Lgbtq Studies Books | Summaries & Audio

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism

Bad Gays 92%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism

Gaga Feminism

by J. Jack Halberstam • 2012

Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.

3.56

853

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 📚 Feminist Theory 🎭 Gender Performance

Gaga Feminism 92%

Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.

by J. Jack Halberstam 2012

3.56

853 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 📚 Feminist Theory 🎭 Gender Performance

by Julia Shaw • 2022

Bisexuality as the baseline, not an aberration. The history, the science, the cost of invisibility.

4.11

6k+

📚 Bisexuality Studies 📜 Queer History 🔬 Sexuality Research

Bi 92%

Bisexuality as the baseline, not an aberration. The history, the science, the cost of invisibility.

by Julia Shaw 2022

4.11

6k+ ratings

📚 Bisexuality Studies 📜 Queer History 🔬 Sexuality Research

Transgender History

by Susan Stryker • 2008

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

4.22

6k+

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping

Transgender History 92%

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

by Susan Stryker 2008

4.22

6k+ ratings

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping

Beyond the Gender Binary

by Alok Vaid-Menon • 2020

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

4.48

13k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct

Beyond the Gender Binary 92%

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

by Alok Vaid-Menon 2020

4.48

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct

Normal

by Amy Bloom • 2002

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

3.53

526

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights

Normal 92%

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

by Amy Bloom 2002

3.53

526 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights

This Book Is Gay

by Juno Dawson • 2014

Everything school omitted about coming out, identity, and queer sex, delivered with zero apologies.

3.76

13k+

🌈 Queer Sexuality ⚧ Gender Identity 🩺 Inclusive Sex Ed

This Book Is Gay 91%

Everything school omitted about coming out, identity, and queer sex, delivered with zero apologies.

by Juno Dawson 2014

3.76

13k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Sexuality ⚧ Gender Identity 🩺 Inclusive Sex Ed

Ace

by Angela Chen • 2020

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

4.34

20k+

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity

Ace 91%

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

by Angela Chen 2020

4.34

20k+ ratings

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity

She/He/They/Me

by Robyn Ryle • 2019

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

3.40

545

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions

She/He/They/Me 91%

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

by Robyn Ryle 2019

3.40

545 ratings

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions

The Pride Guide

by Jo Langford • 2018

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

4.06

121

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity

The Pride Guide 91%

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

by Jo Langford 2018

4.06

121 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity

Trans Like Me

by C.N. Lester • 2017

Media distortion and medical myth keep trans lives invisible. A personal unlearning of both.

4.27

2k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 📰 Media Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Trans Like Me 91%

Media distortion and medical myth keep trans lives invisible. A personal unlearning of both.

by C.N. Lester 2017

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 📰 Media Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Queer

by Kathy Belge • 2011

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

3.77

855

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity

Queer 91%

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

by Kathy Belge 2011

3.77

855 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity

This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids

by Dan Owens-Reid • 2014

Your kid came out. Now what? Practical answers about school, faith, safety, and sex.

4.16

269

🌈 Parenting Lgbtq Kids 🚪 Coming Out Support 💬 Family Communication

This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids Summary

This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids 91%

Your kid came out. Now what? Practical answers about school, faith, safety, and sex.

by Dan Owens-Reid 2014

4.16

269 ratings

🌈 Parenting Lgbtq Kids 🚪 Coming Out Support 💬 Family Communication

Claiming the B in LGBT

by Kate Harrad • 2018

Queer spaces often erase bisexuality. How to own your identity and what allies keep getting wrong.

4.07

164

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Identity 📢 Bisexual Advocacy 🚫 Biphobia And Erasure

Claiming the B in LGBT 91%

Queer spaces often erase bisexuality. How to own your identity and what allies keep getting wrong.

by Kate Harrad 2018

4.07

164 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Identity 📢 Bisexual Advocacy 🚫 Biphobia And Erasure

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

by Juno Dawson • 2021

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

4.32

2k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary Summary

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary 91%

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

by Juno Dawson 2021

4.32

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms

Love That Story

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2022

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

4.09

8k+

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights

Love That Story 91%

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2022

4.09

8k+ ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights

Pass with Care

by Cooper Lee Bombardier • 2020

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

4.50

171

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity

Pass with Care 91%

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

by Cooper Lee Bombardier 2020

4.50

171 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity

The Feminist Porn Book

by Tristan Taormino • 2012

Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.

