Histories of the Transgender Child
By: Jules Gill-Peterson
4.40
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking twentieth-century history of transgender children With transgender rights front…
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1. Manifiesto Contra-Sexual
By: None , Paul B. Preciado
4.15
Format: 176 pages,
¿Cómo aproximarse al sexo en cuanto objeto de análisis? ¿Qué datos históricos y sociales interviene… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- theory
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
2. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
By: Julia Serano
4.26
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woma… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"Rather than focusing on “shattering the gender binary,"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
"It is offensive that so many people feel that it is okay to publicly refer to transsexuals as being “pre-op"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
"[I]magine what would happen if, instead of centering our beliefs about heterosexual sex around the idea that the man “penetrates"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
"The most radical thing that any of us can do is to stop projecting our beliefs about gender onto other people's behaviors and bodies"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
3. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
By: Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta
4.50
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry … read more
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- politics
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need."-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"The women who love women wrote a song for the faggots. It was called, "Anything you do that the men don't like is o.k. by us."-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"Nothing can defeat the spirit of the earth. The fairies know that the earth will not tolerate the men much longer. The earth, scarred and gouged and stripped and bombed, will deny life to the men in …"-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
4. Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
By: Barbara J. Fields , Karen E. Fields
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Most people assume that racism grows from a perception of human difference: the fact of race gives … read more
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- theory
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
5. Stone Butch Blues
By: Leslie Feinberg
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more
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- gender
- queer
- lgbt
6. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
By: Judith Butler
3.81
Format: None pages,
Since its publication in 1990, Gender Troublehas become one of the key works of contemporary femini… read more
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7. Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis
By: Katherine McKittrick
3.00
Format: 81 pages, Hardcover
The Jamaican writer and cultural theorist Sylvia Wynter is best known for her diverse writings that… read more
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8. No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive
By: None , Lee Edelman
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory… read more
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9. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley
4.00
Format: 201 pages,
Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze … read more
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10. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir
By: Kai Cheng Thom
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom is… read more
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11. Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era
By: Paul B. Preciado , Bruce Benderson
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
What constitutes a "real" man or woman in the twenty-first century? Since birth control pills, erec… read more
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12. Transgender History
By: Susan Stryker
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender Historyt… read more
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13. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature
By: Janice A. Radway
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romancechallenges popular (and often demeaning) myths abo… read more
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14. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
15. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- history
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- queer
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
16. Brainwyrms
By: Alison Rumfitt
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
17. Nevada
By: Imogen Binnie
3.97
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fi… read more
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- gender
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"James does what anybody would do when they see somebody they'd like to know: he ignores the shit out of her."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"It's like I got drunk all the time not because I'm a total addict but because it was a coping mechanism to deal with being unhappy"-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on your walls gets put there by art students."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
18. The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
By: Shon Faye
4.55
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement's muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement’s muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"Together, an LGBTQ+ coalition with class consciousness and anti-racism at its core must recover its radicalism and reaffirm its opposition to capitalism and patriarchy. Infighting and division are in…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
19. Histories of the Transgender Child
By: Jules Gill-Peterson
4.40
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking twentieth-century history of transgender children With transgender rights front… read more
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- history
- transgender
- lgbt
- theory
- politics
- gender
- academic
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- queer
20. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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- lgbt
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
21. You Better Be Lightning
By: Andrea Gibson
4.63
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
22. Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
By: C. Riley Snorton
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of Christine Jorgensen, America’s first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans em… read more
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- history
- transgender
- lgbt
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
23. Trans Care
By: Hil Malatino
4.37
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
What does it mean for trans people to show up for one another, to care deeply for one another? How … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- theory
- politics
- gender
- academic
- nonfiction
- queer
24. Summer Fun
By: Jeanne Thornton
4.14
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed author Jeanne Thornton, an epic, singular look at fandom, creativity, longing, and t… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"We are poison women, Diane, because our bodies do all turn what enters them into poison, and we make poison and spread poison, because we are sadness itself. There is no way for us not to be that."-Jeanne Thornton, Summer Fun
25. Any Other City
By: Hazel Jane Plante
4.14
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
Any Other City is a two-sided fictional memoir by Tracy St. Cyr, who helms the beloved indie rock b… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
26. Gore Capitalism
By: Sayak Valencia
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An analysis of contemporary violence as the new commodity of today's hyper-consumerist stage of cap… read more
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- theory
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
27. Cuckoo
By: Gretchen Felker-Martin
3.65
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
28. Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy, and Capital in the Rise of the World System
By: Christopher Chitty
4.32
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In Sexual Hegemony Christopher Chitty traces the 500 year history of capitalist sexual relations by… read more
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- history
- lgbt
- theory
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- queer
29. Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad
By: Hil Malatino
4.32
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How the “bad feelings” of trans experience inform trans survival and flourishing Some days—or we… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- theory
- politics
- gender
- academic
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- queer
30. Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable
By: Eric A. Stanley
4.24
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Advances in LGBTQ rights in the recent past—marriage equality, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell,… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- theory
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
31. Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity
By: Paisley Currah
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
PROSE Award- Government and Politics Finalist What the evolving fight for transgender rights revea… read more
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- history
- transgender
- lgbt
- theory
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"The once-undeniable public fact of sex as easily and objectively knowable has lost its authority; the common sense of sex will never be made whole again, if it ever was."-Paisley Currah, Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity
"There is something about sex classification that make different sex reclassification policies seem not just unfair, but contradictory, even paradoxical. Perhaps because sex is thought to be prior to …"-Paisley Currah, Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity
