Books for Young Children
-introducing or discussing LBGT issues and same-sex parenting
10,000 Dresses
Author: Markus Ewert; Illustrator: Rex Ray. 2008. Seven Stories Press. 32 pp.
A Tale of Two Daddies
Author: Vanita Oelschlager; Illustrator: Kristin Blackwood. 2010. Vanita Books. 40 pp.
A Tale of Two Mommies
Author: Vanita Oelschlager; Illustrator: Mike Blanc. 2011. Vanita Books. 40 pp.
ABC: A Family Alphabet Book
Author: Bobbie Combs; Illustrators: Desiree & Brian Rappa. 2012. Two Lives Publishing. 34 pp.
And Tango Makes Three
Author: Justin Richardson; Illustrator: Peter Parnell. 2005. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 32 pp.
Asha’s Mums
Authors: Rosamund Elwin, Michele Paulse; Illustrator: Dawn Lee. 1990. Women’s Press Literary. 24 pp.
Daddy, Papa, and Me
Author: Leslea Newman; Illustrator: Carol Thompson. 2009. Tricycle Press. 20 pp.
Donovan’s Big Day
Author: Leslea Newman; Illustrator: Mike Dutton. 2011. Tricycle Press. 32 pp.
Mom and Mum are Getting Married!
Author: Ken Setterington; Illustrator: Alice Priestley. 2004. Second Story Press. 24 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Mom-Mum-are-Getting-Married/dp/1896764843
Mommy, Mama, and Me
Author: Leslea Newman; Illustrator: Carol Thompson. 2009. Tricycle Press. 20 pp.
My Princess Boy
Author: Cheryl Kilodavis; Illustrator: Suzanne DeSimone. 2010. Aladdin. 36 pp.
The Different Dragon
Author: Jennifer Bryan; Illustrator: Danamarie Hosler. 2011. Two Lives Publishing. 34 pp.
The Family Book
Author: Todd Parr. 2010. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 32 pp.
This is My Family: A First Look at Same-Sex Parents
Authors: Pat Thomas, Lesley Harker. 2012. Barron’s Educational Series. 32 pp.
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding
Author: Sarah S. Brannen. 2008. Putnam Juvenile. 32 pp.
Books for Questioning Teens
Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws [All Genders]
Author: Kate Bornstein. 2006. Seven Stories Press. 231 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Hello-Cruel-World-Alternatives-Suicide/dp/1583227202
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living
Editors: Dan Savage, Terry Miller. 2012 (reprinted). Plume. 352 pp.
Luna
Author: Julie Anne Peters, 2006. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 248 pp
http://www.amazon.ca/Luna-Julie-Anne-Peters/dp/0316011274
My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely
Author: Kate Bornstein. 1997. Routledge. 304 pp.
My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity.
Author: Kate Bornstein. 2013 (2nd ed.). Routledge. 312 pp.
The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens, 2nd ed.
Author: Kelly Huegel. 2011. Free Spirit Publishing. 228 pp.
The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens
Authors: Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke. 2011. Zest Books. San Francisco, CA. 206 pp.
Wandering Son: Volume One [Trans]
Author: Shimura Takako. 2011. Fantagraphics Books. 192 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Wandering-Son-Book-Shimura-Takako/dp/1606994166
Books for Parents of LGBTQ Children
Always My Child – A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter
Author: Kevin Jennings. 2003. Touchstone. NY. 336 pp.
Beyond Acceptance – Parents of Lesbians & Gays Talk About Their Experiences, updated ed.
Authors: C.A. Griffin, M.J. Wirth, and A.G. Wirth. 1997. St. Martin’s Griffin. NY. 256 pp.
Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together, revised ed.
Author: R.A. Bernstein. 2003. Da Capo Press. 208 pp.
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
Authors: Stephanie A. Brill, Rachel Pepper. 2008. Cleis Press. 200 pp.
Books on LGBT Literature and Cinema
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
Author: Vito Russo. 1987, 2nd ed. It Books. 384 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Celluloid-Closet-Homosexuality-Movies/dp/0060961325
Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon
Author: Alexander Doty. 2000. Psychology Press.
http://www.amazon.ca/Flaming-Classics-Queering-Film-Canon/dp/041592345X
New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader
Author: Michele Aaron. 2004. Rutgers University Press. 204 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/New-Queer-Cinema-Critical-Reader/dp/0813534860
New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut
Author: B. Ruby Rich. 2013. Duke University Press. 322 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/New-Queer-Cinema-The-Directors/dp/0822354284
Queer Cinema: The Film Reader
Authors: Harry M. Benshoff, Sean Griffin. 2004. 242 pp.
http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Cinema-Film-Reader-Focus/dp/0415319870
The Romance of Transgression in Canada. Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas
Author: Thomas Vaugh. 2006. 624 pages. McGill-Queen’s Press.
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Romance-Transgression-Canada-Sexualities/dp/0773531467
Novels on LGBTQ Topics or with LGBTQ Characters
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes [Gay]
Author: Tony Kushner. 2003. Theatre Communications Group. 304 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Angels-America-Millennium-Approaches-Perestroika/dp/1559362316
Annabel [Intersex]
Author: Kathleen Winter. 2013. House of Anansi Press. 480 pp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabel_%28Winter_novel%29
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl [Medical Sex-Reassignment]
Author: John Colapinto. 2006. Harper Perennial. 336 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/As-Nature-Made-Him-Raised/dp/0061120561
Barrel Fever: Stories & Essays [Gay]
Author: David Sedaris. 1995. Back Bay Books. 208 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Barrel-Fever-Stories-David-Sedaris/dp/0316779423
Becoming a Visible Man [Trans]
Author: Jamison Green. 2004. Vanderbilt Univ. Press. 231 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Becoming-Visible-Man-Jamison-Green/dp/082651457X
Becoming Gay – The Journey to Self-Acceptance[Gay]
Author: Richard A. Isay. 2009. Vintage. 208 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Becoming-Gay-The-Journey-Self-Acceptance/dp/0307389774/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
Breakfast at Tiffany’s [Gay]
Author: Truman Capote. 1993. Vintage, reprint. 160 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Breakfast-at-Tiffanys-Truman-Capote/dp/0679745653
Breakfast on Pluto [Trans]
Author: Patrick McCabe. 1999. Harper Perennial. 224 pp.
Cereus Blooms at Night [Gay]
Author: Shani Mootoo. 2009. Grove Press. 249 pp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereus_Blooms_at_Night
The Colour Purple [Lesbian]
Author: Alice Walker. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 300 pp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple
Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite [Intersex]
Author: Lianne Simon. 2012. Faie Miss Press. 244 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Confessions-Teenage-Hermaphrodite-Lianne-Simon/dp/0985148209
Conundrum [Trans]
Author: Jan Morris. 1974, reprinted in 2006. NYRB Classics. 176 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Conundrum-York-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1590171896
Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity [Gay]
Author: Jose Munoz. 2009. New York Univ. Press. 223 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Cruising-Utopia-Futurity-Sexual-Cultures/dp/0814757286
Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories [Gay]
Author: Thomas Mann. 1989. Vintage. 416 pp.
Drag King Dreams [Cross-Dressing]
Author: Leslie Feinberg. 2006. Seal Press. 314 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Drag-King-Dreams-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/0786717637
Epistemology of the Closet [Gay]
Author: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. 2008 (updated version). Univ. California Press. 280 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Epistemology-Closet-Eve-Kosofsky-Sedgwick/dp/0520254066
The Extra Man [Cross-Dressing]
Author: Jonathan Ames. 2010. Scribner. 384 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Extra-Man-A-Novel/dp/1439196494/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
Female Masculinity [Lesbian]
Author: J. Jack Halberstam. 1998. Duke Univ. Press. 329 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Female-Masculinity-Judith-Halberstam/dp/0822322439
Femmes of Power: Exploding Queer Femininities [Lesbian]
Author: Del LaGrace Volcano. 2009. Serpent’s Tail. 192 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Femmes-Power-Exploding-Queer-Femininities/dp/1846686644
The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth Century Medical Revolution [Trans]
Author: Pagan Kennedy. 2007. Bloomsbury USA. 224 pp.
http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Man-Made-Man-Twentieth-Century/dp/B001G8W9L8
Freak Show [Gay/Cross-Dressing/Teens]
Author: James St. James. 2007. Dutton Juvenile. 304 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Freak-Show-James-St/dp/0525477993/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe [Lesbian]
Author: Fannie Flagg. 2000. Ballantine Books. 416 pp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Green_Tomatoes_at_the_Whistle_Stop_Cafe
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us [Trans]
Authors: Kate Bornstein. 1995. Vintage. 272 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Gender-Outlaw-Men-Women-Rest/dp/0679757015
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation [Trans]
Authors: Kate Bornstein, S.Bear Bergman. 2010. Seal Press. 304 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Gender-Outlaws-The-Next-Generation/dp/1580053084
Giovanni’s Room [Gay]
Author: James Baldwin. 2010. Penguin Books.
http://www.amazon.ca/Giovannis-Room-James-Baldwin/dp/0141032944/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
Golden Boy [Intersex]
Author: Abigail Tarttelin. 2013. Atria Books. 352 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Golden-Boy-Novel-Abigail-Tarttelin/dp/1476705801
Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws [All Genders]
Author: Kate Bornstein. 2006. Seven Stories Press. 231 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Hello-Cruel-World-Alternatives-Suicide/dp/1583227202
In Search of Lost Time [Gay]
Author: Marcel Proust. 2003. Modern Library.
http://www.amazon.ca/In-Search-Lost-Time-Proust/dp/0812969642
Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) [Intersex]
Author: Thea Hillman. 2008. Manic D. Press. 160 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Intersex-For-Lack-Better-Word/dp/1933149248
Just Kids [Gay]
Author: Patti Smith. 2010. Ecco, reprint. 224 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Just-Kids-Patti-Smith/dp/0060936223
Kiss of the Spider Woman [Gay]
Author: Manuel Puig. 1978, reissued 1991. Vintage, A Division of Random House. NY. 288 pp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_%28novel%29
Labour of Love: The Story of One Man’s Extraordinary Pregnancy [Trans]
Author: Thomas Beatie. 2009. Seal Press. 336 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Labor-Love-Story-Extraordinary-Pregnancy/dp/1580053009/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World[Living as a Man]
Author: Catalina de Erauso, Michele Stepto, Gabri Stepto. 1997 (first published 1829). 128 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Lieutenant-Nun-Memoir-Basque-Transvestite/dp/0807070734
Maurice [Gay]
Author: E.M. Forster. 2005. Penguin Classic. 256 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Maurice-Novel-E-M-Forster/dp/0393310329
Maybe Baby [Gender-Neutral]
Author: Tenaya Darlington. 2004. Back Bay Books. 256 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Maybe-Baby-Tenaya-Darlington/dp/0316000752
Middlesex [Intersex]
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides. 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_%28novel%29
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil [Gay]
Author: John Berendt. 1999. Vintage. 400 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Midnight-Garden-Good-Evil-Savannah/dp/0679751521
Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America [Drag Queens]
Author: Esther Newton. 1979. Univ. of Chicago Press. 158 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Mother-Camp-Female-Impersonators-America/dp/0226577600
Myra Breckinridge and Myron [Trans]
Author: Gore Vidal. 1986. Random House. 417 pp.
Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender [Trans]
Author: Nick Krieger. 2011. Beacon Press. 216 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Nina-Here-Nor-There-Journey/dp/0807000922
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity [All Genders]
Editor: Matt Bernstein Sycamore. 2006. Seal Press. 360 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Nobody-Passes-Rejecting-Gender-Conformity/dp/1580051847
On the Road [Bisexual]
Author: Jack Kerouac.
http://www.amazon.ca/Road-Jack-Kerouac/dp/0140042598
The Parks of Being a Wallflower [Gay]
Author: Stephen Chbosky. 1999. MTV Books. 224 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Perks-Being-Wallflower-Stephen-Chbosky/dp/0671027344
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme [Lesbian]
Editors: Ivan E. Coyote, Zena Sharman.2011. Arsenal Pulp Press. 312 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Persistence-All-Ways-Butch-Femme/dp/B009LQURU2
The Picture of Dorian Gray [Gay]
Author: Oscar Wilde. 1993. Dover Publications. 176 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Picture-Dorian-Gray-Oscar-Wilde/dp/0486278077
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality [All Genders]
Editors: Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel. 1997. Cleis Press. 180 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/PoMoSexuals-Challenging-Assumptions-Gender-Sexuality/dp/1573440744
Prayers for Bobby [Gay/Suicide]
Author: LeRoy Aarons. 1996. Harperone. 288 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Prayers-Bobby-Mothers-Coming-Suicide/dp/0062511238
Refuse [Trans]
Author: Elliott DeLine. 2011. Creatspace. 348 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Refuse-Elliott-DeLine/dp/1463650922
Rubyfruit Jungle [Lesbian]
Author: Rita Mae Brown. 1983. Bantam. 256 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Rubyfruit-Jungle-Rita-Mae-Brown/dp/055327886X
The Rules of Attraction [Gay/Bisexual]
Author: Bret Easton Ellis. 1998. Vintage, Reprint. 288 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Rules-Attraction-Bret-Easton-Ellis/dp/067978148X
Running with Scissors: A Memoir [Gay]
Author: Augusten Burroughs. 2003. Picador. 320 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Running-Scissors-Memoir-Augusten-Burroughs/dp/031242227X
Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Journey Into Manhood and Back Again [Trans]
Author: Norah Vincent. 2006. Penguin. 304 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Self-Made-Man-Womans-Year-Disguised/dp/0143038702
A Separate Peace [Gay]
Author: John Knowles. 2003. Scribner. 208 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/A-Separate-Peace-John-Knowles/dp/0743253973
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality[All Genders]
Author: Anne Fausto-Sterling. 2000. Basic Books. 496 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Sexing-Body-Politics-Construction-Sexuality/dp/0465077145
S/He [Lesbian]
Author: Minnie Bruce Pratt. 2005. Alyson Books. 192 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/S-He-Minnie-Bruce-Pratt/dp/155583888X
She’s My Dad [Trans]
Author: Iolanthe Woulff. 2009. Outskirts Press. 469 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Shes-My-Dad-Iolanthe-Woulff/dp/1432743775
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders [Trans]
Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan, 2004. Broadway Books. 320 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0767914295
A Single Man [Gay]
Author: Christopher Isherwood. 2001. Univ. of Minnesota Press. 192 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Single-Man-Christopher-Isherwood/dp/0816638624
Stone Butch Blues [Lesbian/Trans]
Author: Leslie Feinberg. 2003. Alyson Books. 308 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Stone-Butch-Blues-A-Novel/dp/1555838537
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse [Living as a Man]
Author: Louise Erdrich. 2009. Harper Perennial. 400 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Last-Report-Miracles-Little-Horse/dp/0061577626
The Last Time I Wore a Dress [Trans]
Author: Daphne Scholinski, Jane Meredith Adams. 2002. Riverhead Trade. 224 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Last-Time-Wore-Dress/dp/1573226963
The Mysterious Private Thompson [Living as a Man]
Author: Laure Gansler. 2005. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing. 272 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Mysterious-Private-Thompson-Edmonds/dp/0803259883
The Third Sex: Kathoey: Thailand’s Ladyboys [Trans]
Author: Richard Totman. 2004. Souvenir Press. 196 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Third-Sex-Thailands-Ladyboys/dp/0285636685
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue [Trans]
Author: Leslie Feinberg. 1999. Beacon Press. 160 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Trans-Liberation-Beyond-Pink-Blue/dp/0807079510
Trans-Sister Radio [Trans]
Author: Chris Bohjalian. 2001. Vintage. 368 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Trans-Sister-Radio-Chris-Bohjalian/dp/0375705171
Transgender History [Trans]
Author: Susan Stryker. 2008. Seal Press. 208 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Transgender-History-Studies-Susan-Stryker/dp/158005224X
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman [Trans]
Author: Leslie Feinberg. 1997. Beacon Press. 240 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Transgender-Warriors-Making-History-Dennis/dp/0807079413
Undoing Gender [All Genders]
Author: Judith Butler. 2004. Routledge. 288 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Undoing-Gender-Judith-Butler/dp/0415969239
Wandering Son: Volume One [Trans]
Author: Shimura Takako. 2011. Fantagraphics Books. 192 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Wandering-Son-Book-Shimura-Takako/dp/1606994166
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity [Trans]
Author: Julia Serano. 2007. Seal Press. 290 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Whipping-Girl-Transsexual-Scapegoating-Femininity/dp/1580051545
Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal? [Lesbian]
Author: Jeanette Witherson. 2012. Vintage Canada. 240 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Why-Happy-When-Could-Normal/dp/0307401251
Written on the Body [non-gendered]
Author: Jeanette Winterson. 1994. Vintage. 190 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/Written-The-Body-Jeanette-Winterson/dp/0394280148
Books About AIDS
And The Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th Anniversary edition
Author: Randy Shilts. 2007. St. Martin’s Griffin. 656 pp.
http://www.amazon.ca/And-Band-Played-On-20th-Anniversary/dp/0312374631
The Origins of AIDS
Author: Jacques Pepin. 2011. Cambridge Univ. Press. 306 pp.
The Wisdom of Whores. Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS
Author: Elizabeth Pisani. 2009. Penguin. 400 pp.
