by Betty Berzon (Editor)
Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for
Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents by May Borhek
(1983)
Now That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About
Homosexuality (New Edition) by Betty Fairchild and Nancy
Hayward
Bi Any
Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out by L. Hutching &
L. Kaahumanu (Editors, 1991)
The Final Closet: The Gay Parent Guide for Coming Out to
Their Children by Rip Corley (1990)
The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook by April Martin
Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship by Kath
Weston
Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the US Military (Vietnam to the Persian Gulf) by Randy Shilts
And the Band Played On (Politics, People, and the AIDS
Epidemic) by Randy Shilts
A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples by H. Curry &
D. Clifford
Toward Acceptance: Sexual Orientation Issues on Campus
by Vernon A. Wall & Nancy J. Evans (Editors, 2000)
Out & About Campus by Kim Howard & Annie Stevens
(Editor, 2000)
Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
College Students: Handbook for Faculty and
Administrators by Ronni L. Sanlo (1998)
Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in
a College Fraternity by Shane L. Windmeyer (Editor,
1998)
Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting
Homophobia by Toni A. H. McNaron (1997)
Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia by
Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson (1998)
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Students’ Guide to
Colleges, Universities, and Graduate Schools by Jan
Mitchell Sherrill and Craig Hardesty (1994)
Gay Men and Women Who Enriched the World by Thomas Cowan
(1988)
100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels
Novels Featuring Endearingly Messy Queer
Characters
Wikipedia: Gay Writers
Some Books We
Can Take Pride In
New Book:
Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Library Refuses to Move Gay Kids Book After "Family"
Group Complains
Timeline: 20 Years of LGBTQ Literature
Lesbian Book Review: We Have Always Been Here
Same Sex Relationships Hidden in Classic Literature
Ursula K. LeGuin: On Being a
Writer and a Man

Story
Time
Harry the Dirty Dog: Read by Betty White
Drag Queen Storytime
Case of the Missing Carrot Cake: Read by Wanda Sykes
Read Aloud: Thelma the Unicorn
Drag Queen Story Hour: Spokane Public Library Joins
National Trend
Green Eggs and Ham: Read by Michael Douglas, Adam
Devine, Keegan-Michael Key, Ilana Glazer, Eddie Izzard
The Empty Pot: Read by Rami Malek
Drag Queens at Local Bookstore
The Tooth: Read by Annette Bening
Quackenstein Hatches a Family: Read by Kristen Bell
Drag Queens Reading To Kids in Libraries
Hula-Hoopin' Queen: Read by Oprah Winfrey
Arnie the Doughnut: Read by Chris O'Dowd
Drag Queen Story Hour Offers a Different Kind of
Page-Turner
Drag Queen Story Hour: With Pickle the Drag Queen
To Be A Drum: Read by James Earl Jones
Drag Queens Reading To Kids in Libraries
New Book Teaches Kids How to Swish, Snap, and Twirl Like
a Drag Queen

Books
for Parents
This Is a
Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide
to Everyday Lifeby Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin
Russo
Is It a Choice?: Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently
Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People by Eric
Marcus
Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning
Son or Daughter by Kevin Jennings
Out of the Closet, Into Our Hearts by Laura Siegel and
Nancy Lamkin Olson
Unconditional: Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ
Child by Telaina Eriksen
Beyond
Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About
Their Experiences
Carolyn Welch Griffen
Now That
You Know: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding Their Gay
and Lesbian Children by Betty Fairchild and Nancy
Hayward
When Your Child is Gay by Davidson and Tobkes
Coming
Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Lesbian
or Gay Child by Michael C. LaSala
Side by
Side: On Having a Gay or Lesbian Sibling by Andrew R.
Gottlieb
Love, Ellen: A Mother|Daughter Journey by Betty Degeneres
My Child Is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the
News by Bryce McDougall
Something to Tell You by Gilbert Herdt and Bruce Koff
Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families
Together by Robert A. Bernstein, Robert MacNeil and
Betty DeGeneres
Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents by
Irwin Krieger
Different Daughters: A Book by Mothers of Lesbians by
Louise Rafkin
My Son Eric: A Mother Struggles to Accept Her Gay Son
and Discovers Herself by Mary V. Borhek and Christine M.
Smith
Finding Out: The ABC’s of Same Sex Relationships by
Homer and Sue Spencer
The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out by
Robb Forman Dew
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother’s Coming to Terms With the
Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy Aarons
Recommended LGBTQ Books
Gay
Authors
Out100 2022: LGBTQ Literary and
Publishing Stars
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Advocate Mag: Best LGBTQ Books of 2019
Writer's Relief: Gay and Lesbian Literature
Inspiring Quotes From LGBTQ Authors
Epic Reads: Youth Adult Books with
Bisexual Characters
Wikipedia: List of LGBTQ Characters in Modern Fiction
PFLAG NYC Book List
Inspiring LGBTQ Themed
Children's Books
Childrens Books That
Feature LGBTQ Characters

