Rainbow Project Book List
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The Rainbow Book List is created by the Rainbow Book List Committee of the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association. Originally a joint project between the Rainbow Round Table (formerly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table) and the Social Responsibilities Round Table, the Rainbow Book List presents an annual bibliography of quality books with significant and authentic LGBQTIA+ content, which are recommended for people from birth through eighteen years of age.
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| We Are the Ants
2017 - Selection(s) Henry has the chance to destroy the world; should he press the button? |
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| Worm Loves Worm
2017 - Selection(s) Worm loves worm, and now they want to get married. But which worm is the bride and which is the groom? And does it matter? |
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| If I Was Your Girl
2017 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Award Book. Meredith Russo tells the story of Amanda Hardy, a trans teen who moves to rural... |
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| Weird Girl and What’s His Name
2017 - Selection(s) Lula and Rory have two things in common: their love for X-Files and the fact they don’t fit in in their small town of Hawthorne... |
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| Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began
2017 - Selection(s) Alex Cooper tells the true story of her time in an unlicensed conversion program and the fight to live openly gay in her conservative surroundings. |
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| Dryland
2017 - Selection(s) Floating through life is something Julie excels at, until Alexis unexpectedly invites her to join the swim team. Is the invitation more than just a... |
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| Big Bob, Little Bob
2017 - Selection(s) Three friends learn that gender doesn’t matter when it comes to playing with toys. |
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| Drag Teen
2017 - Selection(s) A drag competition offers JT the opportunity to break out of his small-town Florida life and live his dream onstage in wig, heels, and false... |
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| Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
2017 - Selection(s) When out and proud Jo is forced to move to small-town Georgia, she grants her father’s request to protect his ministry and new marriage by... |
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| LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality
2017 - Selection(s) The stories of LGBTQ+ athletes, past and present, who have struggled for inclusion in competitive sports. |
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| You Know Me Well
2017 - Selection(s) Mark’s boyfriend ditches him to flirt with older guys, and Kate runs away from meeting the girl of her dreams. Instead of finding themselves alone... |
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| I'm a Girl
2017 - Selection(s) A spunky child is not afraid to be herself. |
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| Just Kill Me
2017 - Selection(s) Megan has been surrounded by death her whole life, given her family has owned a funeral home for generations. So guiding ghost tours seems natural…until... |
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| How Many Letters are in Goodbye?
2017 - Selection(s) Rhea lost her mother 14 years ago, but is still saying goodbye with letters describing her struggles coming to terms with her sexuality, gaining and... |
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| Being Jazz: My life as a (Transgender) Teen
2017 - Selection(s) Jazz Jennings recounts growing up trans, becoming a national spokesperson, and role model. |
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| True Letters from a Fictional Life.
2017 - Selection(s) The real James Liddell is hidden inside his desk. His friends see his girlfriend, athleticism, and confidence as givens, but the letters inside tell another... |
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| Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship
2017 - Selection(s) Errol’s teddy bear, Thomas, is sad until telling Errol the bear is actually a girl teddy bear and wants to be called Tilly. Errol and... |
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| Beast
2017 - Selection(s) Fifteen-year-old Dylan, 6’4” and growing, is known as “Beast.” When an incident sends him to a self-harm group he falls for Jamie and discovers the... |
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| Look Both Ways
2017 - Selection(s) Brooklyn finds herself falling into a romance with her roommate Zoe at acting camp, and she questions her identity and what she really wants. |
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| The V-Word
2017 - Selection(s) Seventeen women share the real stories of their first time sexual encounters. |
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| Without Annette
2017 - Selection(s) Josie and her girlfriend Annette escape Annette’s alcoholic mother and their small town, but suddenly closeted and excluded from Annette’s new circle, the private boarding... |
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| Home at Last
2017 - Selection(s) Lester finds a loving home with Daddy Rich and Daddy Albert and their big, fluffy dog. |
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| Under Threat
2017 - Selection(s) Franny’s parents, the town’s local abortion providers, have always received threats. But when the threats reach a little too close to home, will they destroy... |
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| Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity
2017 - Selection(s) After starting her transition, Jess takes her best friend Chunk across the country to come out to her dad, but spends the trip learning what... |
