PRIDE MONTH 2023

New and classic LGBTQ+ books.

Fifteen books lay on a table in three staggered rows of five. Text: Pride Month: LGBTQ+ history, memoir, nonfiction, and more

PRIDE 2023

As we celebrate Pride month, we invite you to explore our curated list of new and classic LGBTQ+ books, a fantastic list full of award winners and stories of hope, care, history, and more. Happy Pride!

INTERVIEWS ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS PODCAST:

  • Championing the liberatory potential of silence to address the fraught disability politics of queerness
  • How the “bad feelings” of trans experience inform trans survival and flourishing
  • Delves deep into the archives that keep the history and work of AIDS activism alive
  • Isherwood’s lectures on writing and writers, now all available for the first time in this updated edition
  • New perspectives on Christopher Isherwood as a searching and transnational writer

BROWSE COLLECTION:

Queer Networks: Ray Johnson’s Correspondence Art Queer Networks Ray Johnson’s Correspondence Art Miriam Kienle 2023 Fall
How the queer correspondence art of Ray Johnson disrupted art world conventions and anticipated today’s highly networked culture
Care without Pathology: How Trans- Health Activists Are Changing Medicine Care without Pathology How Trans- Health Activists Are Changing Medicine Christoph Hanssmann 2023 Fall
Examining trans- healthcare as a key site through which struggles for health and justice take shape
Masculinity in Transition Masculinity in Transition K. Allison Hammer 2023 Fall
Locating the roots of toxic masculinity and finding its displacement in unruly culture
In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s In Visible Archives Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s Margaret Galvan 2023 Fall
Analyzing how 1980s visual culture provided a vital space for women artists to theorize and visualize their own bodies and sexualities
Crip Negativity Crip Negativity J. Logan Smilges 2023 Spring
Imagining anti-ableist liberation beyond the rubrics of access and inclusion
In the Company of Grace: A Veterinarian's Memoir of Trauma and Healing In the Company of Grace A Veterinarian's Memoir of Trauma and Healing Jody Lulich 2022 Fall
The son of a Black mother and white father overcomes family trauma to find the courage of compassion in veterinary practice
Lesbian Death: Desire and Danger between Feminist and Queer Lesbian Death Desire and Danger between Feminist and Queer Mairead Sullivan 2022 Fall
Engaging with fears of lesbian death to explore the value of lesbian beyond identity
Making Love with the Land: Essays Making Love with the Land Essays Joshua Whitehead 2022 Fall
A moving and deeply personal excavation of Indigenous beauty and passion in a suffering world
Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence Queer Silence On Disability and Rhetorical Absence J. Logan Smilges 2022 Fall
Championing the liberatory potential of silence to address the fraught disability politics of queerness
Isherwood on Writing: The Complete Lectures in California Isherwood on Writing The Complete Lectures in California Christopher Isherwood James J. Berg, Editor 2022 Fall
Isherwood’s lectures on writing and writers, now all available for the first time in this updated edition
Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-liang Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-liang Nicholas de Villiers 2022 Fall
A brilliant approach to the queerness of one of Taiwan’s greatest auteurs
Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS Viral Cultures Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS Marika Cifor 2022 Spring
Delves deep into the archives that keep the history and work of AIDS activism alive
Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad Side Affects On Being Trans and Feeling Bad Hil Malatino 2022 Spring
How the “bad feelings” of trans experience inform trans survival and flourishing
The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr The Poetics of Cruising Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr 2022 Spring
A groundbreaking new history of urban cruising through the lenses of urban poets
Commodities of Care: The Business of HIV Testing in China Commodities of Care The Business of HIV Testing in China Elsa L. Fan 2021 Fall
How global health practices can end up reorganizing practices of care for the people and communities they seek to serve
Raising Ollie: How My Nonbinary Art-Nerd Kid Changed (Nearly) Everything I Know Raising Ollie How My Nonbinary Art-Nerd Kid Changed (Nearly) Everything I Know Tom Rademacher 2021 Fall
The account of one radically new school year for a Teacher of the Year and for his nonbinary, art-obsessed, brilliant child
Written by the Body: Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities Written by the Body Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities Lisa Tatonetti 2021 Fall
Examining the expansive nature of Indigenous gender representations in history, literature, and film
Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover Assuming the Ecosexual Position The Earth as Lover Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens 2021 Spring
