Garrard Conley, the author of the bestselling memoir Boy Erased, covers similar themes of reconciling queer sexuality with a deeply repressive religious community in this foray into historical fiction. In 18th-century Massachusetts, a Puritan preacher falls in love with a physician who leaves Boston to join his small religious community. Their affair and the steps […]
The past melds with the future in this beautifully spun tale of love and war between the forces of nature and technology. What starts as a game of one-upmanship on the battlefield turns into a forbidden epistolary romance through the ages. Following Red and Blue, two elite agents from warring factions vying for control of […]
Sketchtasy follows narrator Alexa and her friends through life in mid-1990s Boston. They party, go to clubs, dance, meet people, and try to experience the pleasures of life, while, as queer people, also facing homophobia and living through the height of the AIDS crisis. Sycamore’s writing is gripping: while reading, I felt as if I […]
Open Throat follows the adventures of a cougar in Los Angeles. Though they are elderly and prey on younger men, they are not the kind of cougar you might assume. The real P-22 puma lived in L.A.’s Griffith Park from 2012-2022, and author Henry Hoke has spun a colorful narrative based on sightings of the […]
Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) is a gay Taiwanese man who lives in New York with his white American partner, Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein). Constantly urged by his traditional parents to settle down with a nice woman, Wai-Tung decides to embark on a marriage of convenience with his tenant Wei-Wei (May Chin), who is in need of a […]
Stop by the Teen Zone on June 14 between 3:30 and 5 to make Pride buttons! Grades 6-12
Check out a selection of LGBTQ+ young adult books that have been released in the past year! You can find these and many more in the Teen Zone! See one you like? Click the image to request it from our catalog!
It’s Pride month and we’re celebrating with several teen events! Drop by the Teen Zone on June 8 between 3 and 5pm to make Pride buttons!
This coming of age graphic memoir tells how Laura Gao immigrated to Texas from Wuhan, China when she was about 4 years old. It was quite the culture shock – no one could pronounce her name or where she was from. She eventually decided she wanted an Americanized name and chose Laura for herself. Growing […]
Are you a fan of reality cooking competitions? Have you ever wanted two of the contestants to fall for each other? Then this book is for you! Dahlia Woodson decides to try her hand at the reality show Chef’s Special, hoping to further her cooking skills and reinvent herself – plus the cash prize would […]
