Peyton loves to dance, and especially at pow wow, but her Auntie notices that she's been dancing less and less. When Peyton shares that she just can't be comfortable wearing a dress anymore, Auntie Eyota asks some friends for help to...
2SLGBTQIA+
The acronym 2SLGBTQIA+ refers to Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual 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(s):Adeyoha, Angel, Adeyoha, KojaSummary: - Author(s):Jackson, KosokoSummary:
One of Amazon's Best Romances of December A December LibraryReads Pick Sometimes two cooks in the kitchen are better than one in this swoony romantic comedy from the author of I’m So (Not) Over You. Xavier Reynolds is doing less than...
- Author(s):Belcourt, Billy-RaySummary:
The youngest ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his own personal history to reconcile the world he was born into with the world that could be . Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories...
- Author(s):Thom, Kai ChengSummary:
In these fierce yet tender narrative poems, Kai Cheng Thom draws equally from memory and mythology to create new maps of gender, race, sexuality, and violence.
- Author(s):McLeod, Darrel J.Summary:
A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien. James, a talented and conflicted Cree man from a tiny settlement...
- Author(s):Chacaby, Ma-Nee, Plummer, Mary LouisaSummary:
A compelling, harrowing, but ultimately uplifting story of resilience and self-discovery. "A Two-Spirit Journey" is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories...
- Author(s):Dunham, Cyrus GraceSummary:
For as long as they can remember, Cyrus Grace Dunham felt like a visitor in their own body. Rather than looking back on gender transition from a settled distance, Cyrus invites us into the process as it unfolds, honoring the messiness,...
- Author(s):Patterson, Pat.Summary:
"Pat is one of the greatest mentors I've ever had in the world of sports-entertainment."-Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson When Pat Patterson was 17 years old, he was asked to leave his home after telling his parents he was in love... with a...
- Author(s):DiFrancesco, AlexSummary:
In a near-future New York City ravaged by climate change and economic inequality, a superstorm hits, leaving behind only those who had nowhere else to go and no way to get out.
- Author(s):Griffin, MarkSummary:
Drawing on more than 100 interviews, Mark Griffin shows how beneath Rock Hudson's suave movie star persona, was a deeply insecure man continually threatened with public exposure of his closeted homosexuality and contraction of AIDS by...
- Author(s):Katcher, BrianSummary:
This winner of the first Stonewall Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature will make you marvel at the beauty of human connection and the irrepressible nature of love. Everyone has that one line they swear they'll never cross...
- Author(s):Richardson, Justin, Parnell, PeterSummary:
The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family is now available in a sturdy board book edition. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different...
- Author(s):Ali, Mohamed AbdulkarimSummary:
Writing from a homeless shelter in downtown Toronto, Mohamed "Mo" Ali chronicles how he ended up there in this memoir of exile, addiction, and racism. Kidnapped by his father on the eve of Somalia's societal implosion, Ali was taken...
- Author(s):Sáenz, Benjamin AlireSummary:
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending...
- Author(s):Stein, AbbySummary:
Abby Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. But Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. She made a personal exodus from ultra-...
- Author(s):Nutt, Amy EllisSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The inspiring true story of transgender actor and activist Nicole Maines, whose identical twin brother, Jonas, and ordinary American family join her on an extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and...
- Author(s):Jennings, JazzSummary:
Get ready for season 4 of the popular TLC show I Am Jazz! Teen advocate and trailblazer Jazz Jennings--named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens" of the year by Time--shares her very public transgender journey, as she inspires people...
- Author(s):Snorton, C. RileySummary:
The story of Christine Jorgensen, Americas first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives-- ones lived by African Americans...
- Author(s):Sindu, SJSummary:
From the award-winning author of Marriage of a Thousand Lies comes a brilliantly written, globe-spanning novel about identity, faith, family, and sexuality. In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. His father sets up an...
- Author(s):Pennock, TylerSummary:
Poems about a young two-spirit Indigenous man moving through shadow and trauma toward strength and awareness. Bones, Tyler Pennock’s wise and arresting debut, is about the ways we process the traumas of our past, and about how often...
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