Category: Autobiography/Biography

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Slayers, Every One of Us by Russo Kristin

Slayers, Every One of Us | Russo Kristin | A memoir reflecting on heartbreak, perseverance, and life lessons learned from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from the hosts of the hit podcast Buffering t

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Black Interest History

Black. Queer. Southern. Women. by E. Patrick Johnson

Black. Queer. Southern. Women. | E. Patrick Johnson | Drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer women who were born, raised, and continue to reside in the American South,

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner Black Interest

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments | Saidiya Hartman | ‘Exhilarating…A rich resurrection of a forgotten history.’ ―Parul Sehgal, New York TimesBeautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beau

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Claiming Home by Tina Buchler

Claiming Home | Tina Buchler | Through biographical narratives, Claiming Home traces how queer migrant women living in Switzerland navigate often contradictory perspectives on sexua

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La única lesbiana de Ávila by Laura Terciado

AboutÿLa £nica lesbiana de ?vila / The Only Lesbian in ?vila

Un testimonio personal de la periodistaÿqueerÿLaura Terciado acerca de su experiencia de vida como lesbiana y defensora de los derechos del colectivo LGBT.

Seguramente alguna vez hayas sentido que todos son normales menos t£.

Yo nac¡ y crec¡ en ?vila pensando que era la £nica lesbiana de la ciudad y estando segura de que el Diablo vendr¡a a por m¡.

Me sent¡a sola, rara, atrapada en una ?fase? que se eternizaba y dentro de un armario con tantas puertas que cre¡a que jam s ser¡a capaz de salir de ‚l.

Odiaba el instituto, odiaba el color rosa, odiaba los motes, los insultos, las preguntas, la palabra lesbiana. Pero, por encima de todas las cosas, me odiaba a m¡ misma.

Hasta que explot‚. Y todo salt¢ por los aires.

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The personal testimony of queer journalist Laura Terciado about her life as a lesbian and defender of the LGBT community.

Have you ever felt that everyone is normal except for you?

I grew up in ?vila convinced that I was the only lesbian in the city and that the Devil would surely come for me.

I felt alone, weird, stuck in a ?phase? that become permanent, in a closet with so many doors that I thought I?d never find my way out.

I hated school, the color pink, the nicknames, insults, questions, and the word lesbian. Most of all, I hated myself.

Until I exploded. And everything blew up.

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Memoir

Lesbian Love Story by Amelia Possanza

Lesbian Love Story | Amelia Possanza | For readers of Saidiya Hartman and Jeanette Winterson, Lesbian Love Story is an intimate journey into the archives?uncovering the romances and role mo

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Undercover Girl by Lisa E. Davis

Undercover Girl | Lisa E. Davis | At the height of the Red Scare, Angela Calomiris was a paid FBI informant inside the American Communist Party. As a Greenwich Village photographer, Ca

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The Trials of Eric Mareo by Charles Ferrall; Rebecca Ellis

The Trials of Eric Mareo | Charles Ferrall; Rebecca Ellis | This expose delves into the murder trial of flamboyant musician Eric Mareo and provides an interesting glimpse into social attitudes in New Zealand in

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Freda Stark by Dianne Haworth; Diane Miller

Freda Stark | Dianne Haworth; Diane Miller | Freda Stark was an Auckland celebrity who hit the headlines in the 1930’s as a key witness in the trial of well-known conductor, Eric Mareo. Mareo was

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Untouchable Girls by Jools Topp

Untouchable Girls | Jools Topp | Iconic Kiwi comic, country music, yodelling, lesbian duo: in their own wordsThe incredible story of how a couple of country kids from Huntly became mu