LGBTQIA+ Reads

Fiction and nonfiction pieces touching on a wide variety of LGBTQIA+ experiences, these titles explore sexual identity, gender politics, and more. Gender identity and sexual orientation are key to characters' perspectives and plot concerns.
 

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1. Greedy: notes from a bisexual who wants too much

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Winston, Jen
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Biography
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Middlecreek Community - Biography
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Morrisville Community - Biography
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"Jen's provocative, laugh-out-loud debut takes us inside her journey of self-discovery, leading us through stories of a childhood "girl crush," an onerous quest to have a threesome, and an enduring fear of being bad at sex. Greedy follows Jen's attempts to make sense of herself as she explores the role of the male gaze, what it means to be "queer enough," and how to overcome bi stereotypes when you're the posterchild for all of them: greedy, slutty,...

2. You're embarrassing yourself: stories of love, lust, and movies

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Akhavan, Desiree, 1984-
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"When it comes to shame, Desiree Akhavan knows what she's talking about-whether it's winning the title of The Ugliest Girl at her high school, acquiescing to the nose job she was lovingly forced into by her Iranian parents, or losing her virginity to a cokehead she met in a support group for cutters. In You're Embarrassing Yourself, Desiree goes to the rawest places-the lifelong struggle to be at peace in one's body, the search for home as the child...