againstme · 11 months ago
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going off of my last post, being given a copy of the screenplay of hir by taylor mac just resonated with me. it just right now made me remember being a young middle schooler going to the public library, and picking up YA books, as one does in the 2010’s, but also finding queer books and sneaking them into my stack of books so my mom wouldn’t notice.
these books were I Am J by cris(spelling?) beam, and freakboy by kristin elizabeth clark. both books talked about transness, the first one focusing on the story of a trans man, who was an artist, that also had history of self harm, being rejected by his family for being trans, and running away for a bit to find himself, only to later have his family accept him. if you know anything about me, you can see why i would resonate with that as a young queer kid, lol.
the second one was also focused on transness, with the main plot being split into the perspective of three characters: an out trans woman, a closeted trans/nonbinary?/genderqueer? (potential) trans woman, idk it’s been so long since I’ve read it, and the closeted person’s partner, which i didn’t really care to read about honestly.
a thing that i really liked about freakboy is that some if not a majority of the book is in prose. which i really enjoyed, as a lover of poetry, especially queer poetry, at the time. cue me watching button poetry videos about queer identity, still sneaking and watching it when my mom wasn’t around. and writing my own poetry, lost in composition books i��ll never be able to find again, or on websites that are now shut down.
it just made me think. i’ve know i was trans since i was in the 5th grade, in 2011. (yeah yeah think about how ancient you are or whatever lol) once i had the language for transness, i immediately connected with it. immediately was watching “androgynous makeup” or “boy to girl transformation” or vice versa videos on youtube, in secret, deleting my browser history.
always having the instinct to hide it, to delete it, to not let anybody know. to be in and out of the closet, never fully feeling free to be myself. out to some people, closeted to most for my safety was how i spent most of my adolescence until i was kicked out at 18 for being trans, that being seen as me being “defiant” and a “problem child”, “disrespectful” to my mother, straining our already very strained relationship, filled with fighting and arguments, being punished for wearing my brother’s clothes, wanting to cut my hair, trying to bind my chest while wearing 3 sports bras at a time. but always feeling the urge to hide it. for my safety, and because i knew that people were ashamed. that it was a shameful thing in general, and especially to my mom. what would her peers think about her having a trans child, she would say. what about my reputation, she would say. do you know how this could affect me?
but i could never change it. i could never just Stop being trans. it was engrained into me for as long as i could remember. no matter how many dresses or braids or makeup that i was put into by my family, and expected to smile and look like a beautiful girl, being expected to grow into a beautiful woman, marrying a man as a woman, having kids.. i never resonated. i would think at night about it and always come to the conclusion that i would never be happy like that. and still, i had to hide it. i knew for so long, deep down, that that wasn’t the life that i wanted, that i was going to live. because, i knew, that either i would transition or i would die.
the point of this long winded post that people probably aren’t going to read anyways is that even the smallest bits of representation stick with you. a book i only feel comfortable reading at the library while my mom isn’t there, too afraid to check it out. meeting a trans guy for the first time when i was in the 8th grade, and everything clicking. watching the true trans documentary by laura jane grace and seeing trans people alive, despite everything they went through. seeing trans joy. trans love. trans acceptance. it gave me, closeted me, wearing dresses and braids and beads and my hair in puffs as a little girl me, some sense of hope. that i wasn’t going to die. that i had a choice, no matter how long it would take me to get there. pushing through all of it. all of the fights, all of the abuse, all of the trauma, lack of support, trying to come out to friend’s parents that i thought i could trust and then them outing me to my mom, being outed by teachers, going to the gsa and being pulled out of school as a whole as a result, taking off my makeup and stuffing my pride flags into my backpack after coming back on the train from tokyo pride, having my mom tell me to leave because she wouldn’t go against what God says, being alone for my first thanksgiving without my family, not having a mother for a while, all of it. it was hell. it wasn’t easy at all, and i never expected it to be. i never expected that i would’ve lived to tell the story. i thought i was going to die at 16. hell, i tried. many times. to be yet another trans teen suicide, misgendered and deadnamed by my family at my funeral, the wrong name being put on my gravestone. i was ready to accept my fate.
but i made it. every little bit of representation i could find, through books, poetry, tv shows, documentaries, all consumed in secret, made me stronger. gave me hope. gave me the resilience to keep going because i wanted to, needed to, reach my goal. reach the ability to be happy, at home in myself in a body that felt so distant from myself for as long as i could remember. i made it.
