A list of resources for those wanting to educate themselves about the LGBTQIA+ community
To follow:
Social media accounts:
- Call Me They: IG @mx.acdumlao, Facebook Call Me They
- LGBT History: IG @lgbt_history
- Them: IG @them
- GayTimes: IG @gaytimes
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: IG @lesbianherstoryarchives
- ButchCamp: IG @butchcamp
- Queer Bible: IG @queerbible
- Visual Aids: IG @visual_aids
- H_e_r_s_t_o_r_y: IG @H_e_r_s_t_o_r_y
- The Queer Archive: IG @thequeerarchive
- God I’m Such A Dyke: IG @godimsuchadyke
- ALOK: IG @alokvmenon
- Black and Pink: IG @blackandpinkorg
- Schuyler Bailar: IG @pinkmantaray
- The Trevor Project: IG @trevorproject
- Chella Man: IG @chellaman
- Nyle DiMarco: IG @nyledimarco
To read:
Articles:
- Stonewall at 50: Stories of Resistance and Resilience (Nat Geo)
- LGBTQ+ Glossary (It Gets Better)
- LGBT Rights by country/territory (Wikipedia)
- Book review of The Pink Line (Washington Post)
- Why the T in LGBT is here to stay (Salon)
- 50+ Resources for LGBTQIA Allies (Buffer)
- 4 Unique Struggles That QTPOC have to Deal With (Everyday Feminism)
- 9 Questions About Trans Issues You Were Too Embarrassed to Ask (Vox)
- What is Intersex? (Intersex Society of North America)
- I’m Gender Non-Conforming- and I Need People to Stop Pressuring Me to “Pass” (Everyday Feminism)
- Am I A Lesbian?
- About Transgender People (National Center for Transgender Equality)
- LGBTQ Rights (Human Rights Watch)
- (Un)safe Refuge: The Built-In Ableism in Queer Spaces
- ‘Yes, And’: Queer, Disabled, and Still Not Your Inspiration
- I’m Muslim and I Might Not Be Straight
- LGBTQ + Religion (The Trevor Project)
- What does Joe Biden’s win mean for LGBTQ+ people?
- Gareth Thomas: ‘People are sheltered away from the truth about HIV’
- Support is not political, it’s essential: Why the BBC’s new impartiality rules expose the after affects of a cultural war”
- “Tomorrow We Get Back to Work”: LGBTQ+ Groups Promise To Hold Biden Accountable
- What are personal pronouns and why do they matter?
Books:
Fiction
- Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
- Rubyfruit Jungle: A Novel by Rita Mae Brown
- Maurice: A Novel by E.M. Foster
- In at the Deep End by Kate Davies
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- All Adults Here by Emma Straub
- Bestiary by K-Ming Chang
- Boys of Alabama by Geneveive Hudson
- The Freezer Door by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
- I Know You Know Who I Am by Peter Kispert
- Memorial by Bryan Washington
- Plain Bad Heroines, by emily m. danforth
- The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor
- A World Between by Emily Hashimoto
- Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
- You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
- Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Poetry and Memoirs:
- 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins (poetry)
- Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl (memoir)
- Born to Be Public by Greg Mania (memoir)
- A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt (memoir)
- Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan (memoir)
- Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son by Richie Jackson (memoir)
- The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I’ve Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance by Matt Ortile (memoir)
- Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas (memoir)
- Homie by Danez Smith (poetry)
- Later: My Life at the Edge of the World by Paul Lisicky (memoir)
- Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz (poetry)
- The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, ed. by Roxane Gay (poetry)
- Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery (memoir)
- Tomboyland by Melissa Faliveno (memoir)
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle (memoir)
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (poetry)
- Boy Erased by Garrand Conley (memoir)
- Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Academic and Non-fiction:
- We Are Everywhere:Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown
- Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks (super accessible!)
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldú (academic & memoir)
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton
- Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities by John D’Emelio
- Transgender History by Susan Stryker
- Gay New York by George Chauncey
- Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender and the New Racism by Patricia Hill Collins
- Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
- Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy & Madeline D. Davis
- Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
- Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader by Gayle Rubin
To watch or listen to:
TEDTalks:
- “Scenes from a Black trans life” – D-L Stewart
- “The necessity of normalizing queer love” – Panti Bliss
- “The importance of queer allyship in the classroom” – Coby Everton
- “The importance of using inclusive language” – Fahad Saeed
- “The gender fluid history of the Philippines” – France Villarta
- “Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality” – Lindsay Amer
- “A short history of trans people’s long fight for equality” – Nour Younes
- “The language of ballroom culture” – Ronald Murray
- “How I’m bringing queer pride to my rural village” – Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile
- “How uncomfortable conversations can save lives” – Lyra McKee
- “How to talk (and listen) to transgender people” – Jackson Bird
- “A queer vision of love and marriage” – Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin Milan
- “Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms” – Ivan Coyote
- “This is what LGBT life is like around the world” – Jnni Chang and Lisa Dazols
- “The danger of hiding who you are” – Morgana Bailey
- “What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement” – Yoruba Richen
- “The myth of the gay agenda” – LZ Granderson
- “The myths of gay adoption” – Lynne Elvins
Movies/Documentaries:
- Disclosure
- Milk
- United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
- Moonlight
- Angels in America by Mike Nichols
- Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
- Carol by Todd Haynes
- Tongues Untied
- Nanette
TV Shows:
- Pose
- Steven Universe
- Orange is the New Black
- One Day at a Time
- AJ and the Queen
- Schitt’s Creek
- Dear White People
- Queer Eye
- Glee
- Modern Family
- The L Word
- Queer as Folk
Videos/YouTube:
- Minus18TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/Minus18TV
- Matthew Dempsey: https://www.youtube.com/c/matthewjdempsey/videos
- Queer & Disabled Series
To browse:
Websites:
- What are personal pronouns and why do they matter? – https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why
- “no cost, open access clearinghouse for the collection of sexual orientation & gender identity and measures” – LGBTData.org
- Human Rights Watch – https://www.hrw.org/topic/lgbt-rights#
- We are the Youth: Sharing the stories of LGBTQ Youth in the United States – http://wearetheyouth.org/profiles/
- PFLAG Online Academy – https://pflag.org/onlineacademy