LGBTQ+ History

Updated September 19, 2022
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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
Elon Green
Paper Book
**WINNER OF THE EDGAR® AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME** A "terrific, harrowing, true-crime account of an elusive serial killer who preyed upon gay men in the 1990s." -The New York Times (Editor's Pick) "In this astonishing and powerful work of...
When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History
Hugh Ryan
Ebook
"[A] boisterous, motley new history . . . an entertaining and insightful chronicle . . . enhanced by original research." -- The New York Times Book Review Hugh Ryan's When Brooklyn Was Queer is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT...
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
James Kirchick
Paper Book
The New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 Named one of Vanity Fair's "Best Books of 2022" "Not since Robert Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson have I been so riveted by a work of history. Secret...
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
Huw Lemmey
Paper Book
These "very funny-deep dives into the lives of the most dastardly queer people in history" offer a passionate argument for rethinking gay politics beyond identity (Vogue). What can we learn from the homosexual villains, failures, and baddies of our past? ...
The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage
Sasha Issenberg
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR . The riveting story of the conflict over same-sex marriage in the United States-the most significant civil rights breakthrough of the new millennium "Full of intimate details, battling personalities, heated court cases, public...

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