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A Dream of a Woman: Stories by Casey Plett"Centring transgender women seeking stable, adult lives, A dream of a woman finds quiet truths in prairie high-rises and New York warehouses, and in freezing Canadian winters and drizzly Oregon days. In 'Hazel and Christopher,' two childhood friends reconnect as adults after one of them has transitioned. In 'Perfect Places,' a woman grapples with undesirability as she navigates fetish play with a man. In 'Couldn't hear you talk anymore,' the narrator reflects on her tumultuous life and what might have been as she recalls tender moments with another trans woman. An ethereal meditation on partnership, sex, addiction, romance, groundedness, and love, the stories in A dream of a woman buzz with quiet intensity and the intimate complexities of being human"
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A woman impersonates a nun online, with unexpected consequences. In a rapidly changing neighborhood, tensions escalate around two events planned for the same day. The barista girlfriend of a tech billionaire survives a zombie apocalypse only to face spending her life with the paranoid super-rich. From a university campus to an underground bunker, a commune in the woods to Toronto and back again, the linked stories in Householders move effortlessly between the commonplace and the fantastic. In deft and exacting narratives about difficult children and thorny friendships, hopeful revolutionaries and self-deluded utopians, nascent queers, sincere frauds, and families of all kinds, Kate Cayley mines the moral hazards inherent in the ways we try to save each other and ourselves.
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Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories by Torrey PetersThis collection of one novel and three novellas explores community, desire and the complexities of gender through stories of lumberjacks navigating identity in Stag Dance, a gender apocalypse in Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, boarding school intrigue in The Chaser and dark choices on the Vegas strip in The Masker.
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Welcome to St. Hell by Lewis Hancox"In Welcome to St. Hell, author-illustrator Lewis Hancox takes readers on the hilarious, heartbreaking, and healing path he took to make it past trauma, confusion, hurt, and dubious fashion choices in order to become the man he was meant to be. It's a remarkable, groundbreaking graphic memoir from an unmistakably bold new voice in comics"
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Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia KobabeBreathe arose from the need for a resource for folks considering chest binding as gender-affirming care. Dr. Peitzmeier interviewed twenty-five people of different ages and backgrounds about their journeys with binding, and then she and Kobabe combined excerpts from those interviews with evidence-based resources on binding into this extremely accessible guide.
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Call Me Bill by Lynette Richards"It was April 1, 1873. In the middle of the night, Sarah Jane spotted flares off the coast of her island home. She woke her father, who quickly gathered their neighbours. Over the next several hours, rescuers pulled 429 traumatized survivors out of the wreckage of the SS Atlantic, a White Star Line passenger steamship. But 535 people didn't survive, including Bill, a sailor. However, this story isn't about death--it's about living. Swapping out their dress for a pair of pants, Bill had run away from New Jersey in search of adventure, anonymity, and a place in the world. When they were hired to work on a cargo steamer, everything seemed to fall into place--but it didn't take long for Bill to realize they were really just searching for a place where they could be themselves. Over four years of heavy research, debut graphic novelist Lynette Richards painstakingly gathered details of this story from a range of historic newspapers from all over the world. By taking a creative nonfiction approach to storytelling, Richards was able to speak to the courage that readers will recognize as necessary for self-discovery"
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Children's Realistic Fiction and Picture Books
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Ellie Engle Saves Herself! by Leah JohnsonThrust into the spotlight when it is discovered she has the power to bring anything back to life with just her touch, Ellie tries to survive middle school while dodging the paparazzi, an international pop star and her feelings for her best friend.
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Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff"When Annabelle learns that her father shares something big--and surprising--in common with her new nonbinary friend, she begins to see herself, and her family, in a whole new light"
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The Science of Being Angry by Nicole MellebyWhen a meltdown at her apartment building leads to her family's eviction, 11-year-old Joey, who is angry all the time but doesn't know why, is desperate for answers and finds them in the most unexpected place.
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My Two Moms and Me by Michael JoostenA heartwarming board book tribute to same-sex parents and their children is comprised of scenes featuring diverse, hardworking moms sharing family days of eating breakfast, going on playdates and enjoying a swim at the pool before settling down with a bedtime story.
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by Allen R. Wells
"Join a queer family as they celebrate Black Pride in Washington, D.C. From painting posters to walking in a Pride Parade with neighbors to watching fireworks, this special day is packed with fun" |
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I Love My Purse by Belle DeMontLoving a bright red purse that his grandmother let him have, young Charlie is questioned by his uncomfortable father, friends and others who do not think the purse adheres to gender norms, before the boy's joyful self-acceptance triggers unconventional expressions in those around him.
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