I am often asked where I learned what I teach and write about for my LGBT studies and related classes. Aside from my own experience witnessing history over the last six decades, I have read the following books.
Adair, N., & Adair, C. (1978). The word is out: Stories of some of our lives. New Glide Publications.
Allen, T. A. (2019). Hiding out: A memoir of secrets, deception, and desire. Mandel Vilar Press.
Amaechi, J. (2007). Man in the middle: My life in and out of the NBA. ESPN Books.
Baim, T. (2010). Gay press, gay power: The growth of LGBT community newspapers in America. Prairie Avenue Productions and Windy City Media Group.
Baker, G. (2019). Rainbow warrior: My life in color. Chicago Review Press.
Boies, D., & Olson, T. B. (2014). Redeeming the dream: The case for marriage equality. Viking.
Brill, S., & Pepper, R. (2008). The transgender child: A handbook for families and professionals. Cleis Press.
Brooks, A. (2015). The right side of history: 100 years of LGBTQI activism. Cleis Press.
Buhrke, R. A. (1996). A matter of justice: Lesbians and gay men in law enforcement. Routledge.
Cervini, E. (2020). The deviant’s war: The homosexual vs. the United States of America. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Charles, D. M. (2015). Hoover’s war on gays: Exposing the FBI’s “sex deviates” program. University Press of Kansas.
Downs, A. (2005). The velvet rage: Overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man’s world. Da Capo Press.
Engel, J. (2006). The epidemic: A global history of AIDS. Smithsonian Books.
Gideonse, T., & Williams, M. (Eds.). (1996). From boys to men: Gay men write about growing up. Avon Books.
Gold, M. (Ed.). (2011). Crisis: 40 stories revealing the personal, social, and political repercussions of the 2008 global financial crisis. Greenleaf Book Group Press.
Halley, J., & Eshleman, A. (2009). Seeing straight: An introduction to gender and sexual privilege. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Hirshman, L. R. (2012). Victory: The triumphant gay revolution. Harper.
Jennings, K. (Ed.). (1994). One teacher in ten: Gay and lesbian educators tell their stories. Alyson Publications.
Johnson, D. K. (2004). The lavender scare: The Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government. University of Chicago Press.
Jones, C. (2016). When we rise: My life in the movement. Hachette Books.
Kaufman, M., & the members of Tectonic Theater Project. (2001). The Laramie Project. Vintage Books.
Kramer, L. (1978). Faggots. Random House.
Leinen, S. (1993). Gay cops. Rutgers University Press.
Lipsky, S. (2022). LGBTQ+ trailblazers of San Francisco: The lives of icons. The History Press.
Loughery, J. (2021). Hidden mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the untold stories of compassion in the face of fear. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Louganis, G., & Marcus, E. (1995). Breaking the surface. Random House.
Mallon, K. (2016). Alarm in the firehouse: A memoir of a gay firefighter. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Marcus, E. (2002). Making gay history: The half-century fight for lesbian and gay equal rights. Perennial.
Martel, F. (2019). In the closet of the Vatican: Power, homosexuality, hypocrisy. Bloomsbury Continuum.
Maupin, A. (2017). Logical family: A memoir. Harper.
Nimmo, B., & Scott, D. (2000). Rachel’s tears: The spiritual journey of Columbine martyr Rachel Scott. Thomas Nelson.
Nutter, C. (2011). The way out: The gay man’s guide to freedom. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Obergefell, J., & Alcorn, D. (2016). Love wins: The lovers and lawyers who fought the landmark case for marriage equality. William Morrow.
Patterson, R., & Hinds, P. (2005). The whole world is watching: A young man’s journey through the Matthew Shepard murder. Advocate Books.
Perry, D. C., & Stier, K. (2011). Love on trial: The case that saved marriage in California. University of New Hampshire Press.
Porter, B. (2021). Unprotected: A memoir. Abrams Press.
Robinson, V. G. (2012). In the eye of the storm: Swept to the center by God. Seabury Books.
Rogers, R., & Rofes, E. (2014). Coming out to play. Penguin Books.
Schulman, S. (2021). Let the record show: A political history of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Scopa, M. (2018). Both sides of the fire line: Memoir of a transgender firefighter. Rowman & Littlefield.
Shepard, J. (2009). The meaning of Matthew: My son’s murder in Laramie, and a world transformed. Hudson Street Press.
Shilts, R. (1982). The mayor of Castro Street: The life and times of Harvey Milk. St. Martin’s Press.
Shilts, R. (1987). And the band played on: Politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic. St. Martin’s Press.
Shilts, R. (1993). Conduct unbecoming: Gays and lesbians in the U.S. military. St. Martin’s Press.
Solmonese, J. (2011). The gift of anger: Use passion to build not just a better world, but also a better you. The Story Plant.
Staley, P. (2021). Never silent: ACT UP and my life in activism. Chicago Review Press.
Thomas, A. (2013). Transgender: A reference handbook. ABC-CLIO.
Trachtenberg, R. (Ed.). (2005). When I knew. Regan Books.
Vines, M. (2014). God and the gay Christian: The biblical case in support of same-sex relationships. Convergent Books.
Walters, S. D. (2014). The tolerance trap: How tolerance is killing progress for LGBTQ equality. New York University Press.
Ward, J. (2015). Not gay: Sex between straight white men. New York University Press.
Wechsberg, W. M. (Ed.). (2018). HIV pioneers: Lives lost, careers changed, and survival. Springer.
Windmeyer, S. L. (1998). Out on fraternity row: Personal accounts of being gay in a college fraternity. Alyson Books.
Windmeyer, S. L. (2005). Brotherhood: Gay men write about the bonds that connect them. Alyson Books.
Windmeyer, S. L. (2006). Secret sisters: Stories of being lesbian and bisexual in a college sorority. Alyson Books.
Windmeyer, S. L., & Freeman, P. (Eds.). (2001). Coming out spiritually: The next step. Alyson Books.
Wolfson, E. (2004). Why marriage matters: America, equality, and gay people’s right to marry. Simon & Schuster.