LGBT+ History Month | Newcastle Libraries

21) A short history of queer women

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Loehr, Kirsty

22) In their shoes

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Windust, Jamie

23) Trans like me

Author

Lester, C.N

24) Amateur

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McBee, Thomas Page

25) Gender euphoria

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Dale, Laura Kate

26) Gender pioneers

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Punchard, Philippa

27) Trans Britain: our journey from the shadows

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Burns, Christine

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Over the last five years, transgender people have seemed to burst into the public eye: Time declared 2014 a ?trans tipping point?, while American Vogue named 2015 ?the year of trans visibility?. From our television screens to the ballot box, transgender people have suddenly become part of the zeitgeist. This apparently overnight emergence, though, is just the latest stage in a long and varied history. The renown of Paris Lees and Hari Nef has its...

28) Queer intentions: a (personal) journey through LGBTQ+ culture

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Abraham, Amelia

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Queer Intentions provides the ultimate exploration of the joys and pains of being LGBTQ+ in the West at a time when queer culture has never been so mainstream. Today, the options and freedoms on offer to LGBTQ+ people living in the West are greater than ever before. But is same-sex marriage, improved media visibility and corporate endorsement all it?s cracked up to be? At what cost does this acceptance come? And who is getting left behind, particularly...