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Happy Pride Month! Whether you are celebrating this liberating movement by attending a parade or protest - remember you can also honor this occasion by opening a book and taking a deep dive into PRIDE. Check out the list below created by AARL and explore it's history, get lost in PRIDE around the world and catch a glimpse of the future of PRIDE.

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Outside the Xy

Outside the Xy

Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity

by boihood, bklyn

eBook - 2016

Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity is an anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays and letters--all examining what...Show more Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity is an anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays and letters--all examining what it looks like, feels like, and is like to inhabit masculinity outside of cisgendered manhood as people of color in the world. Read these passionate, complex autobiographical glimpses into the many layers of identity as the authors offer olive branches to old and new lovers. Show less

Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity is an anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays and letters--all examining what...Show more Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity is an anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays and letters--all examining what it looks like, feels like, and is like to inhabit masculinity outside of cisgendered manhood as people of color in the world. Read these passionate, complex autobiographical glimpses into the many layers of identity as the authors offer olive branches to old and new lovers. Show less

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Walking the Tightrope

Walking the Tightrope

Poetry and Prose by LGBTQ Writers From Africa

Book - 2016

Among the first of its kind, this book is composed of works by writers from different parts of Sun-Saharan Africa, including first and second generation A...Show more Among the first of its kind, this book is composed of works by writers from different parts of Sun-Saharan Africa, including first and second generation Africans in the diaspora. With this anthology, the editors seek to challenge and engage individuals and institutions that consider homosexuality immoral. Show less

Among the first of its kind, this book is composed of works by writers from different parts of Sun-Saharan Africa, including first and second generation A...Show more Among the first of its kind, this book is composed of works by writers from different parts of Sun-Saharan Africa, including first and second generation Africans in the diaspora. With this anthology, the editors seek to challenge and engage individuals and institutions that consider homosexuality immoral. Show less

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Their Own Receive Them Not

Their Own Receive Them Not

African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches

by Griffin, Horace L.

Paperback - 2010

In Their Own Receive Them Not, Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian an...Show more In Their Own Receive Them Not, Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian and gay Christians, and shares ways in which black churches can learn to reach out and confront all types of oppression--not just race--in order to do the work of the black Show less

In Their Own Receive Them Not, Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian an...Show more In Their Own Receive Them Not, Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian and gay Christians, and shares ways in which black churches can learn to reach out and confront all types of oppression--not just race--in order to do the work of the black Show less

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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

by Hartman, Saidiya V.

eBook - 2019

Beautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelph...Show more Beautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. In wrestling with the question of what a free life is, many young black women created forms of intimacy and kinship indifferent to the dictates of respectability and outside the bounds of law. Show less

Beautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelph...Show more Beautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. In wrestling with the question of what a free life is, many young black women created forms of intimacy and kinship indifferent to the dictates of respectability and outside the bounds of law. Show less

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James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination

James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination

by Brim, Matt

Book - 2014

The central figure in black gay literary history, James Baldwin has become a familiar touchstone for queer scholarship in the academy. Matt Brim's James B...Show more The central figure in black gay literary history, James Baldwin has become a familiar touchstone for queer scholarship in the academy. Matt Brim's James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination draws on the contributions of queer theory and black queer studies to critically engage with and complicate the project of queering Baldwin and his work. Brim argues that Baldwin animates and, in contrast, disrupts both the black gay literary tradition and the queer theoretical enterprise that have claimed him. Show less

The central figure in black gay literary history, James Baldwin has become a familiar touchstone for queer scholarship in the academy. Matt Brim's James B...Show more The central figure in black gay literary history, James Baldwin has become a familiar touchstone for queer scholarship in the academy. Matt Brim's James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination draws on the contributions of queer theory and black queer studies to critically engage with and complicate the project of queering Baldwin and his work. Brim argues that Baldwin animates and, in contrast, disrupts both the black gay literary tradition and the queer theoretical enterprise that have claimed him. Show less

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The Black Queer Work of Ratchet