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| The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens & Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
2017 - Selection(s) This is a workbook designed to help young adults explore gender identity and its intersectionalities. |
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| Every Heart a Doorway
2017 - Selection(s) Nancy found a home for herself serving the Lord of the Dead in his Underworld, but after being cast out, she finds a group of... |
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| Lily and Dunkin
2017 - Selection(s) Lily is fighting to live openly as a girl, Dunkin is fighting his memories of his father, and they’re both fighting to save the tree... |
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| Saving Montgomery Sole
2017 - Selection(s) While Montgomery spends her time steeped in the paranormal, she never questions the security and love of her two moms. When a well-known evangelical preacher... |
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| Boy Robot
2017 - Selection(s) On the run in a dystopian society that wants him dead, Isaak finds refuge in an underground network of robots and humans. |
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| Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Anthology
2017 - Selection(s) Queer comics from space travel to werewolves and everything in between. |
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| When the Moon Was Ours
2017 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Honor Book. A girl born of a water tower and a boy who hangs moons risk everything... |
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| The Other Boy
2017 - Selection(s) Twelve-year-old Shane loves baseball, drawing, and hanging out with his best friend until a transphobic school bully targets him. When Shane loses hope for finding... |
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| The Inside of Out
2017 - Selection(s) Daisy thinks being an ally to her best friend is going to be easy. As she leads the fight to allow same-sex dates at Homecoming... |
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| Unbecoming
2017 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Honor Book. As if kissing her best friend and then being shunned by all her school mates... |
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| The Secret Loves of Geek Girls: Expanded Edition
2017 - Selection(s) Comics and essays combine in this nonfiction anthology on geeks and relationships. |
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| Gena/Finn
2017 - Selection(s) Gena and Finn find each other online through tv fandom. As their friendship develops, neither one expects the disaster that waits around the corner. |
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| The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island
2017 - Selection(s) The Fletcher family looks forward to their regular vacation at Rock Island: clam chowder, swimming, ice cream, and most of all the lighthouse. But when... |
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| The Root
2017 - Selection(s) Two teens live in alternate versions of San Francisco, each fighting to keep their world alive from the dark forces that threaten destruction. |
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| The Great American Whatever
2017 - Selection(s) After spending 6 months alone grieving over the loss of his sister, Quinn’s best friend forces him out to a party where he meets and... |
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| Princess Princess Ever After
2017 - Selection(s) A graphic novel where girls are heroes, monsters just want to dance, and two princess find their happily ever after together. |
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| This Song Is (Not) for You
2017 - Selection(s) Bandmates Sam and Ramona are in love with each other, but afraid to admit it. When Tom, who has always had to defend his asexuality... |
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| The Hidden Oracle
2017 - Selection(s) Apollo’s in trouble with Zeus and has been banished to Earth as a mortal with none of his godly powers, so he makes his way... |
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| Highly Illogical Behavior
2017 - Selection(s) Solomon Reed hasn’t stepped out of his house in three years; Lisa Praytor wants nothing more than to leave their town. Solomon may be her... |
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| Symptoms of Being Human
2017 - Selection(s) Is Riley Cavanaugh a boy or a girl? The answer is yes. In this ground-breaking exploration of what it’s like to be a gender fluid... |
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| The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded
2017 - Selection(s) Mathematician and pioneer of computer science, Alan Turing, cracked the Enigma Code aiding in WWII’s conclusion. Persecuted for his sexual orientation, his life comes to... |
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| Seven Ways We Lie
2017 - Selection(s) One scandal. Seven students. As they bury their secrets and uncover others’, friendships and unexpected loves are formed and lost. |
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| Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor
2017 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Award Book. In Magnus’s second adventure, Rick Riordan introduces readers to Alex Fierro, a gender fluid teen... |
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| And I Darken
2017 - Selection(s) Lada and Radu, children of the Wallachian prince Vlad Dracul, are abandoned to the Ottomon Empire to ensure peace between the kingdoms. When assassination plots... |
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| Girl Mans Up
2017 - Selection(s) Between her parent’s need for her to wear dresses and her best friend’s need for her to be one of the guys, Pen slowly loses... |