The story of the artistic collaboration between the originators of the ecosex movement, their diverse communities, and the Earth
Visibility Interrupted: Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming Visibility Interrupted Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming Carly Thomsen 2021 Fall
A questioning of the belief in the power of LGBTQ visibility through the lives of queer women in the rural Midwest
Why We Lost the Sex Wars: Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era Why We Lost the Sex Wars Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era Lorna N. Bracewell 2021 Spring
Reexamining feminist sexual politics since the 1970s—the rivalries and the remarkable alliances
Contingent Figure: Chronic Pain and Queer Embodiment Contingent Figure Chronic Pain and Queer Embodiment Michael D. Snediker 2021 Spring
A masterful synthesis of literary readings and poetic reflections, making profound contributions to our understanding of chronic pain
Black Queer Flesh: Rejecting Subjectivity in the African American Novel Black Queer Flesh Rejecting Subjectivity in the African American Novel Alvin J. Henry 2020 Fall
A groundbreaking examination of how twentieth-century African American writers use queer characters to challenge and ultimately reject subjectivity
Trans Care Trans Care Hil Malatino 2020 Fall
A radical and necessary rethinking of trans care
The Wedding Heard ’Round the World: America’s First Gay Marriage The Wedding Heard ’Round the World America’s First Gay Marriage Michael McConnell 2020 Fall
Forty-four years after two men married in a legal ceremony in Minnesota, the Supreme Court has decided the question first raised by these gay pioneers
Isherwood in Transit Isherwood in Transit James J. Berg and Chris Freeman, Editors 2020 Spring
New perspectives on Christopher Isherwood as a searching and transnational writer
The Shapes of Fancy: Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature The Shapes of Fancy Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature Christine Varnado 2020 Spring
Exploring forms of desire unaccounted for in previous histories of sexuality
This Wound Is a World This Wound Is a World Billy-Ray Belcourt 2019 Fall
The new edition of a prize-winning memoir-in-poems, a meditation on life as a queer Indigenous man—available for the first time in the United States
Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition Daring to Be Bad Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition 2019 Fall
An award-winning and canonical history of radical feminism, whose activist heat and intellectual audacity powered second-wave feminism—30th anniversary edition
Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America Men in Place Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America Miriam J. Abelson 2019 Spring
Daring new theories of masculinity, built from a large and geographically diverse interview study of transgender men
The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools, Second Edition The Right to Be Out Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools, Second Edition Stuart Biegel 2018 Fall
An updated edition of this measured, practical, and timely guide to LGBT rights and issues for educators and school officials
Histories of the Transgender Child Histories of the Transgender Child Julian Gill-Peterson 2018 Fall
A groundbreaking twentieth-century history of transgender children
Herlands: Exploring the Women’s Land Movement in the United States Herlands Exploring the Women’s Land Movement in the United States Keridwen N. Luis 2018 Fall
How women-only communities provide spaces for new forms of culture, sociality, gender, and sexuality
Gay, Inc.: The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics Gay, Inc. The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics Myrl Beam 2018 Fall
A bold and provocative look at how the nonprofit sphere’s expansion has helped—and hindered—the LGBT cause
Circulating Queerness: Before the Gay and Lesbian Novel Circulating Queerness Before the Gay and Lesbian Novel Natasha Hurley 2018 Spring
A new history of the queer novel shows its role in constructing gay and lesbian lives
Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Wild Mares My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Dianna Hunter 2018 Spring
A wry memoir of growing up, coming out, and going back to the land as a lesbian feminist in the rural Midwest of the 1960s and 70s
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity Black on Both Sides A Racial History of Trans Identity C. Riley Snorton 2017 Fall
Uncovering the overlapping histories of blackness and trans identity from the nineteenth century to the present day
A House of Prayer for All People: Contesting Citizenship in a Queer Church A House of Prayer for All People Contesting Citizenship in a Queer Church David K. Seitz 2017 Fall
Revealing the underappreciated progressive contributions of a liberal LGBT church
So Famous and So Gay: The Fabulous Potency of Truman Capote and Gertrude Stein So Famous and So Gay The Fabulous Potency of Truman Capote and Gertrude Stein Jeff Solomon 2017 Spring
How and why, in a time of homophobia and closeted homosexuality, did two openly gay writers become mass-market celebrities?
