The first Pride was a riot! If you want to learn more about LGBTQ+ history, here are some nonfiction titles covering the Stonewall uprising and beyond.
Before gender : lost stories from trans history, 1850-1950
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An expansive exploration of the exciting lives of 30 trans people from 1850-1950 that radically changes everything you've been told about transgender history.
An expansive exploration of the exciting lives of 30 trans people from 1850-1950 that radically changes everything you've been told about transgender history.
The fifties : an underground history
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A renowned historian and former managing editor of Time magazine transforms our understanding of a seemingly staid decade and honors the pioneers of gay rights, feminism, civil rights and environmentalism.
A renowned historian and former managing editor of Time magazine transforms our understanding of a seemingly staid decade and honors the pioneers of gay rights, feminism, civil rights and environmentalism.
Gender rebels : 30 trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive heroes past and present
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Profiling 30 heroes throughout the world who have made a difference, this must-have book helps educate readers on the history, legacy and future of trans, gender expansive and nonbinary people and their rights at a time when protecting those rights is needed more than ever. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
Profiling 30 heroes throughout the world who have made a difference, this must-have book helps educate readers on the history, legacy and future of trans, gender expansive and nonbinary people and their rights at a time when protecting those rights is needed more than ever. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
Glitter and concrete : a cultural history of drag in New York City
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This history of drag in New York City reveals the untold stories of its emergence in Harlem Renaissance balls, its crucial role in the Stonewall Uprising and its unifying power during the AIDS crisis and 9/11.
This history of drag in New York City reveals the untold stories of its emergence in Harlem Renaissance balls, its crucial role in the Stonewall Uprising and its unifying power during the AIDS crisis and 9/11.
Marsha : the joy and defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
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Black trans luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.This book will take readers into Marsha's childhood as she struggled with gender identity in the 1950s, to her dramatic and essential involvement in the Stonewall Riots and her activism for trans rights through the 70s to the AIDS crisis, and finally, it will explore her mysterious and still unresolved death.
Black trans luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.This book will take readers into Marsha's childhood as she struggled with gender identity in the 1950s, to her dramatic and essential involvement in the Stonewall Riots and her activism for trans rights through the 70s to the AIDS crisis, and finally, it will explore her mysterious and still unresolved death.
Miss Major speaks : conversations with a Black trans revolutionary
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built. Miss Major Speaks is both document of her brilliant life--told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity--and a roadmap for the challenges Black, brown, queer, and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built. Miss Major Speaks is both document of her brilliant life--told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity--and a roadmap for the challenges Black, brown, queer, and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today.
Queer history A to Z : 100 years of LGBTQ+ activism
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Presented in an A to Z format, this must-have resource for middle-grade readers discusses the history, identity and progress made by the LGBTQ+ community by detailing the people, events and places that have shaped queer history in North America.
Presented in an A to Z format, this must-have resource for middle-grade readers discusses the history, identity and progress made by the LGBTQ+ community by detailing the people, events and places that have shaped queer history in North America.
A queer history of the United States for young people
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Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future. With over 60 illustrations and photos, a glossary, and a corresponding curriculum, A Queer History of the United States for Young People will be vital for teachers who want to introduce a new perspective to America's story.
Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future. With over 60 illustrations and photos, a glossary, and a corresponding curriculum, A Queer History of the United States for Young People will be vital for teachers who want to introduce a new perspective to America's story.
The Stonewall reader : edited by the New York Public Library
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For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White. June 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which is considered the most significant event in the gay liberation movement, and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of first accounts, diaries, periodic literature, and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years following the riots.
For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White. June 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which is considered the most significant event in the gay liberation movement, and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of first accounts, diaries, periodic literature, and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years following the riots.
The Stonewall Riots : a documentary history
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A 50th anniversary tribute to the Greenwich Village raid that became a turning point in LGBTQ history draws on a wide range of sources, from alternative media and political fliers to first-person accounts and state court decisions, to chronicle how LGBTQ life has changed or stayed the same.
A 50th anniversary tribute to the Greenwich Village raid that became a turning point in LGBTQ history draws on a wide range of sources, from alternative media and political fliers to first-person accounts and state court decisions, to chronicle how LGBTQ life has changed or stayed the same.
Trans history : from ancient times to the present day
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Diversity in human sex and gender is not a modern phenomenon, as readers will discover through illustrated stories and records that introduce historical figures ranging from the controversial Roman emperor Elagabalus to the swashbuckling seventeenth-century conquistador Antonio de Erauso to veterans of the Stonewall uprising Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. The book explores some of the societal roles played by trans people beginning in ancient times and shows how European ideas about gender were spread across the globe.
Diversity in human sex and gender is not a modern phenomenon, as readers will discover through illustrated stories and records that introduce historical figures ranging from the controversial Roman emperor Elagabalus to the swashbuckling seventeenth-century conquistador Antonio de Erauso to veterans of the Stonewall uprising Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. The book explores some of the societal roles played by trans people beginning in ancient times and shows how European ideas about gender were spread across the globe.
We set the night on fire : igniting the gay revolution
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Martha Shelley didn't start out in life wanting to become a gay activist, or an activist of any kind. The daughter of Jewish refugees and undocumented immigrants in New York City, she grew up during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s, was inspired by the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements that followed, and struggled with coming out as a lesbian at a time when being gay made her a criminal. Shelley rose to become a public speaker for the New York chapter of the lesbian rights group the Daughters of Bilitis, organized the first gay march in response to the Stonewall Riots of 1969, and then cofounded the Gay Liberation Front. Martha Shelley's story is a feminist and lesbian document that gives context and adds necessary humanity to the historical record.
Martha Shelley didn't start out in life wanting to become a gay activist, or an activist of any kind. The daughter of Jewish refugees and undocumented immigrants in New York City, she grew up during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s, was inspired by the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements that followed, and struggled with coming out as a lesbian at a time when being gay made her a criminal. Shelley rose to become a public speaker for the New York chapter of the lesbian rights group the Daughters of Bilitis, organized the first gay march in response to the Stonewall Riots of 1969, and then cofounded the Gay Liberation Front. Martha Shelley's story is a feminist and lesbian document that gives context and adds necessary humanity to the historical record.