IDAHOBIT

International Day Against LGBTIQA+ Discrimination is recognised on May 17. This marks the date in 1990 that homosexuality was removed from the WHO Classification of Diseases. Over two decades later, LGBTIQA+ communities still face discrimination – the stakes have never been higher to champion inclusion. We've curated a list of fiction and non-fiction titles here highlighting LGBTIQA+ characters, history, and issues.


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IDAHOBIT

International Day Against LGBTIQA+ Discrimination is recognised on May 17. This marks the date in 1990 that homosexuality was removed from the WHO Classification of Diseases. Over two decades later, LGBTIQA+ communities still face discrimination – the stakes have never been higher to champion inclusion. We've curated a list of fiction and non-fiction titles here highlighting LGBTIQA+ characters, history, and issues.


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Forging Queer Leaders : How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity
Fram, Bree
Paper Book
'Helps us all step into our power as queer leaders' - Ben Pechey LGBTQ+ individuals disproportionately encounter bias, adversity, stigma, and marginalization throughout their lives. It's an enormous obstacle - but also prepares them for leadership in a fast-moving, volatile,...
A place of our own : six spaces that shaped queer women's culture
Thomas, June (Journalist)
Paper Book
Lesbians are a people without a home. Perhaps that's why the ones we make for ourselves are so important. A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century, told through six iconic spaces 'An...
Who's afraid of gender?
Butler, Judith
Paper Book
Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed 'anti-gender ideology movements' dedicated to circulating a fantasy...
Queer as folklore : the hidden queer history of myths and monsters
Coward, Sacha
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Queer as Folklore takes readers across centuries and continents to reveal the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy. Featuring images from archives, galleries and museums around the world, each chapter...
Murder in the dressing room
Stars, Holly
Paper Book
LIPSTICK, LIES, AND LETHAL SECRETS: A DAZZLING NEW CRIME THRILLER FOR FANS OF JANICE HALLETT AND TOM HINDLE 'What Miss Marple did with tweeds and knitting, Misty Divine does with rhinestones and stilettos.' - Jenny Bayliss -- Meet Misty...
How to sleep at night : a novel
Harris, Elizabeth
Paper Book
 "Funny, charming...you can do no better than to curl up with this sparkling book."--The Washington Post "By turns insightful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, How To Sleep at Night is a delight."-- J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Bestselling author of...
The Short Story of Queer Art : A Pocket Guide to Key Movements, Works, Themes and Breakthroughs
Hoskin, Dawn
Paper Book
The Short Story of Queer Art offers a fuller picture of the history of art - from the barriers broken and breakthroughs that queer artists have made, to the important contributions to key artistic movements, and the forgotten and obscured artists who are now being rediscovered and reassessed....
Detachable penis : a queer legal saga
Elkin, Sam
Paper Book
In Detachable Penis- A Queer Legal Saga, Elkin relates his bumpy journey from lesbian to transgender lawyer in the aftermath of the 2017 marriage equality postal survey. As the inaugural lawyer of Victoria's queer law service, Elkin is quickly immersed in thorny debates around...
Stag Dance
Peters, Torrey.
Paper Book
Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby
Bonjour, Mademoiselle!: ; April Ashley and the pursuit of a lovely life
Kent, Jacqueline.
As Britain emerged from post-war austerity in the 1960s, no one embodied its newfound spirit of hedonism and glamour like April Ashley. A fashion model and socialite who rose from poverty in Liverpool to the heights of London society via Le Carrousel nightclub in Paris, she was also one of the first...
Those fatal flowers : a novel
Ives, Shannon
Paper Book
Greco-Roman mythology and the mystery of the vanished Roanoke colony collide in this epic adventure filled with sapphic longing and female rage-a debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller, Jennifer Saint, and Natalie Haynes. Before, Scopuli. It has been centuries since...
The Koran and the Flesh : The Pilgrimage of a Gay Imam
Zahed, Ludovic-Mohamed
Paper Book
'A moving, courageous voice ... Muslims and others alike need to listen to him' - Observer Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is an imam and Koranic scholar. He is also gay. In this memoir, he explains the journey he has taken to be both the founder of a mosque in Paris and to be openly...