Advocate Mag: Best LGBTQ Memoirs of 2019
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
List of
Books for Parents of Sexual Minority Youth
LGBTQ Books Do
Not Endanger Kids
New Children's Book: Lesbian Love Story
The Princes and the Treasure: Gay Adventure Story
Wikipedia: List of Gay Characters in Literature
Good Reads: Books With Gay Characters
Recommended LGBTQ Books
Welcoming Schools: Books With LGBTQ and Bullying Topics
LGBTQ Reading
List: Academic Titles
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism by Mildred
Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley (1996)
Confessions of a Gender Defender: A Psychologist’s
Reflections on Life among the Transgendered by Randi
Ettner (1996)
Transgender Warriors from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
by Leslie Feinberg (1996)
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate
Bornstein (1994)
Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender by
Riki Ann Wilchins (1997)
Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies that
Work by James T. Sears and Walter L. Williams (1997)
Gay and Healthy in a Sick Society by Robert N. Minor
(2003)
Growing Up Gay|Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology
by Bennett L. Singer (1994)
Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth
Anthology by Amy Sonnie (2000)

LGBTQ
Book Notes
Advocate Mag: Best LGBTQ Books of 2019
Walt Whitman: America's
Poet as Queer Pioneer
New Book for Parents of Newly Out LGBTQ
Kids
Jacqueline Wilson: Children's Book Author Comes Out at
Age 74
Advocate Books: Having a Gay Kid Isn't Easy
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
Queer Friendly Books for Young Adults, Kids, Families
Wikipedia: Gay Writers
Some Books We
Can Take Pride In
Best Black Queer Books
According to Black LGBTQ Leaders
New Book:
Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads
Library Refuses to Move Gay Kids Book After "Family"
Group Complains
Timeline: 20 Years of LGBTQ Literature
Lesbian Book Review: We Have Always Been Here
Same Sex Relationships Hidden in Classic Literature
Ursula K. LeGuin: On Being a
Writer and a Man
NBC News: More Than Half of Banned Books Challenged for
LGBTQ Content
Adam Eli: New Queer Conscience and a New Set
of Rules
Essential Books About the
AIDS Epidemic You Need to Read
EW: Review of Dear Evan Hanson and
More
Recommended LGBTQ Books
Black LGBTQ Book
Recommendations
Gay
Authors

Banned Books:
Challenged for Their LGBTQ Content
Since the 1990s, over 11,300 books have been challenged
for everything from having what some deem too much
sexual content to featuring "offensive language" and
often titles that have LGBTQ themes or plots are
targeted, too.
Titles of books with LGBTQ themes or plots include: "And
Tango Makes Three" (About the two gay penguins in New
York's Central Park Zoo), "Daddy's Roommate," "Heather
Has Two Mommies," "It's Perfectly Normal," "Uncle
Bobby's Wedding," and "Annie on my Mind."
Also included was "Maurice" (By E.M. Forster), "Howl"
(A collection of poems by Allen Ginsberg), "Leaves of
Grass" (By Walt Whitman), and "Naked Lunch" and "Running
With Scissors" (Both by William S. Burroughs).
Huff Post: Banned LGBTQ Books
NBC News: More Than Half of Banned Books Challenged for
LGBTQ Content
Queerty: Books That Are Way Too Gay to Read
Wikipedia: Banned LGBTQ Books
Classic
Literature:
LGBTQ Authors
Francis Bacon - British Statesman, Author
TE Lawrence - British Soldier, Author
Lord Byron - British Poet
Walt Whitman - US Poet, Author
Oscar Wilde - Irish Author
Marcel Proust - French Author
Gertrude Stein - US Poet, Author
Alice B Toklas - US Author
James Baldwin - US Author
Herman Melville - US Author
Willa Cather - US Author
Langston Hughes - US Author
Jack
Kerouac - US Author
Christina
Rosetti - English Poet
Susan
Sontag - US Author

EM Forster - British Author
Hans Christian Andersen - Danish Author
Ralph Waldo Emerson - US Author
Virginia Woolf - British Author
Tennessee Williams - US Playwright
Rainer Maria Rilke - German Poet
Edward Albee - US Playwright
Alice
Walker - US Author
Armistead Maupin - US Writer
Rita Mae Brown - US Novelist
Mark Merlis - US Writer
Phillip
Roth - US Writer
Gore Vidal
- US Novelist
Allen Ginsberg - US Poet
WH Auden - British Poet
Truman Capote - US Author
Maurice Sendak - US Author, Illustrator
William S
Burroughs - US Author
Patricia
Highsmith - US Novelist
Ursula K LeGuin - US Author
Oliver
Sacks - British Author
Mary
Oliver - US Poet

100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels
Writer's Relief: Gay and Lesbian Literature
Inspiring Quotes From LGBTQ Authors
Wikipedia: List of LGBTQ Characters in Modern Fiction
LGBTQ Writers Who Have Won the
Pulitzer Prize
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Ranker: Best Gay Authors
Wikipedia: Lesbian Writers
LGBTQ Reading
List: Business and Career
Gay Issues in the Workplace by Brian McNaught
Lavender Road to Success: Career Guide for the Gay
Community by Kirk Snyder
The Gay Yellow Pages: The National Edition
Straight Jobs, Gay Lives by
Annette Friskopp & Sharon Silverstein
100 Best Companies for Gay Men and Lesbians by Ed
Mickens
Lesbian Lifestyles: Women's Work and the Politics of
Sexuality by Gillian Dunne
Acts of
Disclosure: Coming out Process of Contemporary Gay Men
by Marc Vargo
Straight
Talk About Gays in the Workplace by Liz Winfeld
Pleasures
and Perils of Coming Out on the Job by Richard Rasi
The G
Quotient by Kirk Snyder
Your
Career Career: Ultimate Career Guide for LGBTQ Job
Seekers by Riley B. Folds III
Transgender Workplace Diversity by Jillian Weiss

Books for Gay Teens
New Young Adult Novel: Terror and Thrill
of Same-Sex Prom Date
Homosexuality In History: Annotated Bibliography
Jenny Boylan: Best Selling
Trans Author
Some Books We
Can Take Pride In
Walt Whitman: America's
Poet as Queer Pioneer
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
Gay
Authors
Ursula K. LeGuin: On Being a
Writer and a Man
Adam Eli: New Queer Conscience and a New Set
of Rules
About Life and Love: Books for LGBTQ Teens
Wikipedia: List of LGBTQ Characters in Modern Fiction
Epic Reads: Youth Adult Books with Bisexual
Characters
Same Sex Relationships Hidden in Classic Literature
Christopher Bram Discusses Mark Merlis

