Nonfiction for Pride

How To Survive A Plague

This is a very detailed book about the history of ACTUP. If you liked And the Band Played On, you would probably like this book. There is also a documentary that goes along with the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Becoming Nicole

 

This is the story of a trans girl who started transition in elementary school and the problems she and her family faced.  Eventually she won a major lawsuit that affects how trans kids are treated in schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Banished

 

The Westboro Baptist Church is famous for its anti-gay protesting.  This is a story from a person who was on the inside and then kicked out about how she learned to move past the hate she had been taught.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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These are books about current events written in whole or in part by queer women.  

 

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