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| Lumberjanes Volume 3: A Terrible Plan
2017 - Selection(s) During a free day at camp, Jo, April, and Ripley try to earn as many badges as possible, while Mal and Molly’s picnic date turns... |
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| Juliet Takes a Breath
2017 - Selection(s) Juliet, a kick-ass Puerto Rican lesbian from the Bronx, heads to Portland, OR, for an internship with a bona fide celesbian author. Through her experiences... |
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| Honor Girl
2017 - Selection(s) In this graphic memoir, Maggie Thrash recalls a summer at Camp Bellflower for Girls when she was fifteen. As she develops skills, makes enemies, and... |
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| Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community
2017 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Honor Book. A visually stunning history and celebration of pride. |
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| The Steep and Thorny Way
2017 - Selection(s) Urged on by her father’s ghost, Hanalee and Joe search to find the truth about his murder in 1920s Oregon. |
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| Red: A Crayon’s Story
2016 - Selection(s) The label read, “Red.” However, all of Red’s strawberries and hearts come out blue. Friends and family try to fix Red until new buddy Berry... |
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| Fans of the Impossible Life
2016 - Selection(s) Jeremy, Mira and Sebby first bond while gathering signatures on a petition to establish an after-school Art Club. All three of them struggle with physical... |
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| Under the Lights
2016 - Selection(s) Vanessa Park loves her job on the teen TV drama Daylight Falls; Josh Chester is a notorious Hollywood playboy whose career is spiraling out of... |
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| The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley
2016 - Selection(s) Andrew Brawley should have died in the car accident that killed his parents and sister; he did not. Instead, he skulks around in the hospital... |
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| Heather Has Two Mommies
2016 - Selection(s) Heather’s favorite number is two: she has two arms, two legs, two pets, and two mommies. When Heather goes to preschool, she learns that not... |
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| Lizard Radio
2016 - Selection(s) Kivali is a Bender. Not quite boy or girl, Kivali must fit in or risks being exiled to Blight. Sent to CropCamp, a commune...
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| Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU
2016 - Selection(s) For children with questions about bodies, gender, touch, sex, and love, this all-inclusive book guides the conversation between children and trusted adults in an accessible... |
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| Poz
2016 - Selection(s) Remy Babcock is seventeen, a rower, in the closet, and newly HIV-positive. As he navigates the consequences of a series of casual flings, he regains... |
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| Families
2016 - Selection(s) A beautiful diversity of family life is depicted through simple text and photographs. |
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| More Happy Than Not
2016 - Selection(s) Aaron Soto is a sixteen-year-old Puerto Rican living in the Bronx, happy in his relationships with his girlfriend and childhood friends, despite his father’s recent... |
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| Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, with 21 Activities
2016 - Selection(s) From ancient China to the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision on marriage equality, this narrative history reference gives context to the challenges and achievements of... |
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| The Porcupine of Truth
2016 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Award Book. Carson is stuck in Billings, Montana, when he meets Aisha. The two head out... |
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| Stella Brings the Family
2016 - Selection(s) It’s Mother’s Day, and everyone is making invitations for their mothers to come to the school celebration. But Stella has two dads and no mom... |
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| Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before
2016 - Selection(s) Triinu Hoffman realizes she is definitely gay, a problem in the middle of a statewide campaign against equal rights for homosexuals in 1992 Oregon. Through... |
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| The Marvels
2016 - Selection(s) In black-and-white pencil illustrations, Selznick depicts three generations of actors descending from the sole survivor of a legendary shipwreck. As that story closes, another unfolds... |
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| Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
2016 - Selection(s) Tiny Cooper—”the world’s largest person who is also really, really gay” of Will Grayson, Will Grayson fame—shares his life story in this libretto of a... |
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| Zak’s Safari
2016 - Selection(s) When young Zak’s outdoor “safari” gets cancelled because of the rain, he leads his readers (and his stuffed animal tourists) on an adventure through the... |
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| What We Left Behind
2016 - Selection(s) Toni and Gretchen were the perfect high school couple, determined to stay together forever. However, their relationship begins to strain when Gretchen unexpectedly starts college... |
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| Stranger
2016 - Selection(s) Generations after a natural disaster destroyed civilization as we know it, eighteen-year-old prospector Ross Juarez escapes King Voske’s bounty hunter and finds refuge in the... |