LGBTQ Reading
List: Historical Perspective
Queer History in the United States by
Michael Bronski
Same Sex Unions in Premodern Europe by
James Boswell
The Men With the Pink Triangle: True Life
and Death Story of Homosexuals in Nazi Death
Camps by Heinz Heger
Wide-Open Town by Nan Alamilla Boyd
Historical Perspectives
on Homosexuality: The Gay Past by SJ Licata & RP
Petersen
The Right Side of
History: 100 Years of LGBTQ Activism by Adrian Brooks
Gay New York: Gender,
Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World
1890-1940 by George Chauncey
Essential Dykes to Watch
Out For by Alison Bechdel
A Strong Delusion by Joe Dallas
Odd Girls and Twilight
Lovers: History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century
America by Lillian Faderman
This Bridge Called My
Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color Edited by
Cherrie Moraga & Gloria Anzaldua
Strapped for Cash by Mack Friedman
Christopher and His Kind
by Christopher Isherwood
Queer London: Perils and
Plesasures in the Sexual Metropolis by Matt Houlbrook
Transgender Warriors:
Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
Sister Outsider: Essays
and Speeches by Audre Lorde
The Laramie Project and
The Laramie Project Ten Years Later by Moises Kaufman,
Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris, Stephen
Belber, and Members of Tectonic Theatre Project
Signature: Essential Books on the History of LGBTQ
Rights in America
New Book for Parents of Newly Out LGBTQ
Kids
Book Riot: Books About LGBTQ History
Advocate Books: Having a Gay Kid Isn't Easy
New Book:
Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
About Life and Love: Books for LGBTQ Teens
Inspiring LGBTQ Themed
Children's Books
Wikipedia: Gay Writers
Some Books We
Can Take Pride In
Gay
Authors

LGBTQ Reading
List: Non-Fiction
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms With the
Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy Aarons
The Truth Is by Melissa Etheridge
The Funny Thing Is by Ellen Degeneres
Passages of Pride: True Stories of Lesbian & Gay
Teenagers by Kurt Chandler
Queer Street by James McCourt
Between Girlfriends by Elizabeth Dean
The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender by Kim
Elizabeth Stuart
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Ann Bannon
All Families are Different by Sol Gordon
Ten Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives
by Joe Kort
Becoming Visible: A Reader in Gay & Lesbian History for
High School & College Students by Kevin Jennings
(Editor)
Gay Perspective by Toby Johnson
Beyond Acceptance by Griffin, Wirth & Wirth
The Homosexual Agenda by Alan Sears & Craig Osten
Christianity and Homosexuality by Gareth Moore
Bisexual Resource Guide by Robin Ochs (Editor)
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman
Mom, Dad, I'm Gay: How Families Negotiate Coming Out by
Ritch Savin-Williams
The Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein & Felice
Picano
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel
A. Helminiak
Coming Out: An Act of Love by Rob Eichberg
Awakening the Virgin by Nicole Foster
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual
Youth & Their Allies by Bass & Kaufman
Dating the Greek Gods by Brad Gooch
Going the Other Way by Bill Bean w Chris Bull
The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in the Black
Communities by Delroy Constantine-Simms (Editor)
Highsmith by Marjorie Meaker
Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for
Lesbians & Gay Men and Their Parents by Mary Borhek
100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels
Writer's Relief: Gay and Lesbian Literature
Inspiring Quotes From LGBTQ Authors
Wikipedia: List of LGBTQ Characters in Modern Fiction
Ranker: Best Gay Authors
Wikipedia: Lesbian Writers

LGBTQ Reading
List: Fiction
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
At Swim
Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
The Color
Purple by Alice Walker
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
Valencia
by Michelle Tea
George by
Alex Gino
A Boy's
Own Story by Edmund White
Boys in
the Band by Mart Crowley
Breakfast
on Pluto by Patrick McCabe
Call Me By
Your Name by Andre Aciman
The City
and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
City of
Devi by Manil Suri
Two Boys
Kissing by David Levithan
City of
Night by John Rechy
Price of
Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Rubyfruit
Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Closer by
Dennis Cooper
Dancer
From the Dance by Andrew Holleran
Death in
Venice by Thomas Mann
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
Edinburgh
by Alexander Chee
Empathy by
Sarah Schulman
Faggots by
Larry Kramer
Front
Runner by Patricia Nell Warren
Funny Boy
by Shyam Selvadurai
Giovanni's
Room by James Baldwin
Hornito by
Mike Albo
I'm Trying
to Reach You by Barbara Browning
In Search
of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Kiss of
the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
Luna by
Julie Anne Peters
M.
Butterfly by Henry David Hwang
Maurice by
E.M. Forster
Metropolis
Case by Matthew Galloway
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Mysteries
of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
Mysterious
Skin by Scott Heim

