Recommendations for Adults:
And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality: A Memoir by Mark Segal (Oct 2015)
A dramatic and inspirational memoir from one of the world's top leaders of the movement for gay and lesbian equality.
Hide by Matthew Griffin (Feb 2016)
The love story of Wendell Wilson, a taxidermist and Frank Clifton, a World War II veteran, who have kept their relationship secret. Now in old age, Frank suffers a mild stroke and together they must navigate their fears, new and old.
Mislaid by Nell Zink (May 2015)
Running off with her 3-year-old daughter Karen, leaving her 9-year-old son behind, Peggy goes underground, and as time passes, Karen, not knowing that she has any other family, attends the University of Virginia where she meets her long-lost sibling.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Sept 2002)
Calliope's friendship with a classmate and her sense of identity are compromised by the adolescent discovery that she is a hermaphrodite, a situation with roots in her grandparents' desperate struggle for survival in the 1920s.
Recommendations for Teens:
Luna by Julie Anne Peters (Feb 2004)
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.
This Book is Gay by James Dawson (Jun 2015)
A British author of teen fiction offers basic information about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience, including terms, religious issues, coming out, and sex acts, for people of all orientations, including the merely curious.
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights by Ann Bausum (May 2015)
A dramatic retelling of the Stonewall riots of 1969, introducing teen readers to the decades-long struggle for gay rights.
Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward (Feb 2016)
In this Stephen King-meets-Kafka-esque debut, author Kaitlin Ward shows the core of human nature with this blood-filled psychological horror novel.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (Apr 2015)
Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity - and that of his pen pal - will be revealed.
Draw the Line by Laurent Linn (May 2016)
A teen boy survives a hate crime against another gay student through his art.
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash (Sept 2015)
In this graphic novel, a 15-year-old girl endures wrenching public and private challenges when she unexpectedly falls in love with a female counselor at her Appalachian summer camp.
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (May 2016)
Amanda Hardy only wants to fit in at her new school, but she is keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded Amanda finds herself yearning to share with him everything about herself, including her previous life as Andrew.
The Gender Quest Workbook by Rylan Testa (Dec 2015)
This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive workbook will help you navigate your gender identity and expression at home, in school, and with peers.
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Feb 2014)
Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference.
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings (Jun 2016)
A new book by one of the youngest and most prominent voices in the national discussion about gender identity.
Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz (Mar 2015)
Auditioning for a New York City performing arts high school could help Etta escape from her Nebraska all-girl school, where she is not gay enough for her former friends, not sick enough for her eating disorders group, and not thin enough for ballet, but it may also mean real friendships.
Gay & Lesbian History for Kids by Jerome Pohlen (Oct 2015)
Offers a look at the history of the LGBT rights through personal stories and firsthand accounts, and chronicles events, organizations, and influential leaders of the movement.
This Day in June by Gayle Pitman (May 2014)
A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The endmatter serves as a primer on LGBT history and culture and explains the references made in the story.
George by Alex Gino (Aug 2015)
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self.
I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (Sept 2014)
Presents the story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor who explains her natural transgender issues.
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell (Jun 2015 - 10th Anniversary Edition)
At New York City's Central Park Zoom, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. Based on a true story.
Jacob's New Dress by Sarah and Ian Hoffman (Mar 2014)
Jacob, who likes to wear dresses at home, convinces his parents to let him wear a dress to school too.
Better Nate Than Ever by Time Federle (Feb 2013)
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."
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