Queer Game Studies Queer Game Studies Bonnie Ruberg and Adrienne Shaw, Editors 2017 Spring
A landmark anthology opens video game studies to queer culture
Indirect Action: Schizophrenia, Epilepsy, AIDS, and the Course of Health Activism Indirect Action Schizophrenia, Epilepsy, AIDS, and the Course of Health Activism Lisa Diedrich 2016 Fall
The interconnectedness of illness, thought, and activism prior to the arrival of AIDS in the United States
The Straight Line: How the Fringe Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexuality The Straight Line How the Fringe Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexuality Tom Waidzunas 2015 Fall
The consequences, for science as well as public policy, of relegating ex-gay therapies to the scientific fringe
Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China Tongzhi Living Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China Tiantian Zheng 2015 Fall
A revealing study of men attracted to men trying to create community in a modern Chinese city
Dead Letters Sent: Queer Literary Transmission Dead Letters Sent Queer Literary Transmission Kevin Ohi 2015 Spring
Proposes a new model of literary transmission and tradition
HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone HIV Exceptionalism Development through Disease in Sierra Leone Adia Benton 2015 Spring
Have HIV/AIDS-focused development programs ignored wider health crises in Africa?
Gaming at the Edge: Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture Gaming at the Edge Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture Adrienne Shaw 2014 Fall
A major new analysis of the representation of marginalized groups in video games
The Queerness of Native American Literature The Queerness of Native American Literature Lisa Tatonetti 2014 Fall
A comprehensive view of Indigenous queer literature since Stonewall
The American Isherwood The American Isherwood James J. Berg and Chris Freeman, Editors 2014 Fall
Shines a critical spotlight on the American life of the famed author
Transnational LGBT Activism: Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide Transnational LGBT Activism Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide Ryan R. Thoreson 2014 Fall
A firsthand account of the work of transnational LGBT human rights activists
Under Bright Lights: Gay Manila and the Global Scene Under Bright Lights Gay Manila and the Global Scene Bobby Benedicto 2014 Fall
Reassessing gay globalization as seen and lived by third world gay men of means
Settler Common Sense: Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance Settler Common Sense Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance Mark Rifkin 2014 Spring
Tracing the unacknowledged effects of colonialism in the canon of nineteenth-century American literature
The Nearness of Others: Searching for Tact and Contact in the Age of HIV The Nearness of Others Searching for Tact and Contact in the Age of HIV David Caron 2014 Spring
An intimate look at the experience, meanings, and politics of HIV disclosure
Sexuality in School: The Limits of Education Sexuality in School The Limits of Education Jen Gilbert 2014 Spring
Explores and expands on the role of sexuality in teaching and learning
Health Rights Are Civil Rights: Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963–1978 Health Rights Are Civil Rights Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963–1978 Jenna M. Loyd 2014 Spring
How demands for dignified medical care and healthy living conditions brought together social justice advocates
Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger Eating Fire My Life as a Lesbian Avenger Kelly Cogswell 2014 Spring
An outsider American recounts two decades of radical lesbian life in this urgent, ferociously funny memoir
Nobody Is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low Nobody Is Supposed to Know Black Sexuality on the Down Low C. Riley Snorton 2014 Spring
How the “down low” media phenomenon reinforces troubling representations of black sexuality
The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson Robert Hofler 2014 Spring
The revealing—and often shocking—biography of legendary Hollywood agent Henry Willson
Middlebrow Queer: Christopher Isherwood in America Middlebrow Queer Christopher Isherwood in America Jaime Harker 2013 Spring
How Christopher Isherwood reinvented himself as an American writer through gay print culture of the postwar United States
George Cukor: A Double Life George Cukor A Double Life Patrick McGilligan 2013 Spring
The definitive biography of master director George Cukor—a New York Times Notable Book
Twelve Views from the Distance Twelve Views from the Distance Mutsuo Takahashi 2012 Fall
An incandescent memoir of a boy’s coming of age in wartime Japan
Poems of a Penisist Poems of a Penisist Mutsuo Takahashi 2012 Fall
A collection of homoerotic poetry by one of Japan’s most prominent poets
Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota Land of 10,000 Loves A History of Queer Minnesota Stewart Van Cleve 2012 Fall
A groundbreaking, comprehensively illustrated portrait of queer history in Minnesota
South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come: Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom Brenna Munro 2012 Spring
Uncovers the story of how the politics of queer sexuality have played out in the struggle for multiracial democracy in South Africa
Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa Out in Africa LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa Ashley Currier 2012 Fall
The first insider’s view of contemporary LGBT rights activism in Namibia and South Africa
The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination The Erotics of Sovereignty Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination Mark Rifkin 2012 Spring
How queer Native writers use the erotics of lived experience to challenge both federal and tribal notions of “Indianness”
Opacity and the Closet: Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, and Warhol Opacity and the Closet Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, and Warhol Nicholas de Villiers 2012 Spring
Looking beyond the closet at the lives and works of renowned queer public figures
Gay Rights at the Ballot Box Gay Rights at the Ballot Box Amy Stone 2012 Spring
From Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement’s fight against anti-gay ballot measures
If Memory Serves: Gay Men, AIDS, and the Promise of the Queer Past If Memory Serves Gay Men, AIDS, and the Promise of the Queer Past Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed 2011 Fall
How gay memory suppressed after AIDS returns in visions of sexual identity and social idealism
Spaces between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization Spaces between Us Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization Scott Morgensen 2011 Fall
Explores the intimate relationship of non-Native and Native sexual politics in the United States
Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes Sister Arts The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes Lisa L. Moore 2011 Spring
How eighteenth-century artists created works that expressed their desire for other women
Henry James and the Queerness of Style Henry James and the Queerness of Style Kevin Ohi 2011 Spring
The true meaning of being fashionably late in Henry James’s late works
Writing the Love of Boys: Origins of Bishōnen Culture in Modernist Japanese Literature Writing the Love of Boys Origins of Bishōnen Culture in Modernist Japanese Literature Jeffrey Angles 2011 Spring
A pioneering look at same-sex desire in Japanese modernist writing
Jubilee: Six Film Scripts Jubilee Six Film Scripts Derek Jarman 2011 Spring
A collection of brilliant, largely unrealized, intensely personal film scripts by Derek Jarman
Smiling in Slow Motion Smiling in Slow Motion Derek Jarman 2011 Spring
Part diary, part observation, part memoir—writings from Derek Jarman’s final years
Derek Jarman: A Biography Derek Jarman A Biography Tony Peake 2011 Spring
The definitive biography of Britain’s influential and iconic film director
The Songs of António Botto The Songs of António Botto António Botto Josiah Blackmore, Editor 2010 Fall
The rediscovery of a major voice in modern gay poetry and twentieth-century letters
Crossing the Barriers: The Autobiography of Allan H. Spear Crossing the Barriers The Autobiography of Allan H. Spear Allan H. Spear 2010 Fall
The memoir of a prominent Minnesota politician and one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials
Queer Twin Cities Queer Twin Cities Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project Kevin P. Murphy, Jennifer L. Pierce and Larry Knopp, Editors 2010 Fall
A pioneering look at the queer history, politics, and spaces of the Twin Cities
Dancing Ledge Dancing Ledge Derek Jarman 2010 Fall
Derek Jarman’s stunning account of his life and art
Kicking the Pricks Kicking the Pricks Derek Jarman 2010 Fall
The shockingly honest journals of the acclaimed filmmaker and gay rights activist
Citizen, Invert, Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain Citizen, Invert, Queer Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain Deborah Cohler 2010 Spring
How the Great War changed British understandings of lesbianism
Into the Interior Into the Interior Michelle Cliff 2010 Spring
In her previous novels, Michelle Cliff explored potent themes of colonialism, race, myth, and identity with rare intelligence, lyrical intensity, and a profound sense of both history and place. Into the Interior is her most intimate, courageous work of fiction yet, a searing and ultimately moving reflection on the legacy of empire and the restless search for a feeling of belonging.
