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An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous transparency activists and trans women.In 2010, Chelsea Manning was working as an intelligence analyst for the US Army in Iraq. She disclosed 720,000 classified military...

In this funny, poignant and unflinchingly honest memoir, one of the world's best-loved storytellers explains how he evolved from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to claim their own lives. It...

Apart from herpes and Lulu - everything is eventually swept away Just one shimmering pearl of wisdom from popstar and polymath James Maker, whose worldly observations will (like herpes) once again be on everyone's lips thanks to his award-winning...

Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE**'You've never read a travel memoir like this before' The Sunday Times, 'Pride Culture Guide''Sweet and fun, with real emotional depth and a rousing, feisty spirit'Matt Cain***In the spring of 2012, Calum...

Internationally-acclaimed graphic-literary talent Alison Bechdel offers acerbically funny insight into the lesbian culture of 1980s America in this comic strip collection.Bechdel's brilliantly imagined counter-cultural band of friends - academics, social...

'Earlier in my life and in my transition, Gender Euphoria would be the book that I needed' Chelsea Manning'Upends the baked-in narrative about pain and unhappiness . . . This book'll inspire you' Christine Burns MBEGENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of...

In this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou Reed's groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary and recalls its influence on his coming of age and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Lambda Literary Awards (Anthology) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780807079638Author Harlyn AizleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Beacon PressPublisher...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOEL EDGERTON 'A necessary, beautiful book' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You ...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOEL EDGERTON 'A necessary, beautiful book' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You ...

The New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress and Note to Self moves fully into adulthood with his illuminating, soulful, bleeding collection of narrative, poetry, and original film photography.Humanitarian, entrepreneur, and content...

Wesley Hill's personal experiences and biblical reflections offer insight into how a nonpracticing gay Christian can "prove, live out, and celebrate" the grace of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.For many who are on this path, it's a lonely one...

Real talk about transgender experiences from Gigi Gorgeous and GottmikIn this fabulous, fashion-forward guide, transgender icons Gigi Gorgeous and Gottmik discuss the ins and outs of being transgender with their honest, hilarious, and GORGEOUS tales of...

'[A] fascinating voyage round McKellen' Simon Callow, Guardian'Surely the definitive McKellen biography' Alexander Larman, Observer'A well-researched, eminently readable book' Benedict Nightingale, The TimesFew actors achieve in their lifetime what Sir...

'A marvel of clarity, fluency, and (Morris's favourite word in her final days) kindness.' The Sunday Times 'A measured and elegant biography that Morris aficionados will find fascinating.' The Times The first full account of a truly remarkable life. ...

'Delicate and devastating. Up there with the best of them.' HANNAH LOWE, WINNER OF THE COSTA PRIZE 'Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that's as funny as it is heart-breaking.' JUNO DAWSON How does an untrained eye recognise the...

'A scrupulous biography' Publishers Weekly 'Fresh, incisive, and uplifting' Kirkus 'If you want to know the real Baldwin, this is the book to read' Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk James Baldwin is an icon of liberation who created...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316301183Author David SedarisFormat HardbackPage Count 848Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772034615Author Grant Hayter-MenziesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd

The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group.'Vita and Harold have become part of our literature' OBSERVERThe marriage of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson was...

Get to know a national icon in Eddie Izzard's hilarious and dazzling autobiography'Comic genius . . . Entertainment incarnate' Telegraph______Star of stage and screen. Tireless supporter of charity. Marathon runner. Political campaigner.Fashion icon...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781335449382Author Daniel BlackFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hanover Square PressPublisher Hanover Square PressWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 217mm...

A revealing memoir from a pioneering industrial musician and visual artist who inspired generations of outsiders, rebels, and risk-takers In a memoir spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, Genesis P-Orridge, the inventor of "industrial music,"...

How one man's struggles with self-Identity and detransition lays challenge to the very foundations of the "gender ideology" movement. While documenting his own personal identity struggles with gender and self-identity, British K-Pop singer Oli London...

Spanning 1979-1987, The Fry Chronicles charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. 'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' The Times 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for Grand Prix du livre de Montreal 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780735242104Author Daniel Allen CoxFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Prentice Hall...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689636Author Dorothy Max PriorFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Elisabeth Spencer's daughter Milly came out as trans at the age of twenty-one. Just a few days later, in one of life's perfect storms, Spencer's husband was diagnosed with an advanced terminal illness - and so she was set on course to confront rebirth in...

RUNNING AWARDS 2019 - TOP BOOK The story of Ben Smith, who decided to run 401 marathons in 401 days. People thought he was mad, until they heard his story, then they began to understand. Having endured years of bullying as a child, Ben tried to take...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913051150Author Jimmy McDonoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint FAB PressPublisher FAB Press

'If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door'This is the definitive biography of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and cold-blooded assassination mirrored the dramatic emergence of the gay community as a...

An award-winning biography of one of the first undercover journalists-a pioneering Swedish woman who lived a fascinating life of adventure and forbidden love and who changed journalism forever. Born in 1891 in Stockholm, Ester Blenda Nordstro m defied...

This ground-breaking book foregrounds the voices of autistic trans people as they speak candidly about how their autism and gender identity intersects and the impact this has on their life.Drawing upon a wealth of interviews with transgender people on...

'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a kind of magic' Colm Toibin'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert Macfarlane'Haunted and haunting...

Get inside the head of RuPaul: award-winning TV personality, musician, actor, LGBTQ+ icon, business mogul, and the most influential drag queen in the world. This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from RuPaul's numerous public...

'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' Hannah Gadsby, NanetteMulti-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the...

'A marvel of clarity, fluency, and (Morris's favourite word in her final days) kindness.' The Sunday Times The first full account of the remarkable life of Jan Morris: writer, soldier, traveller, and trans pioneer. Jan Morris is widely considered one...

The perfect gift for Bimini and Drag Race fans!'MAGIC! A fun, fierce, honest origin story of how to drag yourself up out of trouble and become an icon' Katherine Ryan'A triumph for UK queer culture' Travis Alabanza'Eye-opening, intelligent, thoughtful as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632866585Author Melissa FebosFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 346g