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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie redefines feminism for the 21st century, drawing on her experiences and TL;DER sexual politics, urging everyone to embrace feminist principles.

Rebecca Solnit explores the dynamics of gendered conversation, examining how men often presume authority while women are silenced, and linking this to broader patterns of sexism and violence.

319 pages ; 23 cm

Judith Butler’s seminal text challenges essentialist views of sex and gender, proposing that identity is constructed through repeated social performances.

Jenn Shapland’s debut biography blends a scholarly look at Carson McCullers with her own exploration of queer identity, memory, and love, drawing on newly found letters to uncover a hidden side of the famed writer.

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.

Valentine disparue. Qui la cherche vraiment? Entre satire sociale, polar contemporain et romance lesbienne, le nouveau roman de Virginie Despentes est un road-book qui promène le lecteur entre Paris et Barcelone, sur les traces de tous ceux qui ont connu Valentine, l'adolescente égarée. Les différents personnages se croisent sans forcément se recontrer, et finissent par composer, sur un ton tendre et puissant, le portrait d'une époque. - Editeur.

The bedrock, authoritative account of the little-known early life of Tennessee Williams. "Plainly a work of distinction...It will be great service to Williams's reputation and among other things may bring more of the young to an appreciation of his achievement."--Arthur Miller. Black-and-white photographs.

Edmund White delivers a meticulous biography of Jean Genet, tracing the French writer’s criminal past, gay life, political engagement, and artistic output, while analyzing his plays, novels, and essays.

Newton Arvin, a Smith College professor known for groundbreaking literary studies, struggled with McCarthyism and betrayed his friends after a raid on his apartment.

Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish woman. Her mother, whose family perished in the Holocaust, was racked by guilt at having come to America and left them behind; she suffered recurrent psychotic episodes. Her only escape from the brutal labor of her sweatshop job was her fiercely loved daughter, Lilly, whose poignant dream throughout an impoverished childhood was to become a movie star and "rescue" her mother. Lilly grew up to become Lil, outwardly tough, inwardly innocent, hungry for love and success. A beautiful young woman who was learning that her deepest erotic and emotional connections were to women, she found herself in a dangerous but seductive lesbian underworld of addicts, pimps, and prostitutes. Desperately seeking to make her life meaningful and to redeem her mother's suffering, she entered the University of California at Berkeley and worked her way through college as a burlesque stripper. A brilliant student, she ultimately achieved a Ph.D. At last she became Lillian, the woman who in time became a loving partner, a devoted mother, an acclaimed writer, and a charismatic, groundbreaking scholar of gay and lesbian studies. Told with wrenching immediacy and great power, this is an extraordinary memoir: the nakedly honest -- and very American -- story of an exceptional woman and her remarkable, unorthodox life.

A memoir of a teenager placed in a mental hospital at fifteen for gender identity disorder, detailing a harrowing journey and offering hope for LGBTQ youth facing misunderstanding.

Samra Habib chronicles her escape from a threatened sect in Pakistan, refugee life in Canada, an arranged marriage, and her discovery of queer identity, illustrating how Muslim and LGBTQ communities can find acceptance and freedom.

A compelling story of four trans girls forming a community in Los Angeles, with a memorable author's reporting style.

A Chinese transgender man's journey to self-acceptance and understanding of gender identity through a series of harrowing experiences and revelations about his true self and the world around him.