Narrow
Rooms by James Purdy
Normal
Heart by Larry Kramer
Oranges
Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Orlando by
Virginia Woolf
Our Lady
of the Flowers by Jean Genet
Perks of
Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Persian
Boy by Mary Renault
Single Man
by Christopher Isherwood
Stone
Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Swimming
Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
Tales of
the City by Armistead Maupin
Tipping
the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Torch Song
Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Tramps
Like Us by Joe Westmoreland
Vast
Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Weetzie
Bat by Francesca Lia Block
100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels
Writer's Relief: Gay and Lesbian Literature
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Best Classic LGBTQ Novels of All Time
Inspiring Quotes From LGBTQ Authors
LGBTQ Writers Who Have Won the
Pulitzer Prize
Wikipedia:
List of LGBTQ Characters in Modern Fiction
Ranker: Best Gay Authors
Wikipedia: Lesbian Writers
LGBTQ Reading
List: Religious Perspective
Queer Virtue by Elizabeth Edman
But Lord, They’re Gay by Rev. Sylvia Pennington
The Church and the Homosexual by John J. McNeill
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality by
John Boswell
Unashamed: Coming Out Guide for LGBTQ Christians by
Amber Cantorna
Good News for Modern Gays by Rev. Sylvia Pennington
Sex Positive by Larry J. Uhrig
Homosexuality and Religion by Richard Hasbany (Editor)
Living in Sin? by Bishop John Shelby Spong
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel
Helminiak
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God
Has Always Been by Jackie Hill Perry
Openly Gay, Openly Christian by Rev. Samuel Kader
Steps To Recovery From Bible Abuse by Rembert Truluck
Jesus, The Bible and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths,
Heal the Church by Jack Rogers

LGBTQ Reading
List:
Transgender Issues
Calvin by
JR and Vanessa Ford
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate
Bornstein
Hiding My Candy: The Autobiography of the Grand Empress
of Savannah by The Lady Chablis Transgender Warriors:
Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by
Leslie Feinberg
Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution by
Susan Stryker
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity,
Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the
Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer
Finney Boylan
Something
Like Gravity by Amber Smith
Born on
the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural
Competency by Willy Wilkinson
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
by C. Riley Snorton
Inspiring Children's Books With a Positive Message
Queer Friendly Books for Young Adults, Kids, Families
LGBTQ Books Do
Not Endanger Kids
Wikipedia: List of Gay Characters in Literature
Trans Books By Trans Authors in 2023
Book List: Amazing LGBTQ Children’s Books
Good Reads: Books With Gay Characters
Recommended LGBTQ Books
Welcoming Schools: Books With LGBTQ and Bullying Topics
New Book:
Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads
LGBTQ Nation: Top Ten Books on Trans Issues
LGBTQ Reading
List:
Rural
Issues
Queering the Countryside: New Frontiers
in Rural Queer Studies by ML Gray, CR
Johnson, BJ Gilley
Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and
Queer Visibility in Rural America
by Mary L. Gray
Lesbian Land By Joyce Cheney
Just Queer Folks: Gender and Sexuality
in Rural America
by Colin R. Johnson
Real Queer America
by Samantha Allen
Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land
Life
by Dianna Hunter
The Lesbian South: Southern Feminists
and the Queer Literary Canon
by Jamie Harker
Prairie Silence: A Rural Expatriate's
Journey to Reconcile Love, Home, and
Faith
by Melanie Hoffert
Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music
by Nadine Hubbs
Coming Out of the Magnolia Closet: Same
Sex Couples in Mississippi
by John Marszalek
Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism
by Scott Herring
Coming
Out and Coming Back: Rural Gay Migration
and the City by
Meredith Redlin, Alexis Annes
Gay Faulkner
by Pip Gordon
Men Like That: A Southern Queer History
by John Howard
Queering the Redneck Riviera: Sexuality
and the Rise of Florida Tourism
by Jerry Watkins III
Queer, Rural, American
by Sarah Anne Strickley

