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Jean Painlevé, Buste de l’Hippocampe, 1931. Unique vintage print, 56 x 39 inches. © Les Documents Cinématographiques, Paris.

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“Giovanni’s Room is not really about homosexuality… It’s about what happens to you if you’re afraid to love anybody. Which is much more interesting than the question of homosexuality.

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The question of human affection, of integrity, in my case, the question of trying to become a writer, are all linked with the question of sexuality. Sexuality is only a part of it. I don’t know even if it’s the most important part. But it’s indispensable.”

— James Baldwin

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Martin Munkasci - “Sonnenbaden - Sunbathing”, 1929.

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Martin Munkacsi, Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, 1934 

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The Lesbrary Goodreads Project

So after running this tumblr and the Lesbrary for a couple years, I’ve gathered together a couple lists of specific lesbian (etc) books about specific topics, and I’ve stumbled on some similar lists other people have made. In order to keep them a little more organized, I’ve decided to put them all up on Goodreads. Here are the ones I have so far:

Specific identities:

Bisexual Women Fiction and Memoirs

Trans Lesbian (Bisexual, etc) Books

Non-Binary (Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Gender-Unspecified, etc) Fiction and Memoirs

Butch lesbian characters

Butch women and female masculinity

Butch/Femme couples (also check out the butch-femme shelf)

Fiction about queer and lesbian women of color

QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)

Interracial Lesbian Fiction

Asian Lesbian and Queer Women Fiction

Fiction Novels with Black Lesbian Characters

Chicana/Latina Lesbian Books

Lesbian Jewish Fiction

Canadian Lesbian Fiction and Memoirs

Italian Lesbian Books

British Lesbian Fiction Books (Also check out UK Lesbian Fiction)

General:

Best Lesbian Fiction and Autostraddle's 100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time

Lesbian Canon

Lesbian novels from before 1990

Speculative Fiction (SFF and Horror):

Fantasy & Sci-Fi Featuring Lesbian Characters

Lesbian and Bisexual Women (etc) Sci Fi

Lesbian Fantasy

Lesbian and Bi Women Dystopians

F/F Paranormal and Urban Fantasy

Lesbian Steampunk Books

Lesbian Horror

Lesbian Zombie Books

Lesbian Ghost Stories

Lesbian Werewolf Books

Lesbian Vampire Books

Young Adult/Teen/Children’s:

Lesbian Teen Fiction

QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)

YA LGBT Books - Not “Coming Out”

Lesbian Historical YA

Bisexual Fiction in YA

Queer Girl YA with Happy Endings / Best Teen Lesbian Books with Happy Endings

Romance and Erotica:

Best F/F Romance Books

Erotic Lesbian Novels

Funny Lesbian Romance books

Best Femme/Femme Couples

Lesbian Romantic Suspense

Lesbian May/December Romance

F/F Tearjerkers

Romantic Lesbians In Uniform

F/F Enemies/ Rivals/ Forbidden Love

F/F BDSM

F/F Bondage in Fiction

Nonfiction:

Lesbian-Feminist Nonfiction

Lesbian Humor Books

Lesbian Photography

Lesbian Self Help

Lesbian Memoirs

Lesbian history

Books On Femme Idenities

Best Lesbian Poetry

Best Lesbian Graphic Novels

Yuri Manga in English

Specific genres/content:

Lesbian Short Stories

Historical Lesbian Fiction

Lesbian Westerns

Lesbian WWII Historical Fiction

Lesbian Pulp Fiction

Lesbian Fairy Tales

Lesbian Retellings

Best Lesbian Mysteries

Novels about Lesbian sleuths

Lesbian Spy/Military/Cop

Lesbian Pirates

Lesbian Books Happy Ending

Lesbian Fiction Set In New York City

Lesbian Fiction Set In the American South

Lesbian Fiction Trope: Childhood Friends Reunited

Lesbian Fiction with Sports Theme

Lesbian Christmas Books

Lesbians In Cold Places

A Lesbian Wilderness

Queer Women Road Trip Books

Lesbian Witch Books

Lesbrarian (Lesbian Librarian) Books

Lesbians and Cats

Good Lesbian Books’s lists that I haven’t put on Goodreads:

Asexual Lesbians/ Asexual Women in Fiction

Lesbian Historical Fiction

Lesbian Knights in Fiction

Lesbian Librarians in Fiction and Nonfiction

Lesbians with Physical Disabilities

Lesbian Princesses in Fiction

Lesbian Shapeshifter Fiction

Lesbians in Space: A Reading List

Lesbian Steampunk Stories

Lesbian Time Travel Fiction

Lesbian YA With A Non-Lesbian Main Character

Lesbian YA  Fantasy & Science Fiction Books

Lesbian YA Historical Fiction

Transgender Young Adult Fiction

Good Lesbian Fantasy Novels 

Lesbian Lawyer Books 

Lesbian First Responder Romances 

Lesbian Audiobooks 

Award-winning Graphic Novels 

Award-winning Romance and Erotica (unfinished) 

Award-winning Young Adult Fiction & Nonfiction 

Picture Books For Children With Lesbian Parents

Depression in Lesbian Fiction

Time Travel Lesbian Fiction

The good thing about the Goodreads lists is that you can add books and vote for your favorites!

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Gerd Rothmann, “Nostril”, for Barbra Seidenaht’s nose, gold, 1985

Gerd Rothmann, “Achilles’ Heel”, molded round Fritz Scheuer’s heel, silver, 1978

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Gerd Rothmann, “Chewing Gum Chain”, chewed gum cast in gold, 1990

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Gerd Rothmann, “Sixth Finger”, silver, 1979

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Doris Salcedo, Untitled (Homenaje Jaime Garzón), Bogota, 1999

Photo: Doris Salcedo Following the assassination of the political comedian Jaime Garzón on 13 August 1999, Doris Salcedo carried out a number of public interventions in the neighbourhood of the assassination.

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Georgina Berkeley, from the Berkeley Album, 1867-71, Watercolor and albumen silver prints, Musee d’Orsay, Paris. Photo- Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Art Resource, NY 

https://hyperallergic.com/457905/why-i-did-not-see-the-picasso-show-at-the-tate-modern/

Would we even have collage as an artistic medium if it wasn’t for Picasso and Georges Braque? Actually, we would. Collage was already being practiced during the Victorian era by English upper-class women such as Georgina Berkeley, though she is very unlikely to end up on anyone’s orals bibliography. 

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Images from an illustrated version of a 13th-century Arabic treatise by Zakariya al-Qazwini, Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing)

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Tavares Strachan “You Belong Here”, 2014

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Kotryna Zukauskaite