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.


Updated May 11, 2026
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A place of our own : six spaces that shaped queer women's culture
Thomas, June (Journalist)
Paper Book
A "riveting" and "indispensable" (Alison Bechdel) cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century, told through six iconic spaces For as long as queer women have existed, they've created gathering grounds where they can be...
Who's afraid of gender?
Butler, Judith
Paper Book
National Bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2024 by NPR, Harper's Bazaar, W, and Esquire. "A profoundly urgent intervention." --Naomi Klein "A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in reimagining collective futurity." -- Claudia Rankine From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a...
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
A December 2025 RuPaul's Book Club Pick! A poisoned chocolate. A stolen dress. An elusive catburglar. Drag's not just dramatic, it's deadly. By day, Joe is a hotel accountant, invisibly sitting behind their desk and playing by the rules. By night,...
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...
Stag Dance
Peters, Torrey.
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory."--People "Hot, heartbreaking, and...
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...
It's a Love/Skate Relationship
Corson, Carli J.
Audiobook
The transgender issue : an argument for justice
Faye, Shon
Audiobook
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...
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...
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...

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