LGBTQ - Nonfiction

This list has been created by a Library Assistant at Wake County Public Libraries (WCPL) and encompasses *most* of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus other identitites such as, intersex, asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, nonbinary, genderqueer, and more) titles categorized under "Nonfiction" and "Biography" in the WCPL collection as of March 11, 2025.
 

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1. All the young men: a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South

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Author:
Burks, Ruth Coker
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East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Description:
"In 1986, twenty-six-year-old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices a door to one of the rooms is painted red. Nurses are drawing straws to see who will tend to the patient crying for his mother on the other side, all of them unwilling to help. Ruth immediately steps into the quarantined space herself, comforting the young man in his last moments. Before she realizes what she's done, word spreads in the community that Ruth is the only...

2. Angels in America: a gay fantasia on national themes

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Author:
Kushner, Tony
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Book, Audiobook
Description:
Dramatizes the effects of AIDS on the United States through the experiences of lawyer Roy Cohn, a Mormon couple, and a young man called Prior Walter.