National Coming Out Day

Updated October 10, 2024
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The letter Q : queer writers' notes to their younger selves
Moon, Sarah,
Paper Book
Life-saving letters from a glittering wishlist of top authors.If you received a letter from your older self, what do you think it would say? What do you wish it would say?That the boy you were crushing on in History turns out to be gay too, and that you become boyfriends in college? That the...
Pageboy : a memoir
Page, Elliot,
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2023" A TIME Magazine "100 Must-Read Books of 2023" A Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" An Autostraddle "Best Queer Books of 2023" "Vivid...Moving...
Last night at the Telegraph Club
Lo, Malinda,
Paper Book
Winner of the National Book Award A New York Times Bestseller "The queer romance we've been waiting for."--Ms. Magazine Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root--that desire to look, to move closer, to touch....
Friday I'm in Love
Garrett, Camryn
Paper Book
It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A love letter to romantic comedies, sweet sixteen blowouts, Black joy, and queer pride. "A perfect ode to romantic comedies, wrapped in a dazzling rainbow dress." --Rachael Lippincott, #1 New...
Gender queer : a memoir
Kobabe, Maia,
Paper Book
2020 ALA Alex Award Winner 2020 Stonewall -- Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was...
When We Were Magic
Gailey, Sarah.
Paper Book
A moving, darkly funny novel about six teens whose magic goes wildly awry from Magic for Liars author Sarah Gailey, who Chuck Wendig calls an "author to watch." Keeping your magic a secret is hard. Being in love with your best friend is harder. Alexis...
Like a Love Story.
Nazemian, Abdi,
Paper Book
Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time "A book for warriors, divas, artists, queens, individuals, activists, trend setters, and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves."--Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and...
It gets better : coming out, overcoming bullying, and creating a life worth living
Savage, Dan,
Paper Book
In 2010, Dan Savage and his partner, Terry Miller, uttered three wordsthat would give rise to a global movement focused on empowerment of LGBTQ+ youth -it gets better Growing up isn't easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, and this is especially true for...
Boy Meets Boy
Levithan, David.
Paper Book
This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids learn how...
All out
Mitchell, Saundra,
Paper Book
Take a journey through time and genres to discover stories where queer teens live, love, and shape the world around them. Seventeen young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for...
King and the dragonflies
Callender, Kacen
Ebook
A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry! In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him...
The magic fish
Trung, Le Nguyen,
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by the New York Public Library * Kirkus Reviews * Booklist * Publishers Weekly Tiến loves his family and his friends...but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and...

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