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| About a Girl: A Novel
2016 - Selection(s) Astronomy buff Tally plans to go to college, solve the mysteries of the universe, and win a Nobel Prize along the way. When love complicates... |
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| George
2016 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Award Book. When people look at George, they see a boy. But she knows she’s a girl... |
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| Anything Could Happen
2016 - Selection(s) Having a secret crush can be hard. For Tretch, a closeted teen who is in love with his straight best friend, it verges on torture... |
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| Alex As Well
2016 - Selection(s) Fourteen years old and intersex, Alex was raised by her parents as a boy, but she knows she is a girl. Taking her identity into... |
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| Cut Both Ways
2016 - Selection(s) Seventeen-year-old Will believes he is adept at straddling two worlds. He lives with his affluent mother in the suburbs where he makes out with his... |
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| Gracefully Grayson
2016 - Selection(s) Twelve-year-old Grayson, through a school play, finds the courage to reveal a deep truth: in spite of being seen as a boy, she knows for... |
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| Playing a Part
2016 - Selection(s) This import—the first teen book translated from Russian—follows Grisha’s coming-of-age in a Moscow puppet theater, as he reels from the impending departure of his beloved... |
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| The Bane Chronicles
2016 - Selection(s) When Magnus Bane is not battling in the world of Shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves, or tentacle demons, his universal amorous tastes (not to mention his cutting-edge... |
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| Not Otherwise Specified
2016 - Selection(s) Seventeen-year-old Etta feels out-of-place in her small Nebraska town: she’s not gay enough for her former lesbian friends or straight enough for the rest of... |
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| Lair of Dreams
2016 - Selection(s) After escaping a psychotic killer, the Diviners believe their life will be easier. Instead they find that a mysterious phantom is drawing people into a... |
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| Breakthrough
2016 - Selection(s) Teen scientist Jack Andraka’s journey through middle and high school is replete with homophobic persecution at school and skepticism from the scientific community. Between developing... |
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| The History of Us
2016 - Selection(s) Basketball player Bradley Collins is out to his friends but doesn’t see his sexuality as central to his identity. TJ is openly gay and about... |
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| We Are All Made of Molecules
2016 - Selection(s) Personalities clash when brainiac Stewart and his widower father move in with social-elite Ashley and her mother. To complicate matters (and to Ashley’s chagrin), her... |
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| The Darkest Part of the Forest
2016 - Selection(s) Hazel should have known better than to make a deal with the fairies of the forest for her brother Ben’s talent, but it’s too late... |
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| Adrian and the Tree of Secrets
2016 - Selection(s) This French graphic novel tells the story of Adrian, whose oppressive mother and strict Catholic school make being openly gay seem outside of the realm... |
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| Willful Machines
2016 - Selection(s) In a future world where machines are not only sentient but also have free will, Lee is the closeted son of the very conservative US... |
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| When Everything Feels Like the Movies
2016 - Selection(s) There is no such thing as bad press, especially to small town middle-schooler Jude Rothesay. Loosely based on the on the real-life story of Larry... |
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| Wonders of the Invisible World
2016 - Selection(s) Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Award Honor Book. Seventeen-year-old Aidan feels like he is sleepwalking through his life until... |
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| SuperMutant Magic Academy
2016 - Selection(s) At this boarding school for paranormal teenagers the student body is a wild mix, from witches and shapeshifters to jocks and performance artists. Hilarity ensues. |
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| No One Needs to Know
2016 - Selection(s) Olivia and Zoey live drastically different lives in Tacoma, WA—Olivia in the penthouse of a highrise overlooking the sound, Zoey in a crumbling house on... |
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| Carry On
2016 - Selection(s) Simon Snow just wants to have a normal(ish) last year at his magickal school, Watford, with his girlfriend Agatha and his best friend Penny. However... |
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| Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
2016 - Selection(s) Closeted high schooler Simon Spier is being blackmailed—either help Martin Addison get together with the girl of his dreams (Simon’s good friend) or Simon’s sexuality... |
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| None of the Above
2016 - Selection(s) Kristin’s life is just about perfect: a full-ride to university on a track scholarship, a great boyfriend, and a surprise election as homecoming queen. When... |
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| I am Jazz
2015 - Selection(s) Jazz says she “has a girl brain in a boy body.” Based on the life of Jazz Jennings, this picture book talks about her experiences... |
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| Five, Six, Seven, Nate!
