#BeYou: International Coming Out Day

Updated September 15, 2023
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Oranges are not the only fruit
Winterson, Jeanette.
Paper Book
"Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrest≤ it didn't matter what." --Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit       This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as...
A short history of queer women
Loehr, Kirsty
Paper Book
No, they weren't 'just friends'! Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever. 'But historians famously care about women!', said no one. From Anne Bonny and Mary Read who sailed the seas together disguised as pirates, to US football captain Megan Rapinoe declaring 'You...
The secrets of my life
Jenner, Caitlyn
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In this remarkable memoir - written with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger during her pivotal first years of rebirth - Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future. With poignancy and humour, Caitlyn...
Tell me how to be
Patel, Neel
Paper Book
None of the above : reflections on life beyond the binary
Alabanza, Travis
Paper Book
An electric memoir about what it means to live outside the gender boundaries imposed on us by society, from the award-winning trans writer and performer.
The hidden case of Ewan Forbes : the transgender trial that threatened to upend the British establishment
Playdon, Zoë
Paper Book
The never-before-told story of Ewan Forbes and the landmark case that rocked British society and transformed transgender experience to this day*LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION CROWNS*'A remarkable story' The Times'Almost reads like a thriller'...
Ten steps to Nanette
Gadsby, Hannah
Audiobook
Untamed
Doyle, Glennon
Paper Book
'This book will shake your brain and make your soul scream. I am so ready for myself after reading this book!' Adele 'Untamed will liberate women - emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of...
Me
John, Elton
Paper Book
'The rock memoir of the decade' Daily MailIn his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the smash-hit film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most...
Unicorn : the memoir of a Muslim drag queen
Al-Kadhi, Amrou
Paper Book
From a god-fearing Muslim boy enraptured with their mother, to a vocal, queer drag queen estranged from their family, this is a heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themself 'It should be read far and wide' Ian McKellen My name is Amrou Al...
Sister outsider
Lorde, Audre
Audiobook
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and...

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