Memorable and fluid, professor Francesca T. Royster’s memoir "Choosing Family" blends her family’s history with her story of adopting an infant girl, juxtaposing personal life with political life and allowing each to illuminate the... Read More

A gay couple deals with distance and temptation in Floor de Goede’s graphic memoir "Dancing on the Volcano". Flo and Bas have been together for three years, but Flo is visiting the Aeolian Islands and will be apart from Bas for ten... Read More

Funny and LGBTQ+ affirming, "Darts and Flowers" is a story about teenagers who are desperate to be loved, validated, and part of a community. In Dean Backus’s queer, comedic romantic novel "Darts and Flowers", friends reunite, and... Read More

Coming-of-age and coming out collide in Felice Cohen’s poignant memoir "Half In". When Cohen was a twenty-three-year-old recent college graduate, she faced her future with uncertainty. She hoped to become a full-time professional... Read More

"Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood" traces the growing promise of New York’s LGBTQ+ community. Organized into a three-act structure, the book moves from John D’Emilio’s boyhood to his Jesuit education, his experiences of change,... Read More

Dianna E. Anderson’s "In Transit" troubles the idea of “transgender” as an umbrella identity and “transition” as synonymous with bodily alteration. Rather, through the recursive application of theoretical frameworks around... Read More

A companion book to Juno Dawson’s earlier This Book Is Gay, What’s the T? takes a phrase from New York City’s 1980s drag ball scene that means “What’s the truth?” and uses it to unpack the joys, difficulties, and realities... Read More

Jonathan T. Bailey’s evocative, candid memoir "When I Was Red Clay" explores spirituality, heritage, and the lives and landscapes we choose to inhabit. Bailey grew up in a large Mormon family in rural Utah. His parents’ marriage was... Read More