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. I once was lost: my search for God in America

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Author:
Lemon, Don, 1966-
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Biography
B LEMON
Green Road Community - Biography
B LEMON
Middlecreek Community - Biography
B LEMON
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"Journalist Don Lemon always had a complicated relationship with God. He cherished the Southern Black church he was raised in, but struggled with the fundamentalist rejection of his right to exist as a gay man--one who wanted to marry his longtime love in a church wedding. ... In his work as a reporter, moreover, he saw his fellow Americans losing faith in a higher power, in institutions, and in each other. Setting out to understand the place that...

2. I can't date Jesus: love, sex, family, race, and other reasons I've put my faith in Beyoncé

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Author:
Arceneaux, Michael
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2.5 stars
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Morrisville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 5
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"A timely collection of alternately hysterical and soul-searching essays about what it is like to grow up as a creative, sensitive black man in a world that constantly tries to deride and diminish your humanity ... With the characteristic wit and candor that have made him one of today's boldest writers on social issues, I Can't Date Jesus is Michael Arceneaux's impassioned, forthright, and refreshing look at minority life in today's America. Leaving...