2015 - Selection(s) In the sequel to Better Nate Than Ever, Nate Foster’s Broadway dreams are finally coming true. |
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| Afterworlds
2015 - Selection(s) With a contract in hand for her YA novel, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel arrives in New York City. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes... |
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| This Day in June
2015 - Selection(s) This Day In June welcomes young readers to experience a pride celebration and share in a day when we are all united. |
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| The Book of David
2015 - Selection(s) Through journal entries, a small-town high school quarterback recounts his experiences of falling for the new kid and the fear of being outed by his... |
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| Sweet Tooth
2015 - Selection(s) What’s a sweets-loving boy growing up gay in North Carolina in the eighties supposed to think when he’s diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? That God... |
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| This Day in June
2015 - Selection(s) This Day In June welcomes young readers to experience a pride celebration and share in a day when we are all united. |
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| One Man Guy
2015 - Selection(s) Freshman Alek’s idea of a great summer is not summer school, but his strict and academically driven Armenian parents have different plans. Enter Ethan, the... |
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| Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen
2015 - Selection(s) Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews describes the struggles he faced being perceived as a girl growing up, and how things changed for him that he experienced once... |
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| Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World
2015 - Selection(s) Stephen Shulevitz has three months to go before his high school graduation, when he’s faced with the end of the world–realizing he’s in love with... |
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| We Are the Youth: Sharing the Stories of LGBT Youth in the United States
2015 - Selection(s) Based on an ongoing photojournalism project of the same name, We Are the Youth was inspired by the idea that reading about others’ life experiences... |
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| Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
2015 - Selection(s) High-school junior Leila Azadi suddenly and unexpectedly falls hard for Saskia, the beautiful and sophisticated new girl at school. Leila finds herself taking risks she... |
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| Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition
2015 - Selection(s) In an honest and unique voice, Katie Rain Hill opens up about growing up, struggling with depression, family, love, and undergoing gender reassignment. |
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| Screaming Divas
2015 - Selection(s) High school misfits Trudy, Cassie, Harumi and Esther seem an unlikely group to be in the up-and-coming punk band Screaming Divas. Will their rocky friendship... |
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| The Gender Book
2015 - Selection(s) An illustrated guide to the nuances of gender and gender identity for all ages. |
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| Everything Leads To You
2015 - Selection(s) Emi and her best friend Charlotte are invited to stay at Emi’s brother’s apartment in LA for the summer after graduation, with one condition: they... |
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| Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf
2015 - Selection(s) In this comics anthology, a variety of authors explore their experiences, perceptions of sexuality, gender, power, consent, and their own bodies as they relate experiences... |
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| I’ll Give You the Sun
2015 - Selection(s) Artistic twins Jude and Noah each have only half the story of why they broke apart. Their art becomes a force of its own as... |
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| Tomboy: A graphic memoir
2015 - Selection(s) For as long as she can remember, Liz has been happiest in jeans and sneakers, never in dresses and heels. Is there a place for... |
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| Far from You
2015 - Selection(s) Sophie lives with chronic pain from a car accident that also left her hooked on Oxy. Sophie is clean now—but she’s reeling from the loss... |
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| Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
2015 - Selection(s) Morris wears a beautiful orange dress that reminds him of his mother’s hair and tigers, but his classmates say that dresses are for girls. One... |
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| Grasshopper Jungle
2015 - Selection(s) As if living in a world overrun by six-foot-tall hungry and horny mutant praying mantises isn’t bad enough, Austin realizes he is in love with... |