Arthur and Teddy are coming out
Love, Ryan
Paper Book
The feel-good read of 2024. Perfect for fans of Mike Gayle, Beth O'Leary and Alice Oseman's Heartstopper. Selected as one of the Independent's 19 debut authors set to make their mark in 2023 'Gentle, honest and beautifully authentic' Julietta Henderson ...
Personal politics : sexuality, gender and the remaking of citizenship in Australia
Boucher, Leigh
Paper Book
The achievement of marriage equality in Australia in 2017 was hailed by many as the crowning event of a fifty-year story of hard work by activists, which began with campaigns to decriminalise sex between men in the early 1970s. In that same five decades, feminist activism,...
The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide : Making It Work in Friendship, Love, and Sex
Daigle-Orians, Cody
Paper Book
'A must read relationship guide' - School Library Journal 'One of the books I'd deliver to my younger self' - Jeffrey Marsh Should I be upfront with someone I'm interested in that I'm ace or aro? How do I get people to respect my boundaries around intimacy?...
Great LGBTQ+ speeches : empowering voices that engage + inspire
Uglow, Tea
Paper Book
Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation.   A sister title to Great Women's Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and Proud (2020), Great LGBTQ+...
It's a Love/Skate Relationship
Corson, Carli J.
Paper Book
Fans of Rachael Lippincott, Elise Bryant, and Dahlia Adler will love this joyful debut novel, a sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between a hotheaded hockey player and the ice princess at the figure skating rink next door. Charlie Porter is a force to be reckoned with, both...
Geraldine
Thompson, Andrea.
Paper Book
This is the story of a woman who changes the world that wants to change her. Geraldine is born with an adventurer's heart. Whether it's escaping from boarding school in Rhodesia, or buying hormones from the local speed dealer in Weston-super-Mare, Geraldine is open to all the world has to offer -...
The transgender issue : an argument for justice
Faye, Shon
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Few books are as urgent as Shon Faye's debut ... Faye has hope for the future - and maybe so should we' Independent 'Unsparing, important and weighty ... a vitally needed antidote' Observer
Tomorrow will be different : love, loss, and the fight for trans equality
McBride, Sarah
Paper Book
Sarah McBride is on a mission to fight for transgender rights around the world. But before she was a prominent activist, and before she became the first transgender person to speak at the Democratic National Convention in 2016, she was a teenager struggling with her identity. With...
He/she/they : how we talk about gender and why it matters
Bailar, Schuyler
Paper Book
Gender is a human experience, not just a trans experience. Every single one of us has a relationship to gender, so how can we change the way we talk about it, challenge misconceptions, and become better allies? Schuyler Bailar is the first transgender athlete to compete on the...
Dear cisgender people : a guide to trans allyship and empathy
Jones, Kenny Ethan
Paper Book
Conversations on the transgender experience may be becoming more commonplace but the topic is still all too often the subject of fierce debate. But behind the shock headlines, what does it really mean to be trans? In this powerful, extensively researched, and deeply personal...
Nothing to hide : voices of trans and gender diverse Australia
Elkin, Sam
Paper Book
Nothing to Hide is Australia's first mainstream anthology of trans and gender-diverse writing, a powerful contribution to Australian letters.
Gender euphoria : stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers
Dale, Laura Kate
Paper Book
GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender. So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a...
The gender friend : a 102 guide to gender identity
Phoenix, Oakley
Paper Book
If you lifted this book from the shelf, you're probably interested in learning more about gender. You could be in the earliest stages of questioning, newly out, well into your transition, or an ally hoping to receive some extra tips and tricks. No matter your starting point, you're in the right...
Transgender Australia : a history since 1910
Riseman, Noah J.
Paper Book
Trans and gender diverse people have always been present in Australian life, whether they've lived quiet lives in the country, performed in cabaret shows, worked on the streets or run for parliament. But over the last century there have been remarkable changes in how they have identified and...
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