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. The great believers

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Author:
Makkai, Rebecca
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4.1 stars
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"A dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed and award-winning author Rebecca Makkai In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic...

2. This is how it always is

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Author:
Frankel, Laurie
Average Rating:
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"When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect. But Claude is not like his brothers. One day he puts on a dress and refuses to take it off. He wants to bring a purse to kindergarten. He wants hair long enough to sit on. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. Rosie and Penn aren't panicked...