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| Not Every Princess
2015 - Selection(s) Anyone can be a princess, a pirate, a mermaid, or a superhero. Demonstrated through rhyming text and whimsical illustrations, whatever you can imagine, you can... |
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| Secret City
2015 - Selection(s) When sixteen-year-old Ruby Pickett moves with her family to Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1944, she is told not to talk about why this new city... |
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| Leap
2014 - Selection(s) In the summer of 1979, Rowan Marks is just waiting to leave for college. In the meantime, she deals with her disconnected family, her best... |
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| If You Could Be Mine
2014 - Selection(s) Sahar and Nasrin are two women in love with each other whose lives are complicated by the fact that they live in Iran, where homosexuality... |
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| Tyler Buckspan
2014 - Selection(s) When his nineteen-year-old half-brother moves in after his release from prison, Tyler can no longer ignore his attraction to other boys. Thus begins a coming-of-age... |
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| Better Nate than Ever
2014 - Selection(s) Thirteen-year-old Nate runs away from his small town in Pennsylvania to New York City to audition for E.T. the Musical. With the help of his... |
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| Homo
2014 - Selection(s) When Will gets outed on Facebook and everything in his life starts spinning out of control, can he discover who he truly is, or will... |
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| My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity
2014 - Selection(s) This updated edition of Bornstein’s original gender workbook shows the reader how to deconstruct not only gender, but other societal values and morals with candidness... |
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| Archenemy
2014 - Selection(s) Addie and Eva are the closest of friends, but Eva wants to be more than “just friends.” When Addie doesn’t feel the same way, Eva... |
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| Rapture Practice: My One-Way Ticket to Salvation: A True Story
2014 - Selection(s) In this memoir, Aaron Hartzler recounts his Christian evangelical upbringing; that means no TV, no movies, no drinking and no dating. As Aaron begins to... |
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| If I Lie
2014 - Selection(s) Everyone in town is calling Quinn a whore and a slut because she’s been caught cheating on her boyfriend Casey, who is serving in the... |
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| Branded by the Pink Triangle
2014 - Selection(s) Jews were not the only ones persecuted and executed by the Nazis in World War II. Instead of a Star of David, homosexual men were... |
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| The Summer Prince
2014 - Selection(s) Set in futuristic Brazil, the people of the city of Palmares Tres have elected a new Summer King, Enki. Everyone is in love with him... |
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| Love in the Time of Global Warming
2014 - Selection(s) In post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, Penelope (Pen) has lost everything, and everyone, she’s ever cared about. In this Odyssey-esque journey, Pen embarks on a search for... |
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| Openly Straight
2014 - Selection(s) High school junior Rafe leaves his accepting parents, his accepting school, and his accepting Colorado hometown to start life over at an all-boys boarding school... |
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| Fat Angie
2014 - Selection(s) Angie hits rock bottom the day she tries to commit suicide in the middle of a high school pep rally. Enter KC Romance, a new... |
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| Freakboy
2014 - Selection(s) Three lives intertwine: Angel, a transwoman who works at an LGBTQ center for teens; Vanessa, a high school girl who’s on the wrestling team; and... |
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| The Culling
2014 - Selection(s) In a post-apocalyptic America, the government has absolute control of its people, complete with a barbaric and gruesome tradition known as Recruitment Day. Lucian “Lucky”... |
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| 2011 rainbow project booklist
2011 - Selection(s) Titles marked with a * are a Top Ten Title for the 2011 List. *Agell, Charlotte. The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister. 2010. 160p. Henry... |
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2010 - Selection(s) Picture BooksAlsenas, Linas. Hello My Name Is Bob. 2009. unp. Scholastic, $16.99. (9780545052443). Gr. PreK-2. Bob, a self described boring bear, begins comparing... |
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2009 - Selection(s) Rainbow Books 2009 For more information about the 2009 Rainbow List, please read the introduction.
