Books like Lesbian/Woman by Del Martin

Stone Butch Blues follows a butch lesbian’s life in 1970s America, blending historical detail with personal experience to explore gender, sexuality, and community within the LGBTQ movement.

Gender Outlaw is a memoir and manifesto by trans woman Kate Bornstein that combines coming‑of‑age narrative with outspoken essays on gender identity, sexuality and hormone therapy.

A romantic novel about a talented woman of aristocratic background who defies Victorian expectations and commercial success while pursuing her love for other women.

Judy Grahn explores gay culture from ancient times to the present, blending history, myth, tribal traditions, occult elements, and personal interviews to illuminate the rich patterns of gay life.

A sweeping history of lesbian life and identity in twentieth‑century America, drawing on journals, manuscripts, songs, media, and firsthand testimonies to chart evolving subcultures and lifestyles.

A scholarly survey of half a millennium of female friendship and love, using sources from Henry James to early twentieth‑century magazines to trace evolving theories of female sexuality.

Peter Fisher’s 1978 classic examines gay identity through the lens of activism, detailing the social, legal, and personal realities of being gay in post‑Stonewall America.

A photographic journey through late‑1980s America that captures the varied lives of gay and lesbian communities, illustrating their efforts to form families, reconcile faith, and confront both racism and homophobia.

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore confronts the pressures of assimilation within the LGBTQ community, urging a return to the fearlessness, flamboyance, and subversive spirit that once defined gay culture.

Sex and Germs examines our response to AIDS and argues for a more comprehensive understanding of sexuality and its control by way of a reintegration of the body into political discourse.

New Our Right to Love, written by Ginny Vida and first published in 1978, is a seminal lesbian resource guide that combines essays and sociological insights to celebrate and examine love, sexuality, and identity within the LGBTQ community.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual nonconformity in the United States. Part One, which covers the years from the post-Civil War period to the 1980s, is a history of state efforts to discipline and punish the behavior of homosexuals and other people considered to be deviant. During this period such people could get by only at the cost of suppressing their most basic feelings and emotions. Part Two addresses contemporary issues. Although it is no longer illegal to be openly gay in America, homosexuals still suffer from state discrimination in the military and in other realms, and private discrimination and violence against gays is prevalent. William Eskridge presents a rigorously argued case for the "sexualization" of the First Amendment, showing why, for example, same-sex ceremonies and intimacy should be considered "expressive conduct" deserving the protection of the courts. The author draws on legal reasoning, sociological studies, and history to develop an effective response to the arguments made in defense of the military ban. The concluding part of the book locates the author's legal arguments within the larger currents of liberal theory and integrates them into a general stance toward freedom, gender equality, and religious pluralism.

A practical guide for LGBTQ youth and their supporters, offering firsthand stories, coping strategies, and resources for coming out, relationships, school, and community life.