LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
A variety of non-fiction reflecting lives and experiences across the broad spectrum of gender and sexual orientation, selected by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. Annotations by staff or as noted. (updated March 2025)
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Gay Bar : Why We Went Out
Mixing history and memoir, Lin examines the importance and joy of gay bars as meeting places.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Mouths of Rain
A wide-ranging anthology that compiles and honors the work of Black lesbian writers and thinkers from the nineteenth century through today.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Queer Power Couples
This photographic celebration of queer love and excellence gathers fourteen LGBTQ+ power couples, offering a glimpse into the journeys that led to their meaningful relationships and thriving careers. (Publisher description)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Virology
A scientist, researcher, and HIV/AIDS advocate examines scientific and sociopolitical relationships between humans and viruses.
Format: Book
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Pageboy
In this timely and affecting memoir, actor Elliot Page reveals his inner struggles with self-worth, fame, and vulnerability. Page’s story is an important and moving personal exploration of identity, gender, and sexuality during a time where society does not always allow space for that experience. (Booklist)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Q & A
An expansive, multi-disciplinary anthology from queer Asian North American artists, activists, organizers, writers, poets, and scholars.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Queer Nature
An anthology of nature poetry from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century featuring over 200 queer poets.
Format: Book
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Our Work Is Everywhere
These illustrated interviews provide a stunning visual oral history of the lives and work of queer and trans activists.
Format: Graphic Novel
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The House of Hidden Meanings
Drag queen RuPaul (GuRu) excavates his childhood, early romances, and rise to fame in this unvarnished personal history. (Publishers Weekly)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The Women's House of Detention
A queer and social critique of New York City’s “Skyscraper Alcatraz,” a women’s prison which stood in Greenwich Village from 1929 and 1974.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use