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| And Tango Makes Three
2008 - Selection(s) At New York City’s Central Park Zoo, two male penguins parent an egg and start a family. |
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| Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
2008 - Selection(s) Bechdel reveals her childhood experiences with a closeted gay father and her coming out as a lesbian in this powerful graphic-style memoir. |
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| Wanted
2008 - Selection(s) Bounty hunter Ladybird “Bird” Blacker has too much to deal with, from a pacifist partner to a six-foot-, seven-inch-tall business rival who wears a scowl... |
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| Far from Xanadu
2008 - Selection(s) Mike Szabo–ace softball player, weightlifter, a.k.a. Mary Elizabeth–has enough trouble surviving in her small town before a new girl, Xanadu, turns Mike’s life upside down. |
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| The Manny Files
2008 - Selection(s) Shy Keats Dalinger learns from his unconventional male “nanny” to be more self-confident and out-going while the “manny” becomes more and more a part of... |
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| Queen of the Oddballs and Other True Stories From a Life Unaccording to Plan
2008 - Selection(s) This hilarious offbeat memoir chronicles the escapades of an unconventional girl surrounded by artists and rockstars in the 1960s and 1970s. |
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| Vintage: A Ghost Story
2008 - Selection(s) Rejected by his parents because he’s gay and sent to live with his aunt, a teen is haunted by a handsome boy—in more ways than... |
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| grl2grl
2008 - Selection(s) The young women in this collection of ten short stories are at different levels of self-discovery, searching for satisfying relationships. |
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| The Order of the Poison Oak
2008 - Selection(s) Tired of being the school freak, gay 16-year-old Russel tries to escape as a summer camp counselor in a rural summer camp only to be... |
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| The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004
2008 - Selection(s) This overview of young adult glbtq fiction 1970 to 2004 includes lists of books for teens. |
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| Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2008 - Selection(s) Holden Caulfield, meet James Sveck, a white, middle-class New Yorker who disdains his peers and most of the adults in his life, except for the... |
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| Gotham Central: Half a Life
2008 - Selection(s) Police detective Renee Montoya’s secret lesbian life, which she must keep from not only her co-workers but also her family, puts her in great danger... |
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| Totally Joe
2008 - Selection(s) In 13-year-old Joe’s alphabiography assignment—the story of his life from A to Z—he bares his soul about his parents, teachers, friends, and enemies–and his coming... |
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| The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing
2008 - Selection(s) This collection of essays and poetry from a wide diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered teens shows the complexity of today’s LGBTQ youths. |
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| My Side of the Story
2008 - Selection(s) Only 16, cheeky Jarold a.k.a. Jazz, hits the gay bars to escape the misery of his life. |
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| Getting It
2008 - Selection(s) Hoping to impress a sexy female classmate, 15-year-old Carlos secretly hires gay student Sal to give him an image makeover in exchange for Carlos’s helping... |
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| Absolutely, Positively Not
2008 - Selection(s) Fifteen-year-old Steven conscientiously collects photos of girls in bikinis and dates his female classmates in this humorous attempt to fit into his Minnesota high school... |
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| Hear Me Out: True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia
2008 - Selection(s) Twenty teens from a variety of social, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds give personal accounts of gay, lesbian, queer, transgender, transsexual, and questioning young-adult experiences. |
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| Hear Us Out!: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress, and Hope,1950 to the Present
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| Freak Show
2008 - Selection(s) Outrageously over-the-top teen drag queen Billy Bloom, a new student at the very conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy, finds that life is not easy for... |
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| Girl Nearly 16, Absolute Torture
2008 - Selection(s) Forced to leave her boyfriend and visit with her father for two weeks, 15-year-old Jess finally learns the reason her father left her mother. |
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| Out Law: What LGBT Youth Should Know about Their Legal Rights
2008 - Selection(s) LGBT young adults can make a difference |
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| Hello, Groin
2008 - Selection(s) Wanting to be normal, 16-year-old Dylan Kowolski tries to hide her lesbianism and develop sexual feelings for her boyfriend at the same time she has... |
