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Bad Gays
by Huw Lemmey • 2022
Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.
3.55
6k+
Bad Gays Summary
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
Gaga Feminism
by J. Jack Halberstam • 2012
Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.
3.56
853
Gaga Feminism Summary
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
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+
Glitch Feminism Summary
Glitch Feminism 91%
The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.
by Legacy Russell 2020
3.76
3k+ ratings
Ace
by Angela Chen • 2020
The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.
4.34
20k+
Ace Summary
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
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+
Beyond the Gender Binary Summary
Beyond the Gender Binary 91%
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
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+
Living a Feminist Life Summary
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
Sounds Fake But Okay
by Sarah Costello • 2023
Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.
3.66
1k+
Sounds Fake But Okay Summary
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
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 Summary
Transgender History 90%
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
The Feminist Porn Book
by Tristan Taormino • 2012
Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.
3.98
636
The Feminist Porn Book Summary
The Feminist Porn Book 90%
Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.
by Tristan Taormino 2012
3.98
636 ratings
Queer
by Kathy Belge • 2011
A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.
3.77
855
Queer Summary
Queer 90%
A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.
by Kathy Belge 2011
3.77
855 ratings
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+
This Book Is Gay Summary
This Book Is Gay 90%
Everything school omitted about coming out, identity, and queer sex, delivered with zero apologies.
by Juno Dawson 2014
3.76
13k+ ratings
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
Pass with Care Summary
Pass with Care 90%
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
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
Nonbinary Summary
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
The Care We Dream Of
by Zena Sharman • 2021
Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.
4.37
211
The Care We Dream Of Summary
The Care We Dream Of 90%
Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.
by Zena Sharman 2021
4.37
211 ratings
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+
Love That Story Summary
Love That Story 90%
He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.
by Jonathan Van Ness 2022
4.09
8k+ ratings
Activist Theology
by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza • 2019
You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.
3.96
81
Activist Theology Summary
Activist Theology 90%
You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.
by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza 2019
3.96
81 ratings
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+
The Stonewall Riots Summary
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
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 Like Me Summary
Trans Like Me 89%
Media distortion and medical myth keep trans lives invisible. A personal unlearning of both.
by C.N. Lester 2017
4.27
2k+ ratings
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+
It Came from the Closet Summary
It Came from the Closet 89%
For queer viewers, horror cinema has always been a survival manual in disguise.
by Joe Vallese 2022
4.12
7k+ ratings
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+
Gender Trouble Summary
Gender Trouble 89%
Gender is not who you are but what you do, repeated until it passes for nature.
by Judith Butler 1989
4.04
20k+ ratings
Bi
by Julia Shaw • 2022
Bisexuality as the baseline, not an aberration. The history, the science, the cost of invisibility.
4.11
6k+
Bi Summary
Bi 89%
Bisexuality as the baseline, not an aberration. The history, the science, the cost of invisibility.
by Julia Shaw 2022
4.11
6k+ ratings
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
What a Girl Wants Summary
What a Girl Wants 89%
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
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 Exist Summary
Bisexual Men Exist 89%
Only 14% of bi men are out. The others have a handbook now that sees them.
by Vaneet Mehta 2023
3.76
147 ratings
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
Claiming the B in LGBT Summary
Claiming the B in LGBT 89%
Queer spaces often erase bisexuality. How to own your identity and what allies keep getting wrong.
by Kate Harrad 2018
4.07
164 ratings
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
She/He/They/Me Summary
She/He/They/Me 89%
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
Read This to Get Smarter
by Blair Imani • 2021
Race is a 600-year-old invention. Gender is a spectrum. The unlearning you missed, in one primer.
4.26
1k+
Read This to Get Smarter Summary
Read This to Get Smarter 89%
Race is a 600-year-old invention. Gender is a spectrum. The unlearning you missed, in one primer.
by Blair Imani 2021
4.26
1k+ ratings
Role Models
by John Waters • 2010
Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.
4.07
8k+
Role Models Summary
Role Models 89%
Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.
by John Waters 2010
4.07
8k+ ratings
Wobblies and Zapatistas
by Staughton Lynd • 2008
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
3.89
473
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas 89%
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
by Staughton Lynd 2008
3.89
473 ratings
Normal
by Amy Bloom • 2002
Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.
3.53
526
Normal Summary
Normal 89%
Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.
by Amy Bloom 2002
3.53
526 ratings
Neuroqueer Heresies
by Nick Walker • 2021
What if the 'normal' brain is a myth and autism exposes what's true about all minds?
4.28
1k+
Neuroqueer Heresies Summary
Neuroqueer Heresies 89%
What if the 'normal' brain is a myth and autism exposes what's true about all minds?
by Nick Walker 2021
4.28
1k+ ratings
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+
All Boys Aren't Blue Summary
All Boys Aren't Blue 89%
Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.
by George M. Johnson 2020
4.18
48k+ ratings
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+
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 89%
The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.
by Juno Dawson 2021
4.32
2k+ ratings
Sister Outsider
by Audre Lorde • 1984
Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.
4.53
42k+
Sister Outsider Summary
Sister Outsider 89%
Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.
by Audre Lorde 1984
4.53
42k+ ratings
Becoming Dangerous
by Katie West • 2018
When lipstick is armor and ritual is rebellion, simply existing destabilizes power.
4.01
1k+
Becoming Dangerous Summary
Becoming Dangerous 89%
When lipstick is armor and ritual is rebellion, simply existing destabilizes power.
by Katie West 2018
4.01
1k+ ratings
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
by Ernesto Laclau • 1985
Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.
3.82
1k+
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy 88%
Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.
by Ernesto Laclau 1985
3.82
1k+ ratings
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 88%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
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+
Hi Honey, I'm Homo! Summary
Hi Honey, I'm Homo! 88%
How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.
by Matt Baume 2023
4.30
2k+ ratings
Practical Anarchism
by Shuli Branson • 2022
Steal back your time, break up with what drains you, and build a life outside capitalism.
3.94
298
Practical Anarchism Summary
Practical Anarchism 88%
Steal back your time, break up with what drains you, and build a life outside capitalism.
by Shuli Branson 2022
3.94
298 ratings
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
The Psychology of Sex Summary
The Psychology of Sex 88%
Sexuality runs on spectrums, not switches. Culture writes the script your body follows.
by Meg John Barker 2018
3.88
185 ratings
Demanding the Impossible
by Peter H. Marshall • 1992
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
4.12
1k+
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible 88%
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
by Peter H. Marshall 1992
4.12
1k+ ratings
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 88%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
Sex from Scratch
by Sarah Mirk • 2014
The relationship rulebook is optional. How to write your own, from singleness to parting.
3.76
655
Sex from Scratch Summary
Sex from Scratch 88%
The relationship rulebook is optional. How to write your own, from singleness to parting.
by Sarah Mirk 2014
3.76
655 ratings
How to Tell When We Will Die
by Johanna Hedva • 2024
The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.
3.76
1k+
How to Tell When We Will Die Summary
How to Tell When We Will Die 88%
The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.
by Johanna Hedva 2024
3.76
1k+ ratings
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
The Pride Guide Summary
The Pride Guide 88%
From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.
by Jo Langford 2018
4.06
121 ratings
Perfectly Queer
by Jillian Abby • 2023
A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.
4.46
236
Perfectly Queer Summary
Perfectly Queer 88%
A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.
by Jillian Abby 2023
4.46
236 ratings
Hijab Butch Blues
by Lamya H. • 2023
A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.
4.46
20k+
Hijab Butch Blues Summary
Hijab Butch Blues 88%
A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.
by Lamya H. 2023
4.46
20k+ ratings
Trust Kids!
by carla joy bergman • 2022
Adult supremacy is the root of all domination, and ceding power to youth is the revolution.
4.12
296
Trust Kids! Summary
Trust Kids! 88%
Adult supremacy is the root of all domination, and ceding power to youth is the revolution.
by carla joy bergman 2022
4.12
296 ratings
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+
Becoming Nicole Summary
Becoming Nicole 88%
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
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+
God and the Gay Christian Summary
God and the Gay Christian 88%
The Bible doesn't condemn gay couples. A verse-by-verse case from Scripture.
by Matthew Vines 2014
4.02
4k+ ratings
As We Have Always Done
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson • 2017
Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.
4.57
1k+
As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done 88%
Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017
4.57
1k+ ratings
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