GLBT Book Month
- Richland Library
- Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Collection
GLBT Book month is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.
We have books to help you celebrate!
The Blueprint by S. E. Harmon (ebook on Hoopla)- Kelly Cannon is satisfied with his life. He has friends, a wonderful family, and a great job. But his love life has reached a new level of pitiful. Why? Well, his heart decided to break all the rules... It's a good thing his nickname is the Blueprint-it's time to draft a new set of plans.
P.S. I Spook You by S. E. Harmon (ebook on Hoopla)- SSA Rain Christiansen used to be the agency's golden boy. It just takes one moment of weakness, one slight, tiny, itty-bitty paranormal sighting, and all of a sudden he's the agency's embarrassment.... Rain is starting to wonder if second chances and happy endings are just for fairy tales.
Jericho by Ann McMan (ebook on Hoopla)- Part 1 of the Jericho series
Librarian Syd Murphy flees the carnage of a failed marriage by accepting an eighteen-month position in Jericho, a small town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Her plans to hide out and heal her wounds fall by the wayside as she gets drawn into the daily lives of the quirky locals. When Syd gets a flat tire and is rescued by the town physician, Maddie Stevenson, the two women form a fast friendship-but almost immediately begin struggling with a mutual attraction. And, if that's not enough, Syd is straight and going through a divorce-and Maddie somehow forgets to mention her sexual orientation to her new best friend. Almost everyone who crosses their paths believes it's only a matter of time until they figure it out, but sometimes, it takes a while to see the obvious. Together, Syd and Maddie learn that life and love can have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road.
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom (ebook on Hoopla)- This powerful poetry collection seeks to map the emotional and spiritual territory of diaspora, violence, abuse, and exile. Kai Cheng incorporates autobiographical details from her own childhood and adult life with the rhythms of the oral storytelling tradition and fairytale motifs, poignantly depicting the plight of trans women of color.
LGBTQ Stats by Bennett Singer, David Deschamps (ebook on Hoopla)- Twenty years ago it was impossible to imagine the president of the United States embracing same-sex marriage or Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn Jenner, an open transgender woman. LGBTQ Stats chronicles the ongoing LGBTQ revolution, providing the critical statistics, and draws upon and synthesizes newly collected data. Deschamps and Singer-whose previous books and films on LGBTQ topics have won numerous awards and found audiences around the globe-provide chapters on family and marriage, workplace discrimination, education, youth, criminal justice, and immigration, as well as evolving policies and laws affecting LGBTQ communities. A chapter on LGBTQ life around the globe contrasts the dramatic progress for LGBTQ people in the United States with violent backlash in countries such as Russia, Iran, and Nigeria, which have discriminatory laws that make same-sex activity punishable by prison or death. A lively, accessible, and eye-opening snapshot, LGBTQ Stats offers an invaluable resource for activists, journalists, lawmakers, and general readers who want the facts and figures on LGBTQ lives in the twenty-first century.