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haveyoureadthistransbook · 9 months ago
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Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clarke
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From the outside, Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. He’s a star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving boyfriend to his seemingly perfect match, Vanessa. But on the inside, Brendan struggles to understand why his body feels so wrong—why he sometimes fantasizes having long hair, soft skin, and gentle curves. Is there even a name for guys like him? Guys who sometimes want to be girls? Or is Brendan just a freak?
Mod opinion: I haven't heard of this book before and I'm not very interested, partially because it is written in Verse which is always a tough sale to me, but also because it's apparently very stereotypical in its representation.
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magicsilas · 1 month ago
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One type of books that I love but find hard to find are Novel-in-Verse. Here are the three that I have read. All ones that I love.
- Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark.
Gender exploration.
- An Appetite for Miracles by Laekan Zea Kemp.
Mother/ daughter issues, blooming romance, and grief.
- Poet X by Elizabetg Acevedo.
Mother/ daughter issues, religion issues and body issues.
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that-bookworm-guy · 1 year ago
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UK People Only
Books For Sale (Part 2 out of 2) Part 1 Here
I need space in my tiny bedroom (for more books) and some spare cash (Possibly for more books once the bills are sorted).
These are also available on my instagram (that_bookworm_guy) I just need to clear as many as I can ASAP. I'm open to sensible offers as well as bundles. P&P is £3 for up to 2kg of books. Prices aren't including postage.
Books in Order:
Wild Embers - Nikita Gill (£4)
the sun and her flowers - rupi kaur (£4)
milk and honey - rupi kaur (£4)
Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell (£4)
It Never Rains - Roger McGough (£3)
Helium - Rudy Francisco (£5)
It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini (£4)
Young Sherlock Holmes Fire Storm - Andrew Lane (Hardback ) (£3)
Sherlock Holmes Riddles (HB) (£2)
How to Think like Sherlock - Daniel Smith (HB) (£2)
The Case of the Disappearing Detective - Anthony Read (£1)
Neither One Nor The Other - Dolores Faust (£2)
The Turn of The Screw - Henry James (£1.50)
Alex Approximately - Jenn Bennett (£2)
Hunted - E.W. Browne (£1)
Detective Pikachu (£3)
Reflections from Waterford's Woods - Jess Scutella & Roland Rosewood (£1)
Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin (£5)
The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey (HB) (£5)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne (£1)
When the Wind Blows - James Patterson (£1)
Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin (£3)
The Other Boy - M.G. Hennessey (HB) (£3)
This Book is Gay - (Juno) Dawson (£2)
Odd One Out - Nic Stone ( £3)
Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (£4)
FreakBoy - Kristin Elizabeth Clark (£3)
They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera (£3)
Michel-Michelle - Margo Gorman (£1)
A.N.T.I. D.O.T.E. - Malorie Blackman (£3)
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (£3)
Another Place - Matthew Crow (£3)
Antigoddess - Kendare Blake (£3)
The Island - C.L. Taylor (£3)
The Light Between Worlds - Laura Weymouth (£3)
The Stuff of Nightmares - Malorie Blackman (£1.50)
Nightfall - Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski (£3)
A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness (£3)
The Box of Demons - Daniel Whelan (£3)
The Hit - Melvin Burgess (£3)
White Crow - Marcus Sedgwick (£3)
The Twisted Tree - Rachel Burge (£3)
Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff (£3)
Montacule House - Lucy Jago (£3)
Hannibal - Thomas Harris (HB) (£3)
Silent Witness - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£3)
Oblivion - Anthony Horowitz (HB) (£5)
Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (HB) (£6)
Exile - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£4)
Slide 7 Pay whatever you want for any book
50. Adulthood is a Myth - Sarah Andersen (£4) 51. The City of Ember Graphic Novel - Jeanne DuPrau (£4) 52. Zombie! The Adventure is Yours (HB) (£6) 53. Vampire Knight book 1-4 - Matsuri Hino (£5) 54. The City of Ember Series, books 1-4 (Complete) - Jeanne DuPrau (£5)
Money to be sent via paypal, I can't ship to anywhere except the UK as I'll have to do Royal Mail pick up due to not being able to get to a post office. DMs me to buy anything, or contact me on instagram where I am most of the time.
