Must-read books about LGBTQ+ history
From historical figures to landmark civil rights victories, these nonfiction accounts offer a collective education on LGBTQ+ history.
Published on September 20, 2023
The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook
Ashley MolessoThe Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
Lillian FadermanOut For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in Ame
Dudley ClendinenStonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
David CarterMaking Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive
135 podcast episodesBi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
Julia ShawBlack on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
C. Riley SnortonThe Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
Randy ShiltsThe Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
David K. JohnsonThe Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
Eric CerviniComing Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II
Allan BérubéConduct Unbecoming: Gays & Lesbians in the U.S. Military
Randy ShiltsThe Men With the Pink Triangle: The True, Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps
The Men With the Pink Triangle: The True, Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps
Heinz HegerTinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
Robert W. FieselerBad Gays: A Homosexual History
Huw LemmeyThe Most Dangerous Gay Man in America
Four decades ago, the Reverend Raymond Broshears armed his disciples to keep LGBT people safe from crooked cops and violent homophobes. Their name: the Lavender Panthers. The legacy of their triumphs and the tragedy of their defeats live on in Americ
You’ve been taught about the Black Panthers, but have you ever even heard of the LGBTQ+ equivalent, the Lavender Panthers? The group was started by Raymond Broshears, who also co-founded the first gay pride parade in San Francisco. Learn about the Lavender Panthers’ vigilante justice and how their concerns mirror our current ones about hate crimes and whether it’s justified to punch Nazis.