The Black Queer Work of Ratchet

Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the (anti)politics of Respectability

by Lane, Nikki

Book - 2019

The book introduces the concept of "ratchet/boojie cultural politics" which draws from a rich body of Black intellectual traditions which interr...Show more The book introduces the concept of "ratchet/boojie cultural politics" which draws from a rich body of Black intellectual traditions which interrogate the debates concerning what is and is not "acceptable" Black (middle-class) behavior. Placing issues of non-normative sexuality at the center of the conversation about notions of propriety within normative modes of Black middle-class behavior, this book discusses what it means for Black Queer women's bodies to be present within ratchet/boojie cultural projects, asking what Black Queer women's increasing visibility does for the everyday experiences of Black queer people more broadly. Show less

The book introduces the concept of "ratchet/boojie cultural politics" which draws from a rich body of Black intellectual traditions which interr...Show more The book introduces the concept of "ratchet/boojie cultural politics" which draws from a rich body of Black intellectual traditions which interrogate the debates concerning what is and is not "acceptable" Black (middle-class) behavior. Placing issues of non-normative sexuality at the center of the conversation about notions of propriety within normative modes of Black middle-class behavior, this book discusses what it means for Black Queer women's bodies to be present within ratchet/boojie cultural projects, asking what Black Queer women's increasing visibility does for the everyday experiences of Black queer people more broadly. Show less

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Claude McKay, Code Name Sasha

Claude McKay, Code Name Sasha

Queer Black Marxism and the Harlem Renaissance

by Holcomb, Gary Edward

Book - 2007

The memoir is essential to understanding McKay's first three novels. Relying on queer theory and related language-oriented approaches, moreover, this stud...Show more The memoir is essential to understanding McKay's first three novels. Relying on queer theory and related language-oriented approaches, moreover, this study emphasizes that the key to McKay's queer black Marxism lies as much in confronting his textual absence as it does in rereading the author historically. nbsp Show less

The memoir is essential to understanding McKay's first three novels. Relying on queer theory and related language-oriented approaches, moreover, this stud...Show more The memoir is essential to understanding McKay's first three novels. Relying on queer theory and related language-oriented approaches, moreover, this study emphasizes that the key to McKay's queer black Marxism lies as much in confronting his textual absence as it does in rereading the author historically. nbsp Show less

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Unapologetic

Unapologetic

A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement

by Carruthers, Charlene

eBook - 2018

Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and f...Show more Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. This book provides a vision for how social justice movements can become sharper and more effective through principled struggle, healing justice, and leadership development. Show less

Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and f...Show more Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. This book provides a vision for how social justice movements can become sharper and more effective through principled struggle, healing justice, and leadership development. Show less

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Black/gay

Black/gay

The Harlem Renaissance, the Protest Era, and Constructions of Black Gay Identity in the 1980s and 90s

by Dickel, Simon

Book - 2012

This book explores key texts of the black gay culture of the 1980s and '90s. Starting with an analysis of the political discourse in anthologies such as I...Show more This book explores key texts of the black gay culture of the 1980s and '90s. Starting with an analysis of the political discourse in anthologies such as In the Life and Brother to Brother, it identifies the references to the Harlem Renaissance and the Protest Era as common elements of black gay discourse. Show less

This book explores key texts of the black gay culture of the 1980s and '90s. Starting with an analysis of the political discourse in anthologies such as I...Show more This book explores key texts of the black gay culture of the 1980s and '90s. Starting with an analysis of the political discourse in anthologies such as In the Life and Brother to Brother, it identifies the references to the Harlem Renaissance and the Protest Era as common elements of black gay discourse. Show less

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Queering Black Atlantic Religions

Queering Black Atlantic Religions

Transcorporeality in Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou

by Strongman, Roberto

Book - 2019

In Queering Black Atlantic Religions Roberto Strongman examines Haitian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé to demonstrate how religious...Show more In Queering Black Atlantic Religions Roberto Strongman examines Haitian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé to demonstrate how religious rituals of trance possession allow humans to understand themselves as embodiments of the divine. In these rituals, the commingling of humans and the divine produces gender identities that are independent of biological sex. As opposed to the Cartesian view of the spirit as locked within the body, the body in Afro-diasporic religions is an open receptacle. Show less