The Spiv and the Architect: Unruly Life in Postwar London The Spiv and the Architect Unruly Life in Postwar London Richard Hornsey 2010 Spring
Explores how London’s queer culture was influenced by postwar efforts to create model citizens
Chroma: A Book of Color Chroma A Book of Color Derek Jarman 2010 Spring
A meditation on the color spectrum by Britain’s most controversial filmmaker
At Your Own Risk: A Saint’s Testament At Your Own Risk A Saint’s Testament Derek Jarman 2010 Spring
Derek Jarman’s defiant and provocative memoir of his life and times
Modern Nature Modern Nature Derek Jarman 2009 Fall
Iconoclastic and controversial filmmaker Derek Jarman’s candid journals
Derek Jarman’s Angelic Conversations Derek Jarman’s Angelic Conversations Jim Ellis 2009 Fall
A comprehensive look at the work of Britain’s most controversial director
Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora Queer Ricans Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes 2009 Spring
Seeing the diversity in Puerto Rico’s gay and lesbian communities in the United States
The Reification of Desire: Toward a Queer Marxism The Reification of Desire Toward a Queer Marxism Kevin Floyd 2009 Spring
A new theoretical approach to the relationship between Marxism and queer studies
Everything Is Now: New and Collected Stories Everything Is Now New and Collected Stories Michelle Cliff 2009 Spring
A tour de force of short fiction from an acclaimed author
Metropolitan Lovers: The Homosexuality of Cities Metropolitan Lovers The Homosexuality of Cities Julie Abraham 2008 Fall
How gay became synonymous with urban—and why it matters for both
Queer Optimism: Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions Queer Optimism Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions Michael D. Snediker 2008 Fall
A new paradigm for queer theory
If I Could Write This in Fire If I Could Write This in Fire Michelle Cliff 2008 Fall
A deeply personal meditation on history and memory, place and displacement by a major writer
Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent Words to Our Now Imagination and Dissent Thomas Glave 2007 Spring
An intensely personal and political confrontation with prejudice, hatred, and violence
Transgender Rights Transgender Rights Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang and Shannon Price Minter, Editors 2006 Fall
The first comprehensive work on the transgender civil rights movement
Queer Migrations: Sexuality, U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings Queer Migrations Sexuality, U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings Eithne Luibhéid and Lionel Cantú Jr., Editors 2005 Spring
At the intersection of citizenship, sexuality, and race, a new perspective on the immigrant experience
Curiouser: On the Queerness of Children Curiouser On the Queerness of Children Steven Bruhm and Natasha Hurley, Editors 2004 Spring
Classic essays and new work on the issue of childhood sexuality and its “queer resonances”
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village The Motion of Light in Water Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village Samuel R. Delany 2004 Spring
The unexpurgated edition of the award-winning autobiography
Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique Aberrations in Black Toward a Queer of Color Critique Roderick A. Ferguson 2003 Fall
A hard-hitting look at the regulation of sexual difference and its role in circumscribing African American culture
The Evening Crowd at Kirmser’s: A Gay Life in the 1940s The Evening Crowd at Kirmser’s A Gay Life in the 1940s Ricardo J. Brown William Reichard, Editor 2003 Spring
A surprising and vivid remembrance of gay life in the wake of World War II
Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics Disidentifications Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics José Esteban Muñoz 1999 Spring
An important new perspective on the ways outsiders negotiate mainstream culture.