🌈LGBTQ+ Nonfiction & Poetry

Your bi-weekly look at LGBTQ+ Nonfiction and Poetry new releases, preorders, and deals

New Releases & Preorders:

The Journey of Perpetual: One Day at a Time

by Annie Feeney

This memoir follows the adventure of two women who, in 1998, take a reprieve from their professional careers, move aboard their newly-purchased sailboat and embark on a yearlong roundtrip voyage between Centerport, New York, and Key West, Florida.

FAIRYBOY: Growing Up Gay and Out in Pre-Stonewall New York and Beyond

by Garrett Glaser

Garrett was an unusually adventurous and self-assured teenager. In FAIRYBOY, readers will follow as he explores the hidden world of gay New York, from the infamous “trucks” along the West Side Highway to the Continental Baths in its opening weeks.

Black. Fat. Femme.

by Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.

In Black. Fat. Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices (in Media) and Learning to Love Yourself, educator and media critic Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins—aka Doctor Jon Paul—delivers an honest and extraordinary new take on how the author, and other Black Fat Femmes like them, have come to find and understand their identity.

a body more tolerable

by jaye simpson

Daphne Dixon doesn’t date. She’s a banshee with a bad temper, able to kill people just by opening her mouth, so dating is out of the question. What if she got mad and murdered her date? But when Oak Olson needs a date to their sister’s wedding Daphne offers to pretend to be their girlfriend. It’s not a real relationship, just a favor for a friend. One night and it’s over. Easy as pie. Or at least it should be.

PREORDER: Releases April 15, 2025

Accidentally on Purpose

by Kristen Kish

Kristen Kish never could have imagined people on the street knowing her name—not when she was a carefree softball-tossing kid, in high school working at a pretzel stand, and not even when she finally found her true calling as a chef. In those early days, becoming a chef meant tethering oneself to a restaurant and working in the back of a kitchen, not a television set. But working in the spotlight happened naturally, even if the attention was totally unanticipated.  And like most things in Kristen’s life, the road was so much more winding and complicated than it may have appeared from the outside.

PREORDER: Releases April 22, 2025

Deals:

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

by Peter Ackroyd

A history of the development of London as a European epicenter of queer life.

$2.99 (83% OFF)

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

by Mason Funk

The Book of Pride captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen.

$4.99 (82% OFF)

It Gets Better
 Except When It Gets Worse: And Other Unsolicited Truths I Wish Someone Had Told Me

by Nicole Maines

For the first time, in her own words, Nicole tells the story of her journey from childhood in rural Maine to the spotlights of Hollywood, sharing the lessons she’s learned along the way. With clever wit and unflinching honesty, she tackles some of the most insidious messaging absorbed by queer kids and all young women, from the idea that any one thing can (or should) ever really “fix” you, to wondering what’s wrong with you when things don’t always feel better, and reminding us that, sometimes, a happy ending is only the beginning of the story.

$1.99 (86% OFF)

It’s Not Over

by Michaelangelo Signorile

Not just a wake-up call, It’s Not Over is also a battle plan for the fights to come in the march toward equality. Signorile tells the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans who have refused to be merely tolerated and are demanding full acceptance. He documents signs of hope in schools and communities finding new ways to combat ignorance, bullying, and fear.

$1.99 (87% OFF)

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