LGBTQIA: Lesbian - Non-Fiction

Photos, letters and love poems chronicle the unlikely love story of Felice and Lily, a German Jew and Nazi housewife respectively, surviving together in war-torn Berlin. A timeless true story about living and loving like there is no tomorrow.

A history of the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles. Stories include the 1967 protests against police brutality in Silverlake, which predated the Stonewall Rebellion by two and a half years; and the nation's first gay pride parade in 1970.

Faderman’s groundbreaking work uses a myriad of sources including interviews, photographs, and medical literature to chronicle the history of American lesbian culture in the 20th century.

This biomythography chronicles Lorde’s life, beginning with her childhood in 1930s Harlem to the women who shaped her adulthood. A poignant chronicle of Black lesbian life in mid-century New York City.

While covering the 1986 Philippine Revolution, Puerto Rican journalist Luisita Lopez Torregrosa falls in love with another writer, Elizabeth. The love affair is overwhelming and changes Torregrosa's life forever.

Ana Castillo, novelist, poet, journalist, and social critic, recounts the challenges, joys in this collection of personal essays.

Hannah Hart, Internet personality and digital maven, shares personal stories and insights into her dizzying life.

"Barbara Grier—feminist, activist, publisher and archivist—was many things to different people." As one of the founders in 1973 of Naiad Press, she wanted to make sure that lesbians had access to literature that reflected their lives. This volume contains new and never published letters, and interviews from Grier's archive, and reveal the struggles of the lesbian community in that era.

"... this cutting-edge and incredibly hysterical monologue book is specifically for actors auditioning for LGBTQIA roles;... works by LGBTQIA writers and comics (and their allies) who have written and/or performed for Comedy Central, Backstage magazine, NBC, the Huffington Post, the Onion, Second City, E!, and many more. This collection is the go-to source for the comedic monologue needs of actors seeking LGBTQIA material, as well as a paean to LGBTQIA characters and artists."

Finnish writer Tove Jansson is best known for her series of imaginative children's books about the Moomins, but she was also a novelist, painter, illustrator, and comic strip author. Her life partner was Tuulikki Pietila, a graphic artist and gallery owner. According to the Moomin website, they were "... among Finland's most visible gay couples..." Her autobiography is a charming remembrance of her childhood.

This is Michelle Tea's recollection of her own life and others, told through essays. Not the usual memoir, and Tea speaks her mind and heart about whatever grabs her.

Sixteen stories by LGBTQIA men and women, which provide a historical perspective and testimony for people of all ages.

A collection of fiction and non-fiction from North Carolina's best writers who identify as gay, trans, bisexual, and straight.

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay public official elected in California to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, and was assassinated, along with Mayor George Moscone in San Francisco City Hall. Andrew Reynolds documents the worldwide history of LGBTQ political leaders who have made great strides in getting elected to public offices since 1977.

Writer, editor, playwright, poet, essayist, feminist, and lesbian activist, Chicana Cherrie Moraga presents a deeply felt autobiography. It is, in great part, a loving homage to her mother,r with whom she had a complicated and inspiring relationship.

A loving, funny, and revealing remembrance by writer William Murray of his mother, Natalia Danesi Murray, and her lover Janet Flanner. Flanner was the celebrated journalist who wrote a regular column, "Letter from Paris," for the New Yorker, and Murray was a publishing executive, actress, and broadcaster. In many ways, the young William Murray led a privileged life divided between New York, Paris, and Rome, but it was also a hidden world at a time when lesbian relationships were unacceptable.

Janet Flanner's correspondence with her longtime lover, Natalia Danesi Murray.

Biography of noted American poet Elizabeth Bishop, based on newly discovered letters.

In 1834, Anne Lister was the first woman to marry another woman and have it recorded. She was a force to be reckoned with as a landowner who took charge of her family's estate, Shildben, in West Yorkshire, England. She wrote constantly in diaries, some of which are in her coded language.

The Stonewall uprising took place 50 years ago. This book is comprised of articles, diaries, memoirs documenting the importance of the event, and some of what followed in the fight for LGBTQIA rights in the United States.

Los Angeles based comic, actor and writer, Carmen Esposito recalls her Catholic upbringing, coming-out experience, career as a lesbian standup comic. With humor and honesty, she tackles issues of gender, sexuality and self-acceptance.

