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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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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