LGBT Nonfiction
June 2017
A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples
by Frederick Hertz

"Provides legal information to help same-sex couples exercise their rights and make sound decisions together."
This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide to Everyday Life
by Dannielle Owens-Reid

Presents advice to parents of gay children, covering such topics as telling other family members, religious beliefs and sexuality, gender identity, and the importance of emotional support.
History and Politics
Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality
by Debbie Cenziper

Documents the inspirational story of the partners, lawyers, judges, and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage in all fifty states.
Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation
by Jim Downs

Re-examines the history of gay life in the 1970s, arguing that gay people developed a national community within the decade that focused on political identity, oppression, and literary achievements as main issues of the gay liberation movement.
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights
by Ann Bausum

The award-winning author of Marching to the Mountaintop presents a history of gay tolerance that traces the progression of civil rights for gay citizens and identifies the prejudices and misconceptions that have criminalized homosexual relationships.
A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity across the World
by R. B. Parkinson

Documents the history of homosexuality and its representation in art, using objects from the British Museum's collection that date from 9000 BC to the present to illustrate how same-sex love has always been a part of human history.
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
by Lillian Faderman

A chronicle of the modern struggle for gay, lesbian, and transgender rights draws on interviews with politicians, military figures, legal activists, and members of the LGBT community to document the cause's struggles since the 1950s.
The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality
by Suzanna Danuta Walters

Argues that the current climate of tolerance regarding gay rights demeans both homo-and heterosexuals alike, asserting that a too-soon claim of victory undermines full equality and true integration.
Don't Tell Me to Wait: How the Fight for Gay Rights Changed America and Transformed Obama's Presidency
by Kerry Eleveld

A award-winning journalist and former reporter for The Advocate tells the dramatic story of the fight for gay rights in America, showing how activists pushed Obama to change his mind, turned the tide of political opinion and ensured that future Democratic presidential nominees would always embrace marriage equality.
Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes are Gaining Their Rightful Place in Sports
by Cyd Zeigler

Examines the experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender athletes, coaches, and other sports figures, especially in the United States, including the risks they face, coming out or remaining closeted, and other considerations.
Biography and Memoir
Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began
by Alex Cooper

The author recalls her experiences as a teenager in an unlicensed Mormon treatment program intended to cure her of lesbianism, detailing the beatings, verbal abuse, and cruelty she endured, as well as the historic legal case surrounding it.
My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within
by Jon Derek Croteau

The author tells the story of growing up denying his homosexuality in order to earn the love of his abusive father and how he eventually faced his sexual identity and began sorting through years of repressed anger.
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics
by Dan Savage

The sex-advice columnist for "Savage Love" and author of the best-selling Skipping Towards Gomorrah draws on his experience with the Emmy Award-winning It Gets Better campaign to share pithy insights into a range of topics including health care, gun control and marriage equality.
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Slightly Effeminate, Possibly Gay, Totally Fabulous Son
by Lori Duron

Based on her popular blog of the same name, the author presents a brutally honest, laugh-out-loud funny memoir about the joys and challenges of raising a slightly effeminate, possibly gay, totally fabulous son.
The Reappearing Act: Coming Out as Gay on a College Basketball Team Led by Born-again Christians
by Kate Fagan

A sportswriter discusses her struggle with her sexual identity while living in an unsupportive environment.
Becoming Who I Am: Young Men on Being Gay
by Ritch C Savin-Williams

Savin-Williams's manuscript traces the lives of young gay men as they negotiated the transition from their teen years into adulthood. It focuses on key developmental milestones, including first sexual memories, first crushes, coming out to friends and families, and first adult relationships. The manuscript is drawn from in-depth interviews with 41 individuals from the "millennial" generation; each was interviewed multiple times across their teenage years into their early twenties. The author investigates how their senses of self and their public identities shifted across time, how their sexuality and sexual experiences did--and did not--affect their relationships with family, friends, and peers, how they dealt with new responsibilities, etc. He also uses the stories to shed light on the findings of recent research on gay youth, teenagers, and young adults.
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