3.98

636

🎬 Feminist Film 📖 Porn Studies ✊ Sex Worker Rights

The Feminist Porn Book 91%

Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.

by Tristan Taormino 2012

3.98

636 ratings

🎬 Feminist Film 📖 Porn Studies ✊ Sex Worker Rights

Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

by Matt Baume • 2023

How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.

4.30

2k+

📺 Television History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation 🎭 Sitcom History

Hi Honey, I'm Homo! 90%

How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.

by Matt Baume 2023

4.30

2k+ ratings

📺 Television History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation 🎭 Sitcom History

Bisexual Men Exist

by Vaneet Mehta • 2023

Only 14% of bi men are out. The others have a handbook now that sees them.

3.76

147

🧔‍♂️ Bisexual Men 🧭 Pansexuality 🚫 Biphobia

Bisexual Men Exist 90%

Only 14% of bi men are out. The others have a handbook now that sees them.

by Vaneet Mehta 2023

3.76

147 ratings

🧔‍♂️ Bisexual Men 🧭 Pansexuality 🚫 Biphobia

Gender Trouble

by Judith Butler • 1989

Gender is not who you are but what you do, repeated until it passes for nature.

4.04

20k+

✊ Feminist Theory 🌈 Queer Theory 🏗️ Social Construction

Gender Trouble 90%

Gender is not who you are but what you do, repeated until it passes for nature.

by Judith Butler 1989

4.04

20k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Theory 🌈 Queer Theory 🏗️ Social Construction

It Came from the Closet

by Joe Vallese • 2022

For queer viewers, horror cinema has always been a survival manual in disguise.

4.12

7k+

🌈 Queer Theory 🎬 Horror Criticism 👹 Monster Theory

It Came from the Closet 90%

For queer viewers, horror cinema has always been a survival manual in disguise.

by Joe Vallese 2022

4.12

7k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Theory 🎬 Horror Criticism 👹 Monster Theory

Becoming Nicole

by Amy Ellis Nutt • 2015

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

4.22

13k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity

Becoming Nicole 90%

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

by Amy Ellis Nutt 2015

4.22

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity

Sexing the Body

by Anne Fausto-Sterling • 2000

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

4.16

3k+

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Sexing the Body 90%

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

by Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Sounds Fake But Okay

by Sarah Costello • 2023

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

3.66

1k+

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy

Sounds Fake But Okay 90%

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

by Sarah Costello 2023

3.66

1k+ ratings

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy

Living a Feminist Life

by Sara Ahmed • 2017

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

4.30

3k+

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics

Living a Feminist Life 90%

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

by Sara Ahmed 2017

4.30

3k+ ratings

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics

What a Girl Wants

by Roxy Bourdillon • 2025

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

4.18

142

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity

What a Girl Wants 90%

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

by Roxy Bourdillon 2025

4.18

142 ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity

Perfectly Queer

by Jillian Abby • 2023

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

4.46

236

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

Perfectly Queer 90%

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

by Jillian Abby 2023

4.46

236 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

The Stonewall Riots

by Gayle E. Pitman • 2019

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

4.04

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures

The Stonewall Riots 90%

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

by Gayle E. Pitman 2019

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures

The Psychology of Sex

by Meg John Barker • 2018

Sexuality runs on spectrums, not switches. Culture writes the script your body follows.

3.88

185

🧠 Sexual Psychology 🔍 Critical Psychology 🏗️ Social Constructionism

The Psychology of Sex 90%

Sexuality runs on spectrums, not switches. Culture writes the script your body follows.

by Meg John Barker 2018

3.88

185 ratings

🧠 Sexual Psychology 🔍 Critical Psychology 🏗️ Social Constructionism

All Boys Aren't Blue

by George M. Johnson • 2020

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

4.18

48k+

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity

All Boys Aren't Blue 90%

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

by George M. Johnson 2020

4.18

48k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity

God and the Gay Christian

by Matthew Vines • 2014

The Bible doesn't condemn gay couples. A verse-by-verse case from Scripture.

