Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
By: Meg-John Barker
4.08
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
Challenging society's rigid and binary ways of thinking, this original work shows the limitations t…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Indigenous, Black, and Brown bodies are often non-consensually objectified, exoticized, and touched in public, especially, but not only, if presenting as feminine. It's as if bodies that "don't matter" in dominant culture become communal property of those that "do matter"."-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
"The partner/friend binary places coupled, monogamous, romantic, sexual, partnered love right at the pinnacle of human experience. Like the sexual and gender binaries this is quite a new, Western dominant culture thing to do, and certainly not the way that relationships have been done globally, or across time."-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
"Perhaps an overarching binary when it comes to love and relationships is the one which privileges partners over friends. You can see this reflected in phrases like "just friends", "more than friends" and "friendzone", all of which suggest that being friends is inferior to - and less desirable than - being partners with someone."-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
"Knowing who we are, what we want, and being able to express our needs, wants, and desires - so that we can find others to share them - makes us poor targets for capitalism, because we can now access intimacy in many ways, with several beings, and even by ourselves. This type of knowing is rooted in radical self-care, an acceptance of interdependence, and radical self-love."-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
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1. How to Understand Your Gender
By: Alex Iantaffi , Meg-John Barker
4.16
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
'For anyone who's ever wished they had a smart, kind, friend with whom they could calmly and safely… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- psychology
- nonfiction
- queer
2. The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality
By: Julie Sondra Decker
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What if you weren't sexually attracted to anyone? A growing number of people are identifying as ase… read more
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- lgbt
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
3. Even this Page is White
By: Vivek Shraya
3.67
Format: None pages,
Vivek's debut collection of poetry is a bold and timely interrogation of skin: its origins, functio… read more
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4. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community
By: Jennifer Finney Boylan , Boston Women's Health Book Collective , Tobi Hill-Meyer , None
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many diffe… read more
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5. Gender Euphoria
By: Laura Kate Dale
4.11
Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition
GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one’s … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"My leg hair reminds me of wildflower meadows. My head hair is long pond grass. My armpit hair is a hawthorn bush. My pubic hair is wet moss and lichen on a rock."-Laura Kate Dale, Gender Euphoria
"If you don’t mind keeping a secret, I can tell you that the reality is that people ask fewer questions about what’s going on in your pants if they’re distracted by what you’ve got drawn on your arms."-Laura Kate Dale, Gender Euphoria
6. Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
7. De purs hommes
By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
4.13
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
Tout part d'une vidéo virale, au Sénégal. On y voit comment le cadavre d'un homme est déterré, puis… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
8. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
By: Angela Chen
4.36
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- sociology
- queer
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
9. Beyond the Gender Binary
By: Alok Vaid-Menon
4.49
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"I learned about gender through shame."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
10. 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
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- sociology
- 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?
11. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
By: Sherronda J. Brown
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality—and an … read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
12. Pensamiento monógamo, terror poliamoroso
By: Brigitte Vasallo
4.27
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Este libro es una investigación histórica sobre la centralidad de la monogamia en nuestras construc… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sociology
- queer
"The times of literature defy time because, for it, time is a minor invention."-Brigitte Vasallo, Pensamiento monógamo, terror poliamoroso
"Books are born from guts, from the need of writing them, and are read in the same way, in the angst to read them, from a primite need."-Brigitte Vasallo, Pensamiento monógamo, terror poliamoroso
"O poliamor não vem definido pelo número de relações, e sim pelo tipo de relação que têm os meta-amores entre si: se é de cooperação e cuidados mútuos, ou de confrontação e batalha pelo topo."-Brigitte Vasallo, Pensamiento monógamo, terror poliamoroso
"À guerra pela patria vão os sujeitos subalternos em primeiro lugar, como nas guerras amorosas as mulheres e os sujeitos subalternizados pelo regime do desejo heterossexual são os primeiros a serem sa…"-Brigitte Vasallo, Pensamiento monógamo, terror poliamoroso
13. Radical Intimacy
By: Sophie K. Rosa
4.23
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
An impassioned discussion about the alternative ways to form relationships and resist capitalism. … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- sociology
- queer
14. Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
By: Meg-John Barker
4.08
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
Challenging society's rigid and binary ways of thinking, this original work shows the limitations t… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- genderfluid
- sociology
- queer
"Indigenous, Black, and Brown bodies are often non-consensually objectified, exoticized, and touched in public, especially, but not only, if presenting as feminine. It's as if bodies that "don't matte…"-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
"The partner/friend binary places coupled, monogamous, romantic, sexual, partnered love right at the pinnacle of human experience. Like the sexual and gender binaries this is quite a new, Western domi…"-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
"Perhaps an overarching binary when it comes to love and relationships is the one which privileges partners over friends. You can see this reflected in phrases like "just friends", "more than friends"…"-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
"Knowing who we are, what we want, and being able to express our needs, wants, and desires - so that we can find others to share them - makes us poor targets for capitalism, because we can now access …"-Meg-John Barker, Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
15. Non-Binary Lives - An Anthology of Intersecting Identities
By: Jos Twist
4.21
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century? Our gender identity is impacted by our pers… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- genderfluid
- queer
16. In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
By: Jamie Windust
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
There is no one way to be non-binary, and that's truthfully one of the best things about it. It's a… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- genderfluid
- queer
"Asking us to push away the very walls that are constantly crushing us into small, confined boxes is toxic."-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
"The current socio-political climate, exacerbated by the media's addiction to falsifying our existence, has meant that being trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming in the twenty-first century feels li…"-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
17. I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
By: Cody Daigle-Orians
4.47
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do I know if I'm actually sexual? How do I come out as asexual? What kinds of relationship ca… read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
- sexuality
- queer
"Our culture weaponizes wanting or not wanting sex across many different identities and experiences as a way to marginalize them. It's not exclusive to asexuality."-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"When confronted with someone who breaks the norm, some people find it easier to call that person's experience a fiction instead of altering their understanding of the world to include something new."-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"Anyone who asserts they're owed your disclosure is also working from the assumption that they're also owed your sexuality. And you owe no one either of those things. They're yours to share with someo…"-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"Unlike allosexual people who make the assumption that everyone should want and enjoy sex as much as they do, sex-averse and sex-repulsed ace folks are making choices about their own bodies and their …"-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
18. Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power
By: Devon Price
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that com… read more
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- gender
- nonfiction
- psychology
- queer
19. How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity
By: Stuart Getty
4.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Ever wonder what nonbinary or gender nonconforming really mean? And how the heck do you use they/th… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
20. A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation
By: Jacoby Ballard
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Queer critique, queer practice: embodied teachings for healing from trauma and social injustice. … read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer
21. Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step into Your Most Authentic Self
By: Rae McDaniel
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A first-of-its-kind practical guide to achieving gender freedom with joy, curiosity, and pleasure f… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