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| Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story
2008 - Selection(s) When Emma’s two moms teach her to be nice to her cat, Emma enjoys being told yes instead of no. |
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| The Center of the World
2008 - Selection(s) Seventeen-year-old Phil navigates his complicated family dynamics and his first sexual relationship in a lyrical novel first published in Germany. |
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| Between Mom and Jo
2008 - Selection(s) Fourteen-year-old Nick has a great life with his two moms until they split up and he’s caught in the middle with no support. |
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| The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard
2008 - Selection(s) After young gay Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered in Laramie (WY), the author of this book formed a group of “angels” who surrounded the bigoted... |
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| Wild Dogs
2008 - Selection(s) Alice, in love with a wildlife biologist, gathers at the forest’s edge with her and four other people to save their dogs that have become... |
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| Antonio's Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio
2008 - Selection(s) Antonio comes to terms with his classmates’ ridicule of his mother’s partner, Leslie. |
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| Breathing Underwater
2008 - Selection(s) In 1970s Florida, it’s literally sink or swim for12-year-old Lily who struggles for self-acceptance while dealing with her mother’s mental illness. |
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| Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
2008 - Selection(s) Fourteen-year-old Amrith finds his life in Sri Lanka turned upside down when his Canadian cousin visits and Amrith falls in love with him. |
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| America's Boy: A Memoir
2008 - Selection(s) Growing up in southwestern Missouri in the 1970s and hopelessly out of step with the redneck masculinity surrounding him, Wade tries to hide the fact... |
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| Becoming Chloe
2008 - Selection(s) Attempting to protect Wanda (aka Chloe), another homeless teenager, 17-year-old Jordan finds the brutality and beauty in life on their road trip across the country. |
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| Monicka's Papa Is Tall
2008 - Selection(s) Monicka’s papa and daddy are very different, but the puzzle pieces show that both of them love her very much. |
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| Parrotfish
2008 - Selection(s) When Angela, who has never felt comfortable as a girl, finally comes out as transgendered and begins life as a boy, she isn’t prepared for... |
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| What If Someone I know Is Gay: Answers to Questions about What It Means to be Gay and Lesbian
2008 - Selection(s) This radically updated resource covers basics and not-so-basics in a question-and-answer format. |
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| Wide Awake
2008 - Selection(s) In a future American when gay Jewish Abraham Stein is elected president, lovers Jimmy and Duncan join the throngs of people traveling to Topeka to... |
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| Ryan's Mom Is Tall
2008 - Selection(s) Ryan’s mom and mummy are very different, but the puzzle pieces show that both of them love him very much. |
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| The Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life
2008 - Selection(s) College life for GLBTQ students—financing, the right school, being out or not, dealing with GLBTQphobia, and more—is the focus of this guide for both students... |
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| No Easy Answers: Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
2008 - Selection(s) Although a leader in the US civil rights movement, Rustin’s arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment for a homosexual encounter were used to discredit his work. |
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| Hero
2008 - Selection(s) Thom Creed, the son of superheroes, has to hide the fact that he’s gay if he’s going to fit into the League—but he finds a... |
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| Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle
2008 - Selection(s) Jealous of her uncle’s new partner, Fergus, feisty Mia plays tricks to drive him away until the day Uncle Tommy isn’t feeling well and she... |
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| Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers
2008 - Selection(s) Four transgendered girls share their world with a volunteer in a Los Angeles school for gay and transgender students. |
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| When I Knew
2008 - Selection(s) More than 80 contributors briefly describe their self-discovery “eureka moment” regarding their sexual orientation in a fun book with a magazine style. |
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| Crashing America
2008 - Selection(s) Afraid that she will kill herself at age 18 as her mother did, 17-year-old Girl (formerly Gretchen) flees San Francisco on a road trip to... |
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