4.02

4k+

📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚔️ Clobber Passages 🌈 Queer Theology

God and the Gay Christian 90%

The Bible doesn't condemn gay couples. A verse-by-verse case from Scripture.

by Matthew Vines 2014

4.02

4k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚔️ Clobber Passages 🌈 Queer Theology

The Velvet Rage

by Alan Downs • 2005

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

4.06

12k+

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing

The Velvet Rage 90%

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

by Alan Downs 2005

4.06

12k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing

Boyslut

by Zachary Zane • 2023

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

3.77

2k+

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity

Boyslut 90%

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

by Zachary Zane 2023

3.77

2k+ ratings

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

4.00

577

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity

Nonbinary 90%

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021

4.00

577 ratings

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity

Sex from Scratch

by Sarah Mirk • 2014

The relationship rulebook is optional. How to write your own, from singleness to parting.

3.76

655

🪢 Ethical Non-Monogamy ✏️ Relationship Design ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Sex from Scratch 90%

The relationship rulebook is optional. How to write your own, from singleness to parting.

by Sarah Mirk 2014

3.76

655 ratings

🪢 Ethical Non-Monogamy ✏️ Relationship Design ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Without the Mask

by Charlie Bird • 2020

A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.

4.53

3k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons ✝️ Faith And Sexuality 🚪 Coming Out Stories

Without the Mask 90%

A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.

by Charlie Bird 2020

4.53

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons ✝️ Faith And Sexuality 🚪 Coming Out Stories

Glitch Feminism

by Legacy Russell • 2020

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

3.76

3k+

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment

Glitch Feminism 90%

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

by Legacy Russell 2020

3.76

3k+ ratings

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment

Role Models

by John Waters • 2010

Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.

4.07

8k+

🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art 💅 Camp Sensibility ✊ Counterculture

Role Models 90%

Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.

by John Waters 2010

4.07

8k+ ratings

🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art 💅 Camp Sensibility ✊ Counterculture

Testosterone

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young • 2019

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

4.06

320

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science

Testosterone 90%

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019

4.06

320 ratings

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

3.51

3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning

In the Form of a Question 90%

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women'S Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 90%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women'S Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

by Gertrude Stein • 1933

Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.

3.54

14k+

📖 Experimental Memoir 🎨 Literary Modernism 🛋️ Salon Culture

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Summary

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 90%

Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.

by Gertrude Stein 1933

3.54

14k+ ratings

📖 Experimental Memoir 🎨 Literary Modernism 🛋️ Salon Culture

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl

by Lil O'Brien • 2020

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

4.17

685

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl 90%

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

by Lil O'Brien 2020

4.17

685 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

The End of Gender

by Debra Soh • 2020

A sex researcher on why sex is binary and most gender-questioning kids outgrow it.

3.90

3k+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧️ Transgender Debate ♂️♀️ Sex Differences

The End of Gender 90%

A sex researcher on why sex is binary and most gender-questioning kids outgrow it.

by Debra Soh 2020

3.90

3k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧️ Transgender Debate ♂️♀️ Sex Differences

All the Young Men

by Ruth Coker Burks • 2020

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

4.49

9k+

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism

All the Young Men 90%

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

by Ruth Coker Burks 2020

4.49

9k+ ratings

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism

Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H. • 2023

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

4.46

20k+

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology

Hijab Butch Blues 90%

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

by Lamya H. 2023

4.46

20k+ ratings

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

First Comes Love 89%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

Amateur

by Thomas Page McBee • 2018

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

4.20

4k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity

Amateur 89%

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

by Thomas Page McBee 2018

4.20

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity

The Mayor of Castro Street

by Randy Shilts • 1982

Shot in City Hall. His killer's light sentence ignited riots that launched the gay rights movement.

4.15

5k+

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Political History 🌉 San Francisco History 🔫 Political Assassination

The Mayor of Castro Street 89%

Shot in City Hall. His killer's light sentence ignited riots that launched the gay rights movement.

by Randy Shilts 1982

4.15

5k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Political History 🌉 San Francisco History 🔫 Political Assassination

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