2SLGBTQIA+ History, Issues, Non Fiction

Non-fiction materials about 2SLGBTQIA+ history and issues

Updated June 3, 2026
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So many stars : an oral history of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit people of color
De Robertis, Caro.
Paper Book
From an acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color--from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens--who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural...
The big reveal : an illustrated manifesto of drag /
Velour, Sasha.
Paper Book
"Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us--the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived." -Sasha Velour This book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an art....
Stonewall : breaking out in the fight for gay rights /
Bausum, Ann
Paper Book
That's the Stonewall. The Stonewall Inn. Pay attention. History walks through that door. In 1969 being gay in the United States was a criminal offense. It meant living a closeted life or surviving on the fringes of society. People went to...
The 57 bus /
Slater, Dashka
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller Stonewall Book Award Winner A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far) The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you...
Wayward lives, beautiful experiments : intimate histories of social upheaval
Hartman, Saidiya V.
Paper Book
In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Free love, common-law and transient marriages, serial partners, cohabitation outside of wedlock, queer...
The queens' English : the LGBTQIA+ dictionary of lingo and colloquial phrases /
Davis, Chloe O.
Paper Book
A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community's contributions to the English language--an intersectional, inclusive, playfully illustrated glossary featuring more than 800 terms and fabulous phrases created by and for queer culture. Do you know where "yaaaas queen!" comes...
Sick and dirty : Hollywood's gay golden age and the making of modern queerness
Koresky, Michael
Paper Book
Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nonfiction AN ALLSTORA'S QUEER HISTORY 101 BOOK CLUB PICK "An absorbing landmark of film criticism." --The Chicago Tribune, "The 10 Best Books of the Year" A blazingly...
Forest euphoria : the abounding queerness of nature
Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION SCIENCE + LITERATURE SELECTED TITLE * VANITY FAIR BEST BOOKS OF 2025 * TIME 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2025 * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING "An antidote to the...

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