LGBT+ History Month | Newcastle Libraries

41) One of them

Author

Cashman, Michael

42) Fire Island

Author

Parlett, Jack

43) The transgender issue

Author

Faye, Shon

44) David Bowie made me gay: 100 years of LGBT music

Author

Bullock, Darryl W

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From Sia to Elton John, from Billie Holiday to David Bowie, LGBT musicians have changed the course of modern music. But before their music - and the messages behind it - gained understanding and a place in the mainstream, how did the queer musicians of yesteryear fight to build foundations for those who would follow them? David Bowie Made Me Gay is the first book to cover the breadth of history of recorded music by and for the LGBT community. Darryl...

45) We are everywhere: protest, power, and pride in the history of queer liberation

Author

Brown, Leighton

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A rich and sweeping photographic history of the Queer Liberation Movement, from the creators and curators of the massively popular Instagram account @lgbt_history, released in time for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Through the lenses of protest, power, and pride, We Are Everywhere is an essential and empowering introduction to the history of the fight for queer liberation. Combining exhaustively researched narrative with meticulously...

46) The beginner's guide to being a trans ally

Author

Whittlesey, Christina

47) Queer power

Author

Dom & Ink

48) All the things she said

Author

Jones, Daisy

49) The trans guide to mental health and well-being

Author

Lees, Katy

50) Before we were trans

Author

Heyam, Kit

51) Readme.txt: a memoir

Author

Manning, Chelsea

52) gentleman jack

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53) Gentleman Jack

Author

Steidele, Angela

54) Queer heroes of myth and legend

Author

Jones, Dan

55) A dutiful boy

Author

Zaidi, Mohsin

56) A dutiful boy: a memoir of a gay Muslim?s journey to acceptance

Author

Zaidi, Mohsin

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Mohsin grew up in a poor pocket of east London, in a devout shia Muslim community. His family were close-knit and religiously conservative. From a young age, Mohsin felt different but in a home where being gay was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life. As he grew up life didn't seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised from opportunity...

57) All the young men

Author

Burks, Ruth Coker

58) Baggage

Author

Cumming, Alan

59) Baggage: tales from a fully packed life

Author

Cumming, Alan

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There is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and class and circumstances portended for me was not even remotely close to the one I now navigate. But logic is a science and living is an art. The release I felt in writing my first memoir, Not My Father's Son, was matched only by how my speaking out empowered so many to engage with their own trauma. I was reminded of the power of my words and the absolute duty...

60) Man enough to be a woman

Author

County, Jayne