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madlovenovelist · 5 years ago
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Starting on my first novel told completely in verse - it is so totally out of my comfort zone but am glad for the experience so far. This Author's Note (from 'Freakboy') at the beginning grabbed me - with the current debates on glbtqia+ rights, transgender issues at the forefront and the concept of gender being deconstructed in a social setting (and clashing beliefs with religions,) I'm kinda interested to see where this book will go and what questions it will raise...
What was the last book that you read that challenged mainstream perception?
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Recs Mas 2017 Dec 13th: A Sad Book
It’s not really a sad book but it saddens me how people treated the main characters in the book. I liked how their stories were told in verse. That’s a first for me.
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thetasteoftheuniverse · 5 years ago
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approximately 100 lgbt book recs
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Lesbian
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
• Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
• The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robbin Brown
• Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
• The Love & Lies of Rukhasana Ali by Sabina Khan
• Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Niell
• We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
• Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
• Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power
• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells
• Beautiful Dreamer
• Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas
• The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
• Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan
• Bring Holly Home by A.E. Radley
• Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden
• Perfect Rhythm by Jae
• Who'd Have Thought by G. Benson
• Falling Hard by Jae
• The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter
• Ask, Tell by E.J. Noyes
• Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton
• Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata and Jocelyne Allen
• Eating Life by Beth Burnett
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Gay
• What If It's Us? by Becky Albertalli
• Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
• I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
• We are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
• Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz
• Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
• Falling From The Sky by Nikki Godwin
• We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
• Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson
• The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson
• How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis
• Oz by Lily Morton
• Release by Patrick Ness
• The Best at It by Mail Pancholy
• How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee
• The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
• Bloom by Kevin Panetta, Savanna Ganucheau
• At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
• One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva
• The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson and Christine Larsen
• Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (and the sequel!!)
• Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
• Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
• Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli by Becky Albertalli
• I'll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip. by John Donovan
• Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
• I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
• The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
• Check, Please!: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
• Hero by Perry Moore
• Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
• Don't Let me Go by J.H. Trumble
• Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
• Seven Summer Nights by Harper Fox
• Taproot by Keezy Young
• Ziggy, Stardust, and Me by James Brandon
• Sometime After Midnight by L. Phillips
• More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera
• Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
• Proxy by Alex London
• The Vast Field of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Bisexual/Pansexual
• The Disasters by M.K. England
• The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston
• Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
• The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee
• You asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
• Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
• Far From You by Tess Sharpe
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• 5 Dares by Eli Easton
• Queen of Geek by Jen Wilde
• Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
• Fake Out by Eden Finley
• Sunset Park by Santino Hassell
• Him by Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy
Transgender/Gender Identity
• George by Alex Gino
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
• Coffee Boy by Austin Chant
• Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
• None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
• My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne, Katy Finch
• Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
• Luna by Julie Anne Peters
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
• Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kristin Cronn-Mills
• Refuse by Elliott DeLine
• Being Emily by Rachel Gold
Asexual/Aromantic
• Ball Caps and Khakis by Jo Roamsey
• Ace by Jack Byrne
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• How to be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune
• Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann
• Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
• His Quiet Agent by Ada Maria Soto
• The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
• Clariel by Garth Nix
• Blank Spaces by Cass Lennox
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timeladyviictorious · 6 years ago
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LGBTQ+ Book List
I work in a library, and I’m pretty good at finding LGBT+ books. My boyfriend @another-broken-heart-cafe , who works with me, has also found quite a few. I finally decided to make an organized list of those and any others I could think of for anyone who’s looking for these kinds of books. I’ve sorted them the best I can and separated them to make what you want as easy to find as possible. There is an adult category, a teen/YA category, and a child category. I’ve read a few of these, but not many, so there’s probably going to be mistakes. I looked up every individual book to organize them the best I could (which took a while because this list currently has 140 books, if I counted correctly). If you find a mistake, just let me know and I’ll fix it in the next update. I plan to make updates occasionally as I find more. Feel free to add on any LGBT+ books you want!