DC's New Superman, Jon Kent, Comes Out
as Bisexual
The November 2021 Superman: Son of Kal-El,
by writer Tom Taylor and artist John
Timms, presents Jon Kent as queer. DC
Universe's new Superman and the son of
Clark Kent, is coming out as bisexual in
the new edition of the Superman comic
book series.
"I've always said everyone needs heroes
and everyone deserves to see themselves
in their heroes and I’m very grateful DC
and Warner Bros. share this idea,"
Taylor said in a statement to DC.
"Superman's symbol has always stood for
hope, for truth and for justice. Today,
that symbol represents something more.
Today, more people can see themselves in
the most powerful superhero in comics."

"We couldn’t be prouder to tell this
important story from Tom Taylor and John
Timms," DC Publisher and Chief Creative
Officer Jim Lee said. "We talk a lot
about the power of the DC Multiverse in
our storytelling and this is another
incredible example. We can have Jon Kent
exploring his identity in the comics as
well as Jon Kent learning the secrets of
his family on TV on Superman & Lois.
They coexist in their own worlds and
times, and our fans get to enjoy both
simultaneously."
Jon Kent was created by Dan Jurgens and
debuted in 2015's Convergence. The
character is the son of Clark Kent and
Lois Lane, and in the DC Rebirth era, he
took up the mantle of Superboy. Several
years later, he was aged up and became a
member of the Legion of Super-Heroes,
and in April 2021, it was announced that
he'd take over as Superman with
Superman: Son of Kal-El.
[Source: Jon Arvedon, Comic Book
Resources, Oct 2021]
LGBTQ Comic
Books
Marvel Voices: Pride Series
Book Riot: List of LGBTQ Comics and Graphic Novels
Paste: LGBTQ Inclusive Comics
Spark Unmasked
Superhero Diversity in
Comic Books
Queer Representations in Anime
Autostraddle: Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels
Ranker: List of Queer Comic Books
Gay Times: Best LGBTQ Comics
Anime Planet: Best LGBTQ Themed Manga
Comicosity: Indie Comic Books for LGBTQ Fans
List of the Best Queer Comics
Comicosity: More Indie Comic Books for LGBTQ Fans
Mary Sue: Top Queer Voices in Anime and Manga
LGBTQ Themes in Comics

LGBTQ Related
Topics: Children's Books
Daddy and
Me by Jeanne Moutous-Ashe | AIDS
Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner | Bullying
The Ant Bully | Bullying
Cory Coleman, Grade 2 by Larry Dane Brimner | Bullying
How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson | Bullying
Bully by Judith Caseley | Bullying
Jake Drake: Bully Buster by Andrew Clements | Bullying
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes | Bullying
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes | Bullying
Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats | Bullying
Nobody Knew What to Do: A Story about Bullying by Becky
Ray McCain | Bullying
The King of the Playground by Phyllis Reynolds |
Bullying
Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain |
Bullying

Ashok By Any Other Name by Sandra S. Yamate | Cultural
Acceptance
Why am I Different by Norma Simon | Differences
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes | Differences
All Kinds of Families by Norma Simon | Families
People in My Family by Bobbie Kalman | Families
Who’s in a Family? by Robert Skutch | Families
Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of
Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman | Families
A Chair For My Mother by Vera Williams | Families
The Hating Book by Charlotte Zolotow | Feelings,
Friendship
Bill and Pete by Tomie de Paola | Friends
Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch | Gender Equity
William’s Doll by Charlotte Zotolow | Gender Equity,
Gender Stereotypes
10,000
Dresses by Marcus Ewert | Gender Equity, Gender
Stereotypes

