In the 1960s, a youthful and ambitious lesbian movement began taking shape in Canada. After decades of being pathologized, disparaged, or erased from public view, lesbians were ready to make a scene – both by calling attention to...
LGBTQIA2S+
The acronym LGBTQIA2S+ refers to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Two Spirit peoples, as well as those who identify as pansexual, questioning, non-binary, and other gender and sexuality minorities. This is a collection of titles and resources by and about these communities. Titles include Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Plays and more!
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Author:Millward, LizSummary: - Author:Lieffe, OtterSummary:
Characters typically absent from mainstream fiction take centre stage in this action packed story, bringing their fabulous complexity to the front-lines. After the economic crises of the 2020s, a corner of Europe known only as the State...
- Author:Bennett, Dani, Jones, JaidaSummary:
Rags is a thief and an excellent one. But he is caught by the Queensguard and forced to find an ancient fae relic for a sadistic royal sorcerer. But Rags could never have guessed this "relic" would actually be a fae himself, a...
- Author:Brossard, Nicole, Queyras, SinaSummary:
First published in 1987, Nicole Brossard's classic novel returns in a new edition. A seminal text in Canadian and feminist literature, Mauve Desert is a must-read for readers and writers alike. This is both a single novel and three...
- Author:Rule, JaneSummary:
When the novel opens, Diana’s twin brother, David, a widower in his mid-sixties, is looking back on his life. As memories swamp him, he decides to take a critical step: to beg for his sister’s forgiveness.
Diana has never met...
- Author:Leyva, SelenisSummary:
Selenis and Marizol Leyva narrate their shared journey, challenges, and triumphs. They write honestly about the violence and discrimination that trans people and women of color experience.
- Author:Nixon, LindsaySummary:
How do you honour blood and chosen kin with equal care? A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations, prairie punk scenes, and queer love stories, Lindsay Nixon's NÎTISÂNAK is woven around grief over the loss of their mother. It also...
- Author:Joseph, FabiolaSummary:
Outed by her best friend in front of the whole neighborhood, Niya is trying to come to terms with being a lesbian. When she falls for her straight neighbor, Jamilla, there is no more denying who she really is. Niya will do whatever it...
- Author:Coulthurst, AudreySummary:
Princesses Denna and Mare are in love and together at last, only to face a new set of dangers. When the two arrive in Zumorda, a place where Denna can learn to control her powers, an attack on a border town leads to a hasty plea for...
- Author:McCarthy, Cori, Capetta, Amy RoseSummary:
When Ari crash lands on Old Earth, and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she becomes the forty-second reincarnation of King Arthur. Now all she has to do is train under Merlin, defeat the greatest evil in the universe...
- Author:Cole, AlyssaSummary:
When Likotsi and Fabiola meet on a stalled subway, Fab asks for just one cup of tea. Likotsi, hoping to know why she was unceremoniously dumped, agrees. Tea and food soon leads to them exploring the city together, and their past, with...
- Author:Van Ness, JonathanSummary:
In this memoir, Queer Eye grooming expert Jonathan Van Ness shares never-before-told secrets and reveals sides of himself that the public has never seen.
- Author:Dennis-Benn, NicoleSummary:
When Patsy gets her long-coveted visa to America, it comes after years of yearning to leave Pennyfield, the beautiful but impoverished Jamaican town where she was raised. More than anything, Patsy wishes to be reunited with her oldest...
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Ever since certain homosexual acts were decriminalized in 1969, queer activists have fought for – and won – a series of public policy battles in governments across Canada. As Queer Mobilizations shows, anti-discrimination legislation,...
- Author:McCaskell, TimSummary:
How did a social movement evolve from a small group of young radicals to the incorporation of LGBTQ communities into full citizenship on the model of Canadian multiculturalism? Tim McCaskell contextualizes his work in gay, queer, and...
- Author:Walcott, RinaldoSummary:
Queer Returns returns us to the scene of multiculturalism, diaspora and queer through the lens of black expression, identity and the political. The essays question what it means to live in a multicultural society, how diaspora impacts...
- Author:Prager, SarahSummary:
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2017
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book for Teens 2017This first-ever LGBTQ history book of its kind for young adults will appeal to fans of fun, empowering pop-culture...
- Author:Hagen, DarrinSummary:
Edmonton’s Loud & Queer Cabaret has been blazing trails and shining a light on Queer arts and culture for twenty years. The showcase has debuted more than three hundred pieces of stunning performance and art from both established...
- Author:Prager, SarahSummary:
This book brings to life the vibrant histories of 50 pioneering LGBTQ+ people from around the world, taking listeners on a journey through the lives of influential queer figures who have made a mark on every century of human existence...
- Author:McQuiston, CaseySummary:
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales' When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius-his image...
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