Key
# - First in a series
* - Manga
ADULT
 Novels
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly [Gay] # It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian [Gay] The One by John Marrs [Gay] A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood [Gay] The Arrangement by Felice Stevens [Gay] The Intern by John S. Daniels [Gay]
She Rises by Kate Worsley [Lesbian] Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear [Lesbian] # Stray City by Chelsey Johnson [Lesbian] First Position by Melissa Brayden [Lesbian] Wishing on a Dream by Julie Cannon [Lesbian] Sidebar by Carsen Taite [Lesbian] A More Perfect Union by Carsen Taite [Lesbian] Love in the Stacks by Cara Malone [Lesbian] Falling Gracefully by Cara Malone [Lesbian] Camp Rewind by Meghan O'Brien [Lesbian] No More Pretending by Bette Hawkins [Lesbian] Built to Last by Aurora Rey [Lesbian] Summer's Cove by Aurora Rey [Lesbian] The Daughters of Palatine Hill by Phyllis T. Smith [Lesbian?]
Goddess by Kelly Gardiner [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Enigma Variations by André Aciman [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Oola by Brittany Newell [Bisexual]
Adverbs by Daniel Handler [?] Queer by William S. Burroughs [?]
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg [Transgender, FTM] Bad Boy by Elliot Ware [Transgender, FTM] Peter Darling by Austin Chant [Transgender, FTM] For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu [Transgender, MTF] The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan [Transgender, MTF]
Graphic Novels & Manga
Maiden Rose by Fusanosuke Inariya [Gay] # * What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga [Gay] # *
Giant Days by John Allison [Lesbian] # Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin [Lesbian] # Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan [Lesbian] # Snotgirl by Bryan Lee O’Malley [Lesbian] # Bingo Love by Tee Franklin [Lesbian] Sweet Blue Flowers by Takako Shimura [Lesbian] # * After Hours by Yuhta Nishio [Lesbian] # * Bloom Into You by Nakatani Nio [Lesbian] # * Girl Friends by Milk Morinaga [Lesbian] # * Nameless Asterism by Kina Kobayashi [Lesbian] # * Eclair - A Girls' Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart [Lesbian] * Citrus by Saburouta [Lesbian] # * Their Story by Tan Jiu [Lesbian] # * Battle Royale: Angels’ Border [Lesbian] # *
Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda [Transgender] *
 TEEN / YOUNG ADULT
 Novels
Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips [Gay] Perfect Ten by L. Philips [Gay] Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey [Gay] Boomerang by Helene Dunbar [Gay] Running with Lions by Julian Winters [Gay] Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall [Gay] Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz [Gay] Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz [Gay] The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis [Gay] One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva [Gay] Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg [Gay] It Looks Like this by Rafi Mittlefehldt [Gay] When Love Comes to Town by Tom Lennon [Gay] We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson [Gay] You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison [Gay] I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson [Gay] Fan Art by Sarah Tregay [Gay] At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson [Gay] Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli [Gay] Dramarama by E. Lockhart [Gay] Draw the Line by Laurent Linn [Gay] Whatever by S.J. Goslee [Gay] Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan [Gay] Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers [Gay] More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera [Gay] History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera [Gay]
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera [Gay + Bisexual] Meg & Linus by Hanna Nowinski [Gay + Lesbian] Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst [Lesbian + Bisexual] # Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst [Lesbian + Bisexual] The Summer I Wasn't Me by Jessica Verdi [Lesbian + Gay]
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King [Lesbian] The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson [Lesbian] Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell [Lesbian] As I Descended by Robin Talley [Lesbian] Read Me Like a Book by Liz Kessler [Lesbian] Ash by Malinda Lo [Lesbian] Huntress by Malinda Lo [Lesbian] Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown [Lesbian] The Summer of Jordi Perez [Lesbian] Super Moon by H.A. Swain [Lesbian] Clancy of the Undertow by Christopher Currie [Lesbian] Nothing Happened by Molly Booth [Lesbian] The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth [Lesbian] Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta [Lesbian] It's Not Like it's a Secret by Misa Sugiyura [Lesbian] If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan [Lesbian] Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan [Lesbian] Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden [Lesbian] Lizzie by Dawn Ius [Lesbian] Get it Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough [Lesbian] About a Girl by Sarah McCarry [Lesbian] South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf [Lesbian]
Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert [Bi/Pan/Poly?] How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake [Bisexual + Lesbian] Adaptation by Malinda Lo [Bisexual] # Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee [Bisexual] # Autoboyography by Christina Lauren [Bisexual]
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky [Transgender, FTM] Dreadnought by April Daniels [Transgender, MTF] # Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart [Transgender, MTF] Miles Away from You by A. B. Rutledge [Transgender, MTF] If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo [Transgender, MTF] Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark [Transgender, MTF] Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark [Transgender] Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin [Genderfluid]
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann [Asexual + Lesbian] Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee [Asexual] None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio [Intersex]
Every Day by David Levithan # The Inside of Out by Jenn Marie Thorne [?]
