
BOOKS
Below is a list of books worth reading. From children's books to lgbtq+ fictional stories to education to biographies.
LGBTQ+
We Make It Better by Eric Rosswood and Kathleen Archambeau
To Be A Gay Man by Will Young
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
The Stonewall Reader edited by The New York Public Library
The Little Book of Pride: The History, the People, the Parades by Lewis Laney
Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society’s Legacy of Gay Shame by Matthew Todd
Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement by Matthew Todd
A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Just Above my Head by James Baldwin
When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Rebel Chef by Dominique Crenn + Emma Brockes
We Are Everywhere by Matthew Riemer + Leighton Brown
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay
The Queen's English by Chloe O. Davis
Stonewall by Martin Duberman
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Queer Love in Colour by Jamal Jordan
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
Olivia by Dorothy Strachey
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
All My Mother's Lovers by Ilana Masad
Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
Singled Out by Andrew Maraniss
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
My Two Moms by Zach Wahls
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
TRANS+
Trans Power by Juno Roche
Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between by Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi
Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution by Susan Stryker
Trans Britain by Christine Burns
To my Trans Sisters by Charlie Craggs
Trans Teen Survival Guide by Owl and Fox Fisher
The Gender Games by Juno Dawson
Redefining Realness – Janet Mock
True Colours by Caroline Paige
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Fairest by Meredith Talusan
Sissy by Jacob Tobia
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein
Ask a Queer Chick by Lindsay King-Miller
Stung with Love by Sappho
How to Survive a Summer by Nick White
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Unbound by Arlene Stein
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
She's Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan
CHILDREN + YOUNG TEEN'S
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
My Two Moms and Me by Michael Joosten
Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman
The Adventures of Honey and Leon by Alan Cumming
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
I am Billie Jean King by Brad Meltzer
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
Stonewall: A Building, an Uprising, a Revolution by Rob Sanders
Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens
The Whispers by Greg Howard
Love Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson + Nick Sharratt
The Extraordinary Life of Alan Turing by Michael Lee Richardson + Freda Chiu
JoJo and BowBow Take the Stage by JoJo Siwa
Finn Family by Tove Jansson
Forever Star by Gareth Peter + Judi Abbot
The Extraordinary Life of Freddie Mercury by Michael Lee Richardson + Maggie Cole
Magnus Chase and The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
We Are The Beaker Girls by Jacqueline Wilson + Nick Sharratt
Undercover Princess by Connie Glynn
Max Kowalski Didn't Mean It by Susie Day
BIOGRAPHIES/MEMOIRS
In Their Shoes by Jamie Windust
Me by Elton John
Over The Top by Jonathan Van Ness
Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride
Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard by Alex Bertie
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
Becoming Nicole - Amy Ellis Nutt
Party of One - Dave Holmes
Mama's Boy by Dustin Lance Black