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Familiar faces, hidden lives Familiar faces, hidden lives Howard Brown A former senior health-services official speaks honestly and plainly about what it is like to be gay in America. A classic of gay history. Introduction by Randy Shilts. OL13350336W
Frank Frank Barney Frank,Barney Frank Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, Barney Frank made two vital discoveries about himself: he was attracted to government, and to men. He resolved to make a career out of the first and to keep the sec… OL17102722W
A Work In Progress A Work In Progress Connor Franta About the Author Connor Franta is an Internet sensation and global trendsetter, with millions of followers on YouTube and many other social media platforms. He is the founder of Common Culture Coffe… OL17315511W
Gypsy Boy On The Run Gypsy Boy On The Run Mikey Walsh "Mikey is a Romany Gypsy and grew up living in a caravan on sites across the UK. He adored his family and the rich and vibrant Romany culture he'd inherited but eventually he was forced to make the h… OL17466047W
Hold Tight Gently Hold Tight Gently Martin Duberman In December 1995, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For countless people, the drug offered a reprieve from wha… OL17531664W
Letters from the closet Letters from the closet Amy Hollingsworth "Timely and relevant, this is a love story of the most contemporary kind. It's a rare and beautiful glimpse into an intimate, but platonic relationship between a gay English teacher and his young fem… OL17869325W
After Woodstock After Woodstock Elliot Tiber During the summer of 69, Elliot Tiber helped start the gay liberation movement and saved the Woodstock Festival from cancellation. But some of the best and most significant events of Tiber s life did… OL17873426W
The prince of Los Cocuyos The prince of Los Cocuyos Richard Blanco A poignant, hilarious, and inspiring memoir from the first Latino and openly gay inaugural poet, which explores his coming-of-age as the child of Cuban immigrants and his attempts to understand his p… OL17900743W
Logical family Logical family Armistead Maupin Born in the mid-twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina, Maupin reflects on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, sharing his candid search f… OL19716738W
How to write an autobiographical novel How to write an autobiographical novel Alexander Chee From the author of The Queen of the Night, an essay collection exploring how we form our identities in life, in politics, and in art. OL19738261W
There will be no miracles here There will be no miracles here Casey Gerald Casey Gerald comes to our fractured times as a uniquely visionary witness whose life has spanned seemingly unbridgeable divides. His story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999,… OL19763516W
Bettyville Bettyville George Hodgman "A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love. When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Misso… OL19996316W
Bad kid Bad kid David Crabb "Discovering George Michael's Faith confirmed for David Crabb what every bully already knew: he was gay. What saved him from high school was finding a group of outlandish friends who reveled in being… OL20002715W
My avant-garde education My avant-garde education Bernard Cooper In this lively memoir, art critic and writer Cooper retraces his youth, up to and including the period of his intellectual awakening during the heyday of conceptual art, and vividly recalls his exper… OL20002717W
When We Rise When We Rise Cleve Jones Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out there like himself. There were. Like thousands of other young people, Jones, ne… OL20041480W
No Ashes in the Fire No Ashes in the Fire Darnell L Moore When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and … OL20148649W
How We Fight For Our Lives How We Fight For Our Lives Saeed Jones From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The New York Times Book Review) written… OL20344845W
E.M. Forster E.M. Forster Wendy Moffat Based on exclusive access to E.M. Forster's previously restricted diaries at King's College, Cambridge, this biography reveals how deeply his ideas on individual freedom, tolerance, sexuality and lov… OL22132397W
A work in progress A work in progress Connor Franta "The YouTube personality shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation, "--NoveList. OL27303028W
Christopher and his kind Christopher and his kind Christopher Isherwood Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical account of his years in Berlin during the rise of Nazism. OL51187W
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