Edie Windsor's lawsuit against the federal government made international news when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in her favor, overturning The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and paving the way for full marriage equality. The person behind the plaintiff is revealed, as Windsor chronicles her life experiences: her social life in the underground gay scene of 1950s Greenwich Village, her trailblazing career in computing, and her 44-year partnership with psychologist Thea Spyer

Jaquira Díaz writes about growing up queer, closeted and biracial in Puerto Rico and Miami. With a childhood marked by poverty, racism, mental illness, addiction, and violence, Díaz describes her journey to self-determination and stability.

The extraordinary and adventurous life of Sybille Bedford was thoroughly researched for this biography. She was a writer and journalist with a precise and evocative writing style. Her life was remarkable for the variety of work she did, her sharp curiosity and intelligence, the many people she knew, and her personal relationships.

Comedian Sophie Santos presents her coming-of-age autobiography. and how she found her true self—a lesbian and artist. As to be expected from a talented writer and comedian, she accomplishes all of it with wit, charm and loads of humor.

Thirty-six personal essays about the impact and affect that HIV/AIDS had on the lives of those in the queer community.

Samantha Allen took a cross-country road trip from Provo, Utah, to the Bible Belt to the Deep South, allowing her motto, "Something gay every day," to guide her.

Featured are the works of 30 artists who have remixed fiber crafts, such as crochet, embroidery, quilting, sewing, and weaving. Using their artwork, they seek to examine queerness in various forms. The book is lavishly illustrated with color photographs.

"Queerly Centered explores writing center administration and queer identity, showcasing nuanced orientations to LGBTQA labor undertaken but not previously acknowledged or documented in the field's research."

Miriam Margolyes is an actress who is British-Australian, an award-winner, has been honored with an OBE, and is a lesbian. In this charming autobiography, she writes with equal humor and seriousness about her life.

Ester Blenda Nordström was born in 1891 and was known as Sweden’s first investigative journalist. She did groundbreaking work, traveled widely, but "her forbidden love affair with a woman ended in heartbreak—and her powerful voice was silenced."

Part memoir and reminiscence, in poetic format, about the social and political times, past history, and how all of it affected Hansen's life.

Sappho is often called the first female poet of the Western world. Until recently, there were few known poems by the author; however, more have been found. She was an aristocrat, a wife, a devoted mother, a lover of women, and a great writer. This book includes numerous poems freshly translated into English.

A selection of monologues for male and female performers, covering numerous topics that have affected people in recent times.

A collection of LGBTQIA stories, poems, and memories of coming out—from writers who share their experiences about the American South.

This anthology is "concerned with poems that speak to and about nature as the term is applied in everyday language to queer and trans bodies and identities..." The poems are representative LGBTQIA+ voices.

For 40 years, novelist Willa Cather had a professional and personal relationship with Edith Lewis, who, until now, was thought to be a secretary/assistant. This new biography sheds light on Lewis’ importance in the life of the artist.

A collection of poems from a 16-week workshop taught at the Gay & Lesbian Center in Los Angeles, which was funded by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. A special feature of the workshop is that autobiographical poetry was taught to LGBT senior citizens.

Essays, poems, stories are part of this unique book that is organized historically in blocks of time, from 1909 to 2020.

These poems speak beautifully to Brown, Queer, Trans people and to others, so as to create connections of understanding and harmony.

LGBTQIA love letters and letters of friendship that span the ages.

The collection contains more than 40 inspiring speeches from the LGBTQ+ community.

The anthology of poems and poets is divided into three sections: Pre-Stonewall Poets (pre - 1970); Stonewall - First Diagnosis of AIDS Poets (1970 - 1981); AIDS Diagnosis - Brandon Teena's Death Poets (1982 - 1993).

"This book chronicles some of the most popular and widely circulated newspaper columns between the 1930s and 2000, including Ann Landers, Dear Abby, Helen Help Us!, Dr. Joyce Brothers, The Worry Clinic, Dear Meg, Ask Beth, and Savage Love. It examines the function of these columns regarding the place of LGBTQIA people in America."

From Brazil comes this ecelctic collection of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and photography. Many of the writer's works appear in English for the first time.

A compilation of the poetry and prose of Pat Parker, who was an activitist for civil rights, women's rights and gay rights. "Parker directed the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Oakland, founded the Black Women’s Revolutionary Council and the Women’s Press Collective, and testified before the United Nations on the status of women. She died of breast cancer in June of 1989."

A new examination of the history of the gay and lesbian novel as a distinct genre in American literature.

These are personal, informal and unguarded notes between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

A collection of love poetry by over 80 lesbian poets from around the world. "I ask myself and you, which of our visions will claim us/which will we claim/how will we go on living/how will we touch, what will we know/what will we say to each other."—Adrienne Rich