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One Teacher In Ten by Kevin Jennings

Kevin Jennings | One Teacher In Ten | Gay and lesbian teachers have traditionally dwelt in the deepest of closets. But increasing numbers of young people are now served by teachers who are

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Lesbian Lives by Barbara Grier; Coletta Reid

Barbara Grier; Coletta Reid | Lesbian Lives | A collection of biographies of historical women that appeared in The Ladder, a pioneer lesbian newsletter published from 1956 to 1972.

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Pregnant Butch by A.K. Summers

A.K. Summers | Pregnant Butch | The author explores, in graphic novel memoir format, her adventures of being a butch/dyke and becoming pregnant, while dealing with the stereotypes an

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Queer 13: Lesbian And Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade by Clifford Chase

Clifford Chase | Queer 13: Lesbian And Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade | Forward by Dale Peck

Seventh grade: You remember it, don’t you? Sweet sixteen seemed impossibly far away, an elegant, unattainable future. All tha

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My Point…And I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres | My Point…And I Do Have One | In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles–including how we be

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Suits Me: The Double Life Of Billy Tipton by Diane Wood Middlebrook

Diane Wood Middlebrook | Suits Me: The Double Life Of Billy Tipton | Suits Me is the biography of a now notorious jazz musician named Billy Tipton, who grew up as Dorothy Tipton in Oklahoma City and Kansas City but live

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Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter by Diana Souhami

Diana Souhami | Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter |

Alice Keppel, the married lover of Queen Victoria’s eldest son and great-grandmother to Camilla Parker-Bowles, was a key figure in Edwardian

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My Point…And I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres | My Point…And I Do Have One | From stand-up comedy veteran and star of the top-ten-rated TV hit Ellen comes an utterly original book of simple yet brilliant observations, outrage o

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The Chelsea Whistle by Michelle Tea

Michelle Tea | The Chelsea Whistle |

In this gritty, confessional memoir, Michelle Tea takes the reader back to the city of her childhood: Chelsea, Massachusetts–a place where time

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Woman of the Underworld by Zoe Progl

Zoe Progl | Woman of the Underworld | Autobiography of Zoe Progl, self-proclaimed ‘Queen of the Underworld’, who was the first woman to escape from Holloway Prison.