Mommies at Work by Eve Merriam | Gender Equity
Daddies at Work by Eve Merriam | Gender Equity
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson | Gender Equity
When
Leonard Lost His Spots by Monique Costa | Gender Equity
Sarah,
Plain and Tall | Gender Equity
The Music of Dolphins | Gender Equity
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart | Gender Equity
Houses and Homes by Ann Morris | People Around the World
Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo |
Racial Equity
Big Al by Andrew Clements | Racial Equity
Straight From the Heart: Children of the World by Ethan
Hubbard | Racial Equity
Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of “Brave Bessie” Coleman
by Reeve Lindbergh | Racial Equality
Sister Anne’s Hands by Marybeth Lorbieki | Racial
Equality
Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller |
Racial Equality
All The Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanska | Racial,
Ethnic Diversity
All The Colors are We by Katie Kissinger | Racial,
Ethnic Diversity
Black is Brown is Tan by Arnold Adoff | Racial, Ethnic
Diversity
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman | Racial, Ethnic Diversity
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by EB Lewis | Racial,
Gender Equality
The Other Side by Woodson | Racial, Ethnic Diversity

Paul and Sebastian by Ulises Wensell
| Stereotypes,
Exclusion of Groups
This is Our House by Michael Rosen | Stereotypes,
Exclusion of Groups
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss | Stereotypes, Exclusion
of Groups
Is Your Family Like Mine? by Lois Abramchik |
Non-Traditional Families
Why are All Families Different? by Mary Atkinson |
Non-Traditional Families
Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin by Susanne Bosche |
Non-Traditional Families
ABC: A Family Alphabet Book by Bobbie Combs |
Non-Traditional Families
123: A Family Counting Book by Bobbie Combs |
Non-Traditional Families
Mama Eats Ants, Yuck by Barbara Lynn Edmonds |
Non-Traditional Families
Asha’s Mums by Rosamund Elwin & Michele Paulse |
Non-Traditional Families
The Sissy Ducklings by Harvey Fierstein |
Non-Traditional Families
Jennifer has Two Daddies by Priscilla Galloway |
Non-Traditional Families
Zack’s Story by Keith Elliot Greenberg | Non-Traditional
Families
My House by Brenna and Vicki Harding | Non-Traditional
Families
Celebrating Families by Rosemarie Hausherr |
Non-Traditional Families
How Would You Feel if Your Dad was Gay? by Ann Heron &
Meridith Maran | Non-Traditional Families
Best Best Colors by Eric Hoffman | Non-Traditional
Families
Lucy Goes to the Country by Joseph Kennedy |
Non-Traditional Families
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman |
Non-Traditional Families
Saturday is Pattyday by Leslea Newman | Non-Traditional
Families
Gloria Goes to Gay Pride by Leslea Newman |
Non-Traditional Families
All Families are Special by Norma Simon |
Non-Traditional Families
Who’s In a Family? by R. Skutch | Non-Traditional
Families
What Kind of Family Do You Have? by Gretchen Super |
Non-Traditional Families
My Two Uncles by Judith Vigna | Non-Traditional Families
Anna Day and the O-Ring by Elaine Wickens |
Non-Traditional Families
Daddy’s Wedding by Michael Willhoite | Non-Traditional
Families
Uncle What-Is-It is Coming to Visit! by Michael
Willhoite | Non-Traditional Families
Daddy’s Roomate by Michael Willhoite | Non-Traditional
Families
[Source:
Dr. Kay Emfinger]
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Advocate Mag: Best LGBTQ Books of 2019
LGBTQ Writers Who Have Won the
Pulitzer Prize
Queer Friendly Books for Young Adults, Kids, Families
Wikipedia: Gay Writers
Some Books We
Can Take Pride In
Timeline: 20 Years of LGBTQ Literature
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