#bi nonfiction books

[the-bi-library]

I love this so very much

From Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu

[qbdatabase]

Daily Book - Fairest: A Memoir

Fairest: A Memoir Meredith Talusan Adult Memoir, 2020, 310 pg memoir by an albino first-generation Filipino immigrant who is bisexual and trans non-binary (she/they)

Fairest is a memoir about a precocious boy with albinism, a “sun child” from a rural Philippine village, who would grow up to become a woman in America.

Coping with the strain of parental neglect and the elusive promise of U.S. citizenship, Talusan found childhood comfort from her devoted grandmother, a grounding force as she was treated by others with special preference or public curiosity.

[watermelinoe]

in 2023 i want to read more. i was going to get started on the beauty myth but i heard it has a lot of unsourced claims?

[sapphicbookoftheday]

Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz

Today's sapphic book of the day is Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz!

TW for violence and SA mentioned in summary

Summary: "Ordinary Girls is a fierce, beautiful, and unflinching memoir from a wildly talented debut author. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Jaquira Díaz found herself caught between extremes: as her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was surrounded by the love of her friends; as she longed for a family and home, she found instead a life upended by violence. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico’s history of colonialism, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. Díaz triumphantly maps a way out of despair toward love and hope to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be.

With a story reminiscent of Tara Westover’s Educated, Roxane Gay’s Hunger, and Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries, Jaquira Díaz delivers a memoir that reads as electrically as a novel."

[tenth-sentence]

The synthesis of spirolides requires an understanding that these molecules are chiral (see chapter 17) and knowledge of how the functional groups contained in these molecules react.

"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.

[biblionerdreflections]

Nonfiction Mini Reviews - Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality / This Book Is Gay

I enjoyed both of these nonfiction books quite a bit. Check out today's mini reviews to find out why! #BookTwitter #bookblogger #LGBT

Hello, everyone! Today I’m reviewing two recent nonfiction reads, This Book Is Gay and Bi. One of my goals for this year was to read more nonfiction. So, I’m excited to have added these two books to the read pile. Bi is also the oldest eARC on my NetGalley shelf, and finally reading it made me really happy. 🙂 Without further ado, here are the books! A provocative, eye-opening, and original book…

[robynochs]

The Bi Pan Library put together a great list of non-fiction books by bi, pan, and m-spec authors on disability, neurodivergence, and healthcare for #BiHealthMonth.

Check it out here: https://bipanlibrary.com/2023/02/26/bi-health-month-nonfiction/

[aflyingcontradiction]

13 books

Tagged by @nikita-not-nikola to answer 13 questions, and then tag 13 people. Thank you very much!

1) The last book I read:

Jasper Fforde's The Constant Rabbit - it's a very lampshadey sort of satire, quite witty, but by far not the best Jasper Fforde book I've read (that honour would go to the unfortunately named Shades of Grey)

2) A book I recommend:

Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone - I've not seen a lot of chatter about the Craft Sequence around these parts, even though clever fantasy settings with unique worldbuilding and an ensemble cast of diverse characters (many of them queer) seem to be tumblr's jam. So I'll take this opportunity to go "That one! That's a good one!"

3) A book that I couldn’t put down:

In a literal "read it cover to cover sense", I genuinely don't remember the last time that happened. Did that all the time as a kid, but I read in smaller chunks these days. In a "this was extremely captivating" sense, though, Harrow the Ninth was pretty riveting!

4) A book I’ve read twice (or more):

Recently, a lot of them! I've been decluttering my bookshelf so almost everything that's on there is getting a re-read. One of the many that truly deserved it, though, is China Miéville's Railsea.

5) A book on my TBR:

I've got my TBR down to only about 15-ish books, of which "Infect your Friends and Loved Ones" has been on there longest, but it seems a bit hard to find so it'll probably stay on there for a while.

6) A book I’ve put down:

I don't tend to put down books lightly. I usually struggle through them, then end up giving them a bad review :P The last DNF I remember was Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul. But that wasn't the book's fault, I was expecting a historical overview of pain used deliberately in spirituality and it was more about the philosophy/psychology of pain (and extremely densely written at that)

7) A book on my wish list:

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

8) A favorite book from childhood:

Alright, let's try to NOT go for the obvious here... The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (if you've seen the movie you really, really ought to read the book. The movie ends before all the most interesting plotlines in the book even START).

9) A book you would give to a friend:

I mean, depends on the friend, doesn't it? So, semi-random pick from my recent re-reads: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

10) A book of poetry or lyrics that you own

Oooh, I got this really neat book of German poetry for Christmas - Deutsche Gedichte - 1500 Gedichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (does what it says on the tin, really).

11) A nonfiction book you own:

How To Invent Everything by Ryan North

12) What are you currently reading:

A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

13) What are you planning on reading next?

I let a random number generator decide which book on my tbr pile I read next so no idea.

Alright, let's get to the tagging (no pressure, of course!): @lovethatcoat, @toasthaste, @autogeneity, @ante--meridiem, @soryualeksi, @bakomglaset, @deliciousghosts-unofficial, @shabbytigers, @octopuscato, @titaniumelemental and whoever else feels like doing this

[genderstarbucks]

Hey! you might remember me lol

In my last ask, I mentioned that I'm working on a nonfiction book. It's for the mogai community, and everyone who wishes to understand it.

I wanted to know if you know of any other multi-orientations that most people might have not heard of?

I'm asking you cuz I recently learned about duo because of you.

You can just ignore this if this isn't what your blog is really for, I just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask💖

*rubs hands together* this is gonna be a long post

Ambisexual - a subset of bisexual in which the individual is attracted to similar and dissimilar genders to themselves

Disexual - the attraction to exactly 2 genders, this doesn't necessarily have to be men and women, it can be any 2 genders

Binsexual - the attraction to both men and women, not necessarily the same as bisexual

Amoveosexual - the attraction to both men and women but the individual has such a heavy preference that they're constantly questioning their orientation, said preference is also fluid, it could be similar to homo/heteroflexible

Bicatgendersexual - the attraction to 2 (or more) catgenders, this is not to be confused with zoophilia or bestiality

Binotrix - a term for bi or otherwise mspec individuals who are not attracted to women, could be considered a combination of bi and nowomasexual

Binitor - a term for bi or otherwise mspec individuals who are not attracted to men, could be considered a combination of bi and nomasexual

Deunisexual - the attraction to all but 1 gender, could be considered a form of polysexual

Differosexual - the attraction to multiple genders that differ from ones own

Hexasexual - the attraction to any 6 genders

Legeresexual - experiencing attraction to multiple genders but only engaging with one of those genders

Lessexual - the attraction to mainly men and women, but could also experience attraction to any nonbinary genders

Multasexual - the attraction to anybody who has multiple genders identities

Parosexual - the attraction to multiple genders but experiencing different attraction to each, for example being allosexual towards men but greysexual towards women

Duosexual - being 2 orientations at once

Pollosexual - being multiple orientations at once

Pencontrasexual - the attraction to every gender except the one that can be considered the opposite of ones own

Penultisexual - the attraction to all genders except ones own

Quadsexual - the attraction to any 4 genders

Trisexual - the attraction to any 3 genders

Quattoursexual - the attraction to binary genders and demiboys and demigirls

Quintsexual - the attraction to any 5 genders

Spectrasexual - the attraction to many genders that vary on the gender spectrums

Sumisexual - similar to abrosexual, but only fluid through mspec orientations

Similosexual - the attraction to multiple genders that are similar to ones own

Torensexual - the attraction to nonbinary people and men

Trixensexual - the attraction to nonbinary people and women

There are many more ones that you can find here!

[lgbtqreads]

Hi!! Do you have any queer book recommendations with a focus around academics or like a specific subject or something?? Like literature or science? Or just queer books where they discuss literature or scientific theories or history? (IT would be pretty cool if you know any with an aro/ace character but any queer character is great!!) Thanks a lot!!

Sure! If you mean nonfiction, browse here: https://lgbtqreads.com/non-fiction/ - there's a section of books on literary arts, but you might be interested in other topics as well.

Real Life by Brandon Taylor is about a grad student in biochem, so science definitely surfaces there

We Were Villains by M.L. Rio is heavily about Shakespeare, and while I don't consider it a queer book because to me the character everyone discusses as queer is pretty clear about not identifying as such, I know other people read it that way, and either way I think you'll probably enjoy it just based on what you're looking for

Lion's Legacy by L.C. Rosen is a fun gay YA adventure that's very centered in specific Greek history

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite is a great Sapphic historical romance centered around astrology (and the next book in the series is about beekeeping! As is YA By Any Means Necessary by Cam Montgomery)

Hold Me by Courtney Milan's a bi m/trans f New Adult Romance with a significant physics focus

If you haven't read Darcie Little Badger's books (Elatsoe, A Snake Falls to Earth), you might be interested in the way they're specifically wrapped in Indigenous storytelling, and they do have aroace protags!

A couple of queer YAs that dig into space exploration are The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper and The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

I'm sure there are better fits for what you're asking, but here are some to start with!

[posi-pan]

Y’all might’ve seen me mention that bi nonfiction books often get praised despite perpetuating panphobia, so...this.

Obligatory disclaimer that’s mentioned several times in the post:

This isn’t about vilifying these authors or bisexuals or portraying bi nonfiction in a bad light. Some of these books I enjoyed or think are flawed but good (and I rec some other bi nonfiction in the post). I don’t think all these authors are panphobes and I’m not discouraging anyone from reading or benefitting from these books.

The goal is to encourage folks to be aware of how they or the people they’re praising are speaking about pansexuality/pansexuals and do better. We deserve to be taken into thoughtful, fair consideration.

We can appreciate what these authors and books do for bisexuals, while acknowledging where they fail pansexuals.

[the-bi-library]

[qbdatabase]

Being a bisexual man isn’t easy – something Vaneet Mehta knows all too well. After spending more than a decade figuring out his identity, Vaneet’s coming out was met with questioning, ridicule and erasure. This experience inspired Vaneet to create the viral #BisexualMenExist campaign, combatting the hate and scepticism m-spec (multi-gender attracted spectrum) men encounter, and helping others who felt similarly alone and trapped.

This powerful book is an extension of that fight. Navigating a range of topics, including coming out, dating, relationships and health, Vaneet shares his own lived experience as well as personal stories from others in the community to help validate and uplift other bisexual men. Discussing the treatment of m-spec men in LGBTQ+ places, breaking down stereotypes and highlighting the importance of representation and education, this empowering book is a rallying call for m-spec men everywhere.

[5chatzi]

Okay I'm going to send you some partly-solicited recs for queer literature and classics because I have a decent amount of exposure to both~~

My qualifications include a degree in English and now being halfway towards my MLIS lol this is what I was made for

For queer lit, sometimes it depends heavily on your own orientation, like bi people want to read books with bi representation, etc. But those preferences notwithstanding, here are some generally quality titles:

Zenovia July by Lisa Bunker: A trans girl solves a cyber crime. Mystery, YA, contemporary setting, trans rep

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune: a gay man who lives a boring government-worker life travels to an island in order to monitor the family of magical children who live there. Fantasy, found family, adult fiction (it has some kid's book vibes but does contain mild sexual content and mild swearing), gay representation.

Ace by Angela Chen -- nonfiction, part memoir exploration of what it means to be asexual, for the author personally and for society generally.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo -- a Chinese-American girl in 1950s San Francisco comes to terms with being a lesbian. Historical fiction, adult fiction (or might be YA?? There is what I'd call mild sexual content), lesbian representation, AAPI representation

Jeanette Winterson is a queer author whose work I generally like!(don't have specific title recs though) (I have read The Passion, and she has a couple biographies shelved in the queer library in which I volunteer. The Passion is not very explicitly queer from my memory but it is very good regardless.

For classics, here are titles that I personally Actually Enjoyed Reading and found relatively accessible:

To Kill a Mockingbird (and I also like the film-- I should have added that to my answer to your ask)

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is my absolute favourite classic novel, but I won't pretend it's for everyone, or that it's especially accessible. It's written in a heavily Modernist style that involves a quite lyrical, non-linear plot. But the prose is breathtakingly gorgeous and it has a really moving anti-war message.

Also, Orlando by Woolf as well, and this one is also queer! Features a genderqueer/trans/otherwise gendernonconforming character.

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins is very long, but it's a mystery, and I found it engaging. The section narrated by the character Marianne is the best, and I headcanon her as asexual or possibly a lesbian.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker is what I would call poignant, and it's fairly short. Be warned that it contains some SA content, racism, and AAVE dialect that could be hard to understand.

Macbeth or Twelfth Night or King Lear are my favourite Shakespeare works to recommend. But with Shakespeare, it's better if you can see a film or live performance, since just reading the script can be difficult to follow.

Little Women!!! God, I love Little Women. Honestly not sure how that wasn't the first one I thought of.

Oh thanks so much for the thorough response!

I’ll admit most of these are wildly outside my normal genre, but I’m always willing to try new things.

I have read Macbeth in school but it’s been ages and I am pretty sure I’ve read Little Women but I can’t remember it would have been a long time ago. Oh and To Kill a Mockingbird. I think everyone has read that in school but don’t think I’ve read it since.

I’m gonna write them down and check them out and see how it goes. I pretty much exclusively read non fiction so should be interesting 😅

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[bookcub]

a rainbow stack of books for pride!!

melissa by alex gino- middle grade, contemporary, trans rep

hold me by courtney milan- adult, contemporary romance, trans and bi rep

ash by malinda lo- ya, fantasy, bi rep

ophelia after all by racquel marie- ya, contemporary, queer rep

ace: what asexuality reveals about desire, society, and the meaning of sex by angela chen- adult, nonfiction, ace rep

the magic fish by trung le nguyen- graphic novel, ya, contemporary, gay rep

leah on the offbeat by becky albetalli- ya, contemporary romance, bi rep

sorry bro by taleen voskuni- adult, contemporary romance, bi rep

growing up trans: in our own words edited by dr lindsay herriot and kate fry- middle grade, nonfiction