Our Favorite Queer Books!

Jazz Jennings published her memoir ‘Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen’ when she was fifteen and it chronicles her transition. Jazz takes her readers from her earliest years through her teenage years, sharing all her struggles: personal, academic, and mental. She also opens up about her struggles with her gender identity. And while this memoir focuses on her experience as a trans child and teenager, it also addresses the universal challenges faced by children and te

‘Gender Queer’ by Maia Kobabe is a memoir in the form of a beautifully drawn graphic novel. Maia grew up in a family where e and eir sister were free to express their gender in any way they chose. But when e entered school, everything changed and suddenly, binary gender rules were in place—and rigid.

‘Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir’ by Hari Ziyad is labeled a memoir, but it is so much more—a powerful blend of personal narrative, social critique, and healing. Through alternating chapters, Ziyad shares their lived experience as a queer Black person, while weaving in the histories and struggles of other Black individuals.

An ọgbanje is an Igbo spirit that’s born to a human mother, a kind of trickster that dies unexpectedly only to return in the next child...

Representation is a critical way for people to recognize that their experiences—even if invisible in the mainstream—are valid. ‘We Have...

In ‘No Proper Grief: A Journey of Loss and Resilience,’ Jakob Franzen tells the story of his grief.  When his husband Jayson dies of an...

‘Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story’ by Jacob Tobia is the perfect book for (young) non-binary people. In their memoir, Jacob tells their story up to their graduation from Duke. And while their story isn’t always happy, they are so unapologetic in telling it.

I was so excited to read 'Unprotected: A Memoir' by Billy Porter ever since the book was announced. And it did not disappoint. The book...