Books

By Leah Jo Carnine and Fizz Percale, 2020, Zine

Zine / pamphlet. Published by Microcosm! Queer Attachment: An Anti-Oppression Toolkit for Relational Healing Weaves together mainstream attachment theory with study of trauma and the nervous system, with a focus on bringing in the knowledge of the queer and PoC practitioners in this field. This zine offers a guide to healing that is rooted in social justice, considerate of diverse identities, and deeply aware of how mental health is tied to systems of oppression.

By: Eric Rosswood (Author), Jodie Anders (Author), 2024, Paperback

#1 New Release in LGBTQ+ Issues, Maturing, and Civil and Human Rights

A positive affirmations book with invaluable information for all queer teens

Inspirational and motivational quotes and information. Queer Cheer provides advice and words of wisdom encouraging teens to find—and keep—their inner rainbow. Covering topics relevant to lgbt+ teens today, this instructional book includes everything ranging from bullies and discrimination to acceptance and advocating change.

Illustrated words of encouragement from a friend. Authors Eric Rosswood and Jodie Anders know what it’s like to be a teen struggling with identity and societal norms. That’s why they’re fighting to counter the negativity facing queer teens now and in the future. Queer Cheer includes many teen voices offering tips, advice, related firsthand experiences, and other valuable knowledge.

Inside Queer Cheer, find:

• Affirmations and words of wisdom focusing on areas specific to LGBT+ teens
• Thought-provoking questions that lead to self-acceptance and encourage positive change
• Illustrations and doodles that inspire, empower, and strengthen the hearts and minds of queer teens

Readers of LGBTQIA+ books for young adults such as This Book Is Gay, All Boys Aren’t Blue, or The ABC’s of LGBT+ will love Queer Cheer. Also don’t miss this multi-award-winning author’s other books including Journey to Parenthood, We Make It Better, and The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads.

Raise a glass to the LGBTQ+ community.

This collection of cocktail recipes celebrates queer culture and pays tribute to the great gay icons of our time. Try your hand at mixing a Bloody Mariah (Carey), (Stephen) Fry Martini, or Rocket Man and get your tastebuds tingling. With recipes inspired by Beyoncé (Bey’s Knees), Freddie Mercury (Tequila Queen), Whitney Houston (I Will Always Love Woo Woo), and more, there’s plenty to keep all cocktail movers and shakers busy and thirsts well and truly quenched—we'll drink to that!

By: Eliot Schrefer (Author),Jules Zuckerberg (Illustrator), 2023, Paperback

NPR's "All Things Considered," calls Queer Ducks "teenager-friendly. It's a Printz Honor young adult book filled with comics and humor and accessible science, and it's filled with research on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world."

This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration of the gamut of queer behaviors observed in animals.

A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal world—from albatrosses to bonobos to clownfish to doodlebugs.

In sharp and witty prose—aided by humorous comics from artist Jules Zuckerberg—Schrefer uses science, history, anthropology, and sociology to illustrate the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world. Interviews with researchers in the field offer additional insights for readers and aspiring scientists.

Queer behavior in animals is as diverse and complex—and as natural—as it is in our own species. It doesn’t set us apart from animals—it bonds us even closer to our animal selves.

The fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout history, monsters have appeared in popular culture as stand-ins for the non-conforming, the marginalized of society. Pushed into the shadows as objects of fear, revulsion, and hostility, these characters have long conjured fascination and self-identification in the LGBTQ+ community, and over time, monsters have become queer icons.

 In Queer Little Nightmares, creatures of myth and folklore seek belonging and intimate connection, cryptids challenge their outcast status, and classic movie monsters explore the experience of coming into queerness. The characters in these stories and poems—the Minotaur camouflaged in a crowd of cosplayers, a pubescent werewolf, a Hindu revenant waiting to reunite with her lover, a tender-hearted kaiju, a lagoon creature aching for the swimmers above him, a ghost of Pride past—relish their new sparkle in the spotlight. Pushing against tropes that have historically been used to demonize, the queer creators of this collection instead ask: What does it mean to be (and to love) a monster?

Contributors include Amber Dawn, David Demchuk, Hiromi Goto, jaye simpson, Eddy Boudel Tan, and Kai Cheng Thom.

By Jamal Jordan, 2021 Hardcover

Even though LGBTQ+ stories and people are more visible than ever, queer people of color remain largely unseen and excluded from the media and the public. This book offers a moving collection of stories and photographs of queer families and couples that is inclusive of all gender identities, ages, and races and presents images of queer people of color that show their loving, happy relationships. This collection of images and stories helps broaden how we see family, affection, and love and shows what it means to live at the intersection of POC and queer identities today.

By: Tomas Prower, 2018, Paperback

Queer Magic and Mysticism in History and Today

Queer Magic provides nourishment for LGBTQ+ souls and their allies who are interested in learning about the significant presence and influence of queer folks throughout history. Explore fascinating insights into queer relationships and spiritual practices from different regions of the world. Learn about deities, heroes, and historical figures who embody the power of the queer spirit. Discover inspiring contributions from contemporary LGBT+ Pagans, Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, and others as they share personal stories of their experiences as well as spells, prayers, and meditations from their own practices. With practical suggestions and enlightening perspectives, this book is a unique resource for LGBT+ spiritual seekers who want to experience the sustaining energy and strength of the worldwide queer community.

How can you embrace your most expansive, authentic life when the world's hostility is always shoving you into fight or flight? Trauma specialist, multidimensional artist, and magickal practitioner Rosśa Crean draws upon their work with clients and their own experience with abuse and recovery in this powerful selection of reflections, prompts, and musings to support others navigating dark times. Each meditation is designed to help achieve a sense of calm, clarity, and perspective, allowing you to be the recipient of your own nurturing. Whether navigating the idea of "self-fullness," learning about Internal Family Systems, embracing the lessons of anger, or getting better acquainted with your shadows, the meditations in this zine warmly invite you to pause, reflect, and celebrate the vibrant tapestry of your queer identity. Embrace this transformative journey with open arms and an optimistic heart!

By: Sa'ed Atshan (Author), 2020, Paperback

From Ramallah to New York, Tel Aviv to Porto Alegre, people around the world celebrate a formidable, transnational Palestinian LGBTQ social movement. Solidarity with Palestinians has become a salient domain of global queer politics. Yet LGBTQ Palestinians, even as they fight patriarchy and imperialism, are themselves subjected to an "empire of critique" from Israeli and Palestinian institutions, Western academics, journalists and filmmakers, and even fellow activists. Such global criticism has limited growth and led to an emphasis within the movement on anti-imperialism over the struggle against homophobia.

With this book, Sa'ed Atshan asks how transnational progressive social movements can balance struggles for liberation along more than one axis. He explores critical junctures in the history of Palestinian LGBTQ activism, revealing the queer Palestinian spirit of agency, defiance, and creativity, in the face of daunting pressures and forces working to constrict it. Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique explores the necessity of connecting the struggles for Palestinian freedom with the struggle against homophobia.

"Queer Pride Puzzles: Volume One" is a first-of-its-kind collection of variety puzzles, all with LGBTQ+ themes and answers! This book includes word searches, quotation puzzles, logic problems, mini-crosswords, visual puzzles, mazes, and queer twists on classic puzzles. Solving these puzzles will reveal the names of a wide spectrum of LGBTQ+ people, from award-winning actors and actresses, athletes from every sport, politicians, business leaders, news and media journalists/personalities, musicians and authors of every genre, scientists, astronauts, activists, historical figures, and more. It's a window into an education most of us have never received in school. With a renewed assault against our community, it's more important than ever that we come together and show pride in our accomplishments and history while having fun.

This book is for everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community, their friends, family and allies of all ages! These activities embrace individuals, from those just beginning to come out to those who've been out for decades. This book will spark your curiosity; challenge your mind; tickle your sense of humor; and show pride in a community that's vibrant, diverse, colorful, talented, and strong.

For puzzle fans, this collection has a wide variety of puzzles to challenge you! Word search lovers will find a bunch of puzzles to tackle about a specific LGBTQ+ person, event, or groups. Six-Packs are mini crosswords that give you six clues for the six words you must fill into the small grid. QueerDoku is a Sudoku variant where instead of the numbers 1-9, there are nine unique letters for each puzzle. Namedropping is a variety of the classic Quotefalls, where you discover the quote's author while solving the quote itself. Patchwords is a Jumble variant where clip art is used to suggest the answer. Tops & Bottoms are like classic Frameworks puzzles but double the challenge and fun. Invisible Mazes task you to find your way through a maze when some of the walls are invisible. There are also some Japanese-style logic problems that now have a queer twist, like Numberlink, now Lesbian Speed Dating, and Trees aka Camping, now Queer Qamp. You'll find visual puzzles, Head-to-Head mazes, Mixed-Up Drag Story Time, and more.
Now grab a pencil and an eraser (just in case), and get to it. Happy puzzling!

By: Alexis Macaluso (Author), Haley Steinhilber (Author), Dan Low (Author), 2024, Paperback

In Queer Seeking Queer: A Colorful History, we journey back in time covering real personal ads from throughout the 20th century. We have imagined what these ad authors might look like - you get to color them in. No stamps necessary.

Zine / pamphlet. Published by Microcosm! (Queering Consent Zine) This male/male high-heat erotic short story centers around a werewolf & witch couple fighting back against the oppressive government and corporations of Toronto. Using the calling card “Queer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism,” the pack tears through downtown Toronto to protest the cruel treatment of werewolves and rage against the corporations that oppose living wages and humane treatment of workers. But there’s always time for a bit of stress relief with your partner.

By: Leigh Finke (Author), Jennifer Knapp (Foreword), 2020, Paperback

Are you LGBTQ+? Not sure? Whether you're queer or questioning, understanding sexuality and gender identity can be confusing. And if you're a Christian, questions of identity can be even scarier. Is there something wrong with you? Will your friends accept you? When should you tell your family? What about church?

Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens has answers to all these questions and more. You'll get insight and support from an amazing group of LGBTQ+ professionals, as well as testimonies from young adult queer Christians who've recently been exactly where you are. You'll walk away with a lot of answers, prepared with tools to help. But most importantly, you'll hear the good news: God loves you exactly as you are. No matter your identity or where in your journey of self-discovery you find yourself, you got this.