I feel homosexually-uncultured, book recs?

[aliengirl]

Hi folks,

Nothin’ sad from me today. I was thinking about it and I really haven’t read much about gay history in the past few years. I mean I know when gay marriage was legalized in the U.S. and when Stonewall happened. I did read this one book about a lesbian romance and it was set in the time period of when Anita Bryant and Harvey Milk were duking it out I think. I learned a lot from that one. But that was four years ago. I find it really hard to read straight up non-fiction books, but if anyone has a tolerable non-fiction book about lesbian or LGBTQ+ history in general, I would be down. But if any of jens have read a mixed little fiction-non-fiction novel with LGBTQ+ stuff packed into there, I would love to be recommended some stuff.

[Latha]

Hi there, Aliengirl!

This is a great question! I'm sure our other volunteers and staff will have recommendations, so I'll let them know that you are looking for LGBTQ+/lesbian histories and historical fiction. Are you looking for books about a specific place, or time period?

[Latha]

Okay, back with some recommendations from the team: Tara has suggested The Gay Revolution by Lillian Faderman, which is non-fiction. And Andy has suggested Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg and Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde.

[mikky]

For some historical fiction, highly recommend Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. Historically well researched and educational, and wonderfully written. I second Zami: A New Spelling of My Name as well.

[aliengirl]

Oooh I’ve heard of Last Night at the Telegraph Club a lot, I think that’s going to be the first one I get my hands on! Thank you sm

[Tara]

Great to hear this has helped! Please let us know how else we can help you.