In Queering Black Atlantic Religions Roberto Strongman examines Haitian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé to demonstrate how religious...Show more In Queering Black Atlantic Religions Roberto Strongman examines Haitian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé to demonstrate how religious rituals of trance possession allow humans to understand themselves as embodiments of the divine. In these rituals, the commingling of humans and the divine produces gender identities that are independent of biological sex. As opposed to the Cartesian view of the spirit as locked within the body, the body in Afro-diasporic religions is an open receptacle. Show less

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Semi Queer

Semi Queer

Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers

by Balay, Anne

Book - 2018

Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public ...Show more Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel Show less

Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public ...Show more Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel Show less

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Evidence of Being

Evidence of Being

The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence

by Bost, Darius

Book - 2019

Evidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved m...Show more Evidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest of moments, a new vision of community and hope managed to emerge. Darius Bost's account of the media, poetry, and performance of this time and place reveals a stunning confluence of activism and the arts. Show less

Evidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved m...Show more Evidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest of moments, a new vision of community and hope managed to emerge. Darius Bost's account of the media, poetry, and performance of this time and place reveals a stunning confluence of activism and the arts. Show less

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The Queer Limit of Black Memory

The Queer Limit of Black Memory

Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution

by Richardson, Matt

Book - 2013

The Queer Limit of Black Memory brings together several theorists whose work is vital within Black studies -- Fred Moten, Saidiya Hartman, Hortense Spille...Show more The Queer Limit of Black Memory brings together several theorists whose work is vital within Black studies -- Fred Moten, Saidiya Hartman, Hortense Spillers, Frantz Fanon, and Orlando Patterson -- in service of queer readings of Black subjectivity."--Publisher's description. Show less

The Queer Limit of Black Memory brings together several theorists whose work is vital within Black studies -- Fred Moten, Saidiya Hartman, Hortense Spille...Show more The Queer Limit of Black Memory brings together several theorists whose work is vital within Black studies -- Fred Moten, Saidiya Hartman, Hortense Spillers, Frantz Fanon, and Orlando Patterson -- in service of queer readings of Black subjectivity."--Publisher's description. Show less

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Black Queer Ethics, Family, and Philosophical Imagination

Black Queer Ethics, Family, and Philosophical Imagination

by Young, Thelathia Nikki

Book - 2016

"This book acknowledges and highlights the moral excellence embedded in black queer practices of family. Taking the lives, narratives, and creative e...Show more "This book acknowledges and highlights the moral excellence embedded in black queer practices of family. Taking the lives, narratives, and creative explorations of black queer people seriously, Thelathia Nikki Young brings readers on a journey of new, queer ethical methods that include confrontation, resistance, and imagination. Young asserts that family and its surrounding norms are both microcosms of and foundations for human relationships. Show less

"This book acknowledges and highlights the moral excellence embedded in black queer practices of family. Taking the lives, narratives, and creative e...Show more "This book acknowledges and highlights the moral excellence embedded in black queer practices of family. Taking the lives, narratives, and creative explorations of black queer people seriously, Thelathia Nikki Young brings readers on a journey of new, queer ethical methods that include confrontation, resistance, and imagination. Young asserts that family and its surrounding norms are both microcosms of and foundations for human relationships. Show less

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Queer Love in Color

Queer Love in Color

by Jordan, Jamal

Book - 2021

Queer Love in Color features photographs and stories of couples and families across the United States and around the world. This singular, moving collecti...Show more Queer Love in Color features photographs and stories of couples and families across the United States and around the world. This singular, moving collection offers an intimate look at what it means to live at the intersections of queer and POC identities today, and honors an inclusive vision of love, affection, and family across the spectrum of gender, race, and age. Show less

Queer Love in Color features photographs and stories of couples and families across the United States and around the world. This singular, moving collecti...Show more Queer Love in Color features photographs and stories of couples and families across the United States and around the world. This singular, moving collection offers an intimate look at what it means to live at the intersections of queer and POC identities today, and honors an inclusive vision of love, affection, and family across the spectrum of gender, race, and age. Show less

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Queer Returns

Queer Returns

Essays on Multiculturalism, Diaspora, and Black Studies

by Walcott, Rinaldo

Book - 2016

Queer Returns returns us to the scene of multiculturalism, diaspora, and queer through the lens of Black expression