NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 1993
"A last testament that resonates with passion for the freedom of the human spirit and for the author's beloved Cuba: a distinguished addition to the literature of dissent and exile."
From Cuban novelist Arenas (
The Doorman, 1991, etc.), who, ill with AIDS, committed suicide in 1990 shortly after completing this book: an extraordinarily powerful autobiography that's both a poignant personal memoir and a damning political indictment of the Castro regime and its supporters.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 14, 1994
"Stranger at the Gate is likely to provoke useful dialogue among mainstream Christians and to offer unsentimental hope and comfort to many who are struggling to reconcile homosexual desires with hostile, yet deeply valued, religious traditions."
White, an evangelical minister and former ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and other prominent leaders of the religious right, here describes his half-century-long struggle to accept himself as a gay Christian.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 9, 2003
"With wry humor, wickedly quirky and yet real characters, and real situations, this is a must for any library serving teens. (Fiction. YA)"
Somewhere on the eastern coast of the US that's home to Francesca Lia Block's Los Angeles is a town where six-foot-five drag queens play high-school football, kindergarten teachers write comments like "Definitely gay and has a very good sense of self" on student report cards, quiz-bowl teams are as important as football teams, and cheerleaders ride Harleys.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2004
"The first of its kind—well done and essential for every library serving young adults. (Fiction. YA)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2004
"Phoebe's lesbian feelings are not resolved by the end, leaving her simply as a growing girl with more confidence, better able to make friends and join the world. (Fiction. YA)"
A story with feminist and lesbian overtones follows 13-year-old Phoebe, raised on an isolated Maine farm, in her developing friendship with Melita, the 14-year-old daughter of an unstable actress from New York City.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2005
Debuting a new series, Krull presents a compelling argument that the great painter of the Renaissance was one of the West's first real modern scientists.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
"There's more of a sense of spending extra time with a favorite friend. (Fiction. 10-14)"
One quarter of the "Gang of Five" from The Misfits (2001) tells his own story of coming out and overcoming bullies and prejudice through alphabetical entries in his "alphabiography."
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2006
"Effortlessly entertaining yet still heartfelt: the romance of life as an escape artist."
NONFICTION
Released: June 8, 2006
"Though this will likely be stocked with graphic novels, it shares as much in spirit with the work of Mary Karr, Tobias Wolff and other contemporary memoirists of considerable literary accomplishment."
Bechdel's memoir offers a graphic narrative of uncommon richness, depth, literary resonance and psychological complexity.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2007
"A groundbreaking, eye-opening, romantic, bittersweet story of one boy's determination to seek acceptance for who he is and right the wrongs of his world, one dress at a time. (Fiction. YA)"
On the first day of school, Billy Bloom arrives on the scene decked out in full Vivienne Westwood pirate regalia, complete with tights, pearls, a sword, gold teeth and a Cap'n Crunch hat.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2008
A passionate girl loses her first love but finds community and self in this flashy debut with awkward prose but lots of heart.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2008
"Middle- and high-school students should walk away feeling informed; many will be inspired to explore the LGBT universe even further. (Nonfiction. YA)"
From the murder of Freda Ward in 1893 by her teenage girlfriend to same-sex marriage legalization in Massachusetts, this offering chronicles the ups, downs, victories and woes of gays and lesbians in the United States without sounding too much like a textbook.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2008
"A rich and solid representation of a girl on the cusp of maturity. (Fiction. YA)"
It's been nine years since the publication of Hard Love (1999), but only four months have passed for Marisol, who's deferred her matriculation at Stanford to write a novel.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"Heartfelt—a must for Jewish and GLBT collections. (glossary) (Fiction. YA)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"Both chilling and sweet. (Fiction. 13-15)"
Adorable cartoons of mice getting caught in Rube Goldberg–esque mousetraps add a deceptively lighthearted note to Maxie's high-school tale.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2009
"Moreover, trouble does follow him wherever he goes, but avoiding it is easier when you've got the right kind of support. (Fiction. YA)"
Popular, beautiful slacker Liam spends the majority of his time partying and chasing girls instead of focusing on his studies.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2009
"One of the best in a new generation of LGBTQ novels, it can stand alongside Peter Cameron's and Brian Sloan's. (Fiction. YA)"
Trapped in a suburban wasteland the summer before his first year in college, closeted indie loser Dade Hamilton is stuck in the middle of his parents' disintegrating marriage and wastes his time pining after his girlfriend-ed hook-up–buddy Pablo.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2009
"Dedicated readers, especially young gays in the square states, will identify—and it's important enough for that reason. (Fiction. YA)"
When he was twelve, Daniel's dad packed the two of them up and moved from New York to Buhler, Kan.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 20, 2009
"Honest and inspiring."
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2009
"Beautiful language magically wrought; beautiful storytelling magically told. (Fantasy. 12 & up)"
An unexpected reimagining of the Cinderella tale, exquisite and pristine, unfolding deliberately.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 13, 2009
"An excellent companion piece to Ellen Wittlinger's Parrotfish (2007) and Jean Ferris's Eight Seconds (2000). (Fiction. 14 & up)"
Katcher flawlessly channels the worried and confused voice of a straight teenage boy in this honest and uncompromising take on transgender love.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 12, 2010
"At times the religious themes feel didactic, but when the author adds everything up, the results fall somewhere between a fun, campy, teen horror film and a better-than-average afterschool special. (Mystery. YA)"
When his new friend and two other gay homeless teens are murdered, Noah, a nearly burned-out musician with a penchant for partying and a radio evangelist for a dad, decides to investigate the case.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2010
"Their story, along with the rest of the cast's, will have readers simultaneously laughing, crying and singing at the top of their lungs. (Fiction. YA)"
Will Grayson loves indie rock, plays the eye-rolling angry stepchild to his extraordinarily giant, lovable, gay best friend Tiny Cooper and doesn't realize that he yearns for his other indie-rock–loving friend Jane until it's too late. will grayson (he never uses uppercase) hates most everything except sharing an XXL coffee with his best friend Maura each morning and covertly conversing with his Internet boyfriend every night.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2010
"A timely, artfully written memoir of one man's war."
Art historian and critic Lord (
Mythic Giacometti, 2004, etc.) recounts his life as a gay GI in World War II.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2010
"An introspective work that lays open the inner workings of lesbian parenthood while effectively demystifying parenthood in general."
In this poignant debut memoir, Miller explores the meaning of motherhood, family and the "gayby" boom.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2010
"An impressive, heartfelt collection by a true American iconoclast."
The famed cult-film director recalls the famous--and not-so-famous--people he has idolized over the years.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 24, 2010
"A vivid, candid portrait."
Provocative biography of a little-known university professor turned sex researcher and pornographer.
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