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LGBT+ and Pride

Take a look at our recommended LGBTQIA+ books for all ages. For more titles, search 'LGBTQ+ Interest' on our online catalogue.

David Hockney

Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara - 2023

Discover the incredible life of David Hockney, the inspirational British artist. Little David loved to draw and looked at the world in his own unique way. An artist who delights in constantly reinventing himself, to this day David is eager to share his colourful work, and himself, with the whole world.

Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters - 2021

Reese nearly had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York, a job she didn't hate. She'd scraped together a life previous generations of trans women could only dream of; the only thing missing was a child. Amy de-transitioned to become Ames, and, thinking he was infertile, started an affair with his boss Katrina. Now Katrina's pregnant. Could the three of them form an unconventional family - and raise the baby together?

Fantastic Frankie

Jess Rose - 2022

Frankie is a fox with plenty of style. Fabulous in a rainbow cape, Amazing in pirate boots and ready to take on the world in a gold crown! Not everyone likes what Frankie wears. The more Frankie tries to change, the more unhappy Frankie feels. But what happens when friends start to miss their old Frankie?

Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy

2021

Speculative fiction imagines drastically diverse ways of being and worlds that are other than the one with which we are familiar. This collection features both science fiction and fantasy short fiction from the last decade and includes characters, perspectives, and stories that span the rainbow.

Friday I'm in Love

Camryn Garrett - 2023

What if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms. The idea lights a fire beneath her, and soon she is scrimping and saving, taking on extra hours at her afterschool job, trying on dresses, and awkwardly flirting with Siobhan, all in preparation for the coming out of her dreams. But it's not long before she's buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork, and enough drama to make her English lit teacher blush.

From Prejudice to Pride

Amy Lamé - 2017

This looks at the rise and achievements of the LGBTQ+ movement and the different communities, pioneers and stories of heartbreak and courage that have marched alongside it. Perfect for readers aged 11 and upwards, this book will inspire courage and pride in young LGBTQ+ people and help answer questions for all readers interested in gender and identity.

Gay Club!

Simon James Green - 2022

Barney's a shoe-in for LGBTQ+ Society President at the school club's next election. But when the vote is opened up to the whole student body, Barney's classmates instead vote for the school's straightest-seeming boy - Danny Orlando - to lead the club! And when a major national charity announces a competition for choosing one LGBTQ+ Society to be their Youth Ambassadors, Danny needs Barney's help.

GaYme Changer: How the LGBT+ Community are Changing the Global Economy

Jens Schadendorf - 2021

The LGBT+ community: for a long time marginalized, stigmatized and criminalized - today the ultimate champions of creativity, diversity and innovation in a highly competitive world. Jens Schadendorf has traced the LGBT+ community and an increasing number of their allies from across the globe to discover the start of a revolution.

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister

Anne Choma - 2019

Meet Anne Lister, the 19th Century landowner, industrialist, explorer, and lesbian, and your new feminist icon. This book is a remarkable and unlikely love story, set in the complex, changing world of Halifax - the cradle of the industrial revolution.

Glitter Boy

Ian Eagleton - 2023

James loves dancing, poetry, and Mariah Carey. His teacher, Mr Hamilton, is getting married to his boyfriend and it seems that James will be part of a surprise choir performance at the wedding. But James's father seems uncomfortable about the plan, and a lot of other things - like any mention of Mr Hamilton, and James's dancing, and how James talks about his new friend Joel.