Graphic Novels & Manga
Spinning by Tillie Walden [Lesbian] I Love This Part by Tillie Walden [Lesbian] On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden [Lesbian] Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash [Lesbian] Decelerate Blue by Adam Rapp [Lesbian] As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman [Lesbian] Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill [Lesbian] Hana & Hina After School [Lesbian] # * Kiss and White Lily for my Dearest Girl [Lesbian] # * Kase-san and Morning Glories by Hiromi Takashima [Lesbian] # *
Wandering Son by Takako Shimura [Transgender, FTM + MTF] # *
The Bride Was a Boy by Chii [Transgender, MTF] *
Skim by Mariko Tamaki [?] The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang [?]
CHILDREN
Novels
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake [Lesbian]
Star Crossed by Barbara Dee [Bisexual]
The Other Boy by M. G. Hennessey [Transgender, FTM] George by Alex Gino [Transgender, FTM]
Graphic Novels & Manga
Drama by Raina Telgemeier [Gay]
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lgbooks · 7 years ago
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A-Z of LGBT
 No one asked for this, but here it is:
(Note that in many of these books, the word for sexual/gender identity is not on the page, so these are what I assume.  I am also using T for all forms of gender identity for ease as well as to prevent spoilers.)
(Also note that some of these books are not perfect in their representation, so please read at your own discretion.  Many of these books can be triggering, so please send me an ask if you are curious about any of the books)
A- Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman [T]; Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden [L]; Ask the Passengers by A.S. King [L]; Ash by Malinda Lo [L]; Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz [G]; As I Descended by Robin Talley [LG]; Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld [L]; Adaptation (duology) by Malinda Lo [LB, poly]
B- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray [LT]; Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall [G]; Boyfriends With Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez [LGB]; Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirsten Cronn-Mills [T]
C- Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman [G (B?)]; Captive Prince (trilogy) by C.S. Pacat [GB]; Carry On by Rainbow Rowell [G]; The Color Purple by Alice Walker [L]; Cut Both Ways by Carrie Mesrobian [GB]
D- The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black [G]; Drag Teen by Jeffery Self [G]
E- Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour [L]
F- The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson [G]; Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick [G]; The Foxhole Court (trilogy) by Nora Sakavic [G]; Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark [T]
G- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruits by Jaye Robin Brown [L]; The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle [G]; The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee [GB]; Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith [GB]; Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith [L]
H- A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne [G]; How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis [G]; Hero by Perry Moore [G]
I- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson [G]; I Am J by Cris Beam [T]
J- Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde [T]; Jerkbait by Mia Siegert [G] 
K- Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway [G]; Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters [L]
L- The Last Nude by Ellis Avery [L]; The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich [G]; Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley [L]; Love in the Time of Global Warming (duology) by Francesca Lia Block [GT+ (?)]
M- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth [L]; The Medici Boy by John L’Heureux [G]; More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera [G]; Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (Trilogy) by Rick Riordan [BT+] 
N- Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan [G]; Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz [BG]
O- One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva [G]; Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst [L]; Openly Straight (duology) by Bill Konigsberg [G]
P- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky [G]; Proxy (duology) by Alex London [G]; Perfect Ten by L. Philips [G]
Q-
R- The Raven Boys (tetralogy) by Maggie Stiefvater [GB]
S- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli [GB]; Six of Crows (duology) by Leigh Bardugo [GB]; Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee [LB]; The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller [G]; Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai [G]
T- Tattoo Atlas by Tim Floreen [G]; This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp [L]; The Trials of Apollo (series) by Rick Riordan [GB+]
U-
V-
W- Willful Machines by Tim Floreen [G]; We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson [G]; Wide Awake by David Levithan [LGBT (?)]; Witch Eyes (trilogy) by Scott Tracey [G]
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genderfluidsodapopcurtis · 7 years ago
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1. when did you discover you are non-binary?
The thought graced my mind a couple of times in the past, but I didn’t really start seriously questioning until early last December, and didn’t start officially labelling myself as genderfluid until really early on this year, somewhere in the January-February range.
2. are you out to people irl or just online?
I’m out to a very...select group of people in real life. Basically just a handful of friends, a few kids in Drama Club, and my counselor. Although I actually just came out to a whole new circle of friends in my gym class this past week, so that’s something.
6. ever been outed by anyone?
Not really? Whenever I have friends over, I always remind them beforehand not to bring it up in front of my family, and they’ve always been really great with doing that.
8. what has helped you accept yourself as non-binary?
The Internet was such a lifesaver. Hacing access to so much information about gender identity itself was great, but what helped the most was being able to find real people who really identified the same way I did.
Also, headcanoning my favorite characters as trans/nonbinary. *cough*
9. favorite non-binary character (canon or confirmed)?
Brendan Chase from Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark is by far the most deeply relatable depiction of a trans/nonbinary/genderfluid character I’ve ever read, at least for me personally.
15. if you could describe your gender with a colour/s what would they be?
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16. have you ever experienced gender euphoria?
Really any time anyone tells me I either look like a boy or I look really androgynous, and any time anyone calls me they.
Non-Binary Question Tag
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heiheiofrp-blog · 7 years ago
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Since I’ve reached 500 followers I decided to do a masterlist for LGBTQ+ books. Something people might not know about me is I love reading. So I wanted to share not only some of my favorite LGBTQ+ books, but also others. I really hope people enjoy this.
ps. I have not read all of these books, so if any of this information is inncorrect please let me know. 
The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley - Shaun David Hutchinson (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay) 
We Are The Ants - Shaun David Hutchinson (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli (Young Adult -Protagonist - Gay) Soon to be a movie
More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
History is All You Left Me - Adam Silvera (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Our Own Private Universe - Robin Talley (Young Adult - Protagonist - Bisexual)
George - Alex Gino (Middle Grade - Protagonist - Transgender)
Frannie and Tru - Karen Hattrup (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Beast - Brie Spangler (Young Adult - Side Character - Transgender)
Of Fire and Stars - Audrey Coulthurst (Young Adult - Protagonist - Lesbian)
The Inexplicable Logic of my Life - Benjamin Alire Saenz (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children - Kristin Cronn-Mills  (Young Adult - Protagonist - Transgender)
Heroes of Olympus Series - Rick Riordan (Young Adult - Side Character - Gay)
Mangus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series - Rick Riordan (Young Adult - Side Character - Genderfluid)
Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin (Young Adult - Protagonist - Genderfluid)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth (Young Adult - Protagonist - Lesbian)
Freakboy - Kristin Elizabeth Clark (Young Adult - Protagonist/ Side Characters - Transgender)
Golden Boy - Abigail Tarttelin (Adult - Protagonist - Intersex) TW: Sexual Assault, TW: Rape
Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour (Young Adult - Protagonist - Lesbian)
None of the Above - I.W. Gregorigo (Young Adult - Protagonist - Intersex)
Alex as Well - Alyssa Brugman (Young Adult - Protagonist - Intersex)
Not Otherwise Specified - Hannah Moskowitz (Young Adult - Protagonist - Bisexual) TW: Eating Disorder
Far From You - Tess Sharpe (Young Adult - Protagonist - Bisexual)
Cut Both Ways - Carrie Mesrobian (Young Adult - Protagonist - Bisexual)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson - Tom Green (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Sprout - Dale Peck (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Rainbow Trilogy - Alex Sanchez (Young Adult - Protagonists - Gay)
Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (Young Adult - Protagonist - Gay)
Luna - Julie Anne Peters (Young Adult - Protagonist - Transgender)
Parrotfish - Ellen Wittlinger (Young Adult - Protagonist - Transgender)
Proxy - Alex London (Young Adult - Protagonist - Bisexual)
This Song is Not for You - Laura Nowlin (Young Adult - Protagonist - Asexual)
Ultraviolet - R.J. Anderson (Young Adult - Side Character - Asexual)
Quicksliver - R.J. Anderson (Young Adult - Protagonist - Asexual)
Lumberjane Series - Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke A. Allen (Young Adult - Graphic Novel - Protagonists - Lesbian)
Love Letters to the Dead - Ava Dellaria (Young Adult - Side Characters- Lesbian)
Afterworlds - Scott Westerfeld (Young Adult- Protagonist - Asexual)
Queen of Geek - Jen Wilde (New Adult - Protagonist - Bisexual)
Juliet Takes a Breath - Gabby Rivera (Yong Adult - Protagonist - Lesbian)
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire (Young Adult - Protagonists - Asexual/Transgender)
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againstme · 7 years ago
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anyways. books that i adore and could read over and over include
enchantress from the stars
legend by marie lu (the whole series)
ender’s game
daniel x, even though james patterson’s YA writing can be ... lacking
11/22/63 by stephen king (LOVE THIS BOOK LOVE THE HULU SERIES PLEASE READ IT)
i am j by cris beam
freakboy by kristin elizabeth clarke
phineas gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science by john fleishman
fahrenheit 451 (!!!!!!!!!)
motel of the mysteries
i’ll give you the sun
symptoms of being human
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echojar · 7 years ago
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[a series of nine images: 1. the cover to Transcendental Youth by The Mountain Goats 2. a decaying cabin in the desert mountains 3. the logo from the podcast Within the Wires 4. yellow leaves superimposed by the text “Remember, holding hands is totally punk rock.” 5. a non binary person wearing a leather jacket with a guitar strapped to their back 6. a lavender plant 7. a closeup of Francisco Goya’s The Witches’ Sabbath 8. part of the cover of Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark 9. a cropped scene from the comic Buttercup Festival by David Troupes]
A moodboard for myself on my 23rd birthday!!! This is the epitome of self love right here~
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richardgoranski · 7 years ago
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It's not a happy dorky book but i really liked it. Freakboy by kristin elizabeth clarke. It's about this kid figuring out who they are and where they fall on the spectrum
I'll have to check it out!!!!
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that-bookworm-guy · 4 years ago
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Trans Rep in fiction
I took these for my Instagram (that_bookworm_guy) and thought I'd share them here as well
I've split this into two photos, so swipe to see them and the labels. But I'll make sure to include all of the labels in the image description below, and update them if there are any errors. I have included some books that I didn't enjoy because although I didn't like them, someone else might. These are all the fiction books I have with transgender rep in.
Books in order, top to bottom:
📚 Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin (Non-binary main character, Contemporary YA)
Trans Masc Representation:
📚 Trumpet - Jackie Kay (Psychological Fiction)
📚 Crimson - Niviaq Korneliussen (Contemporary)
📚 Parrotfish - Ellen Wittlinger (Contemporary YA)
📚 When we Speak of Nothing - Olumide Popoola (Contemporary YA)
📚 When the Moon was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore (Fantasy, Magic YA)
📚 Proud - Edited by Juno Dawson (Queer Anthology)
📚 We Were Always Here - Edited by Ryan Vance & Michael Lee Richardson (Queer Anthology)
Second Photo - Books in order, top to bottom:
All books contain trans fem representation:
📚 Pet - Akwaeke Emezi (Fantasy MG/YA seems to be different age range everywhere I look, non-binary author)
📚 Wonderland - Juno Dawson (Fantasy YA, trans author)
📚 George - Alex Gino & Rick - Alex Gino (Contemporary MG, genderqueer author)
📚 FreakBoy - Kristin Elizabeth Clark (Told through verse YA)
📚 The Art of Being Normal - Lisa Williamson (Contemporary YA)
 
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madlovenovelist · 7 years ago
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Unpacked my moving crates and found this beauty - loving the cover! And I'm about due for another contemporary about finding your place in the gender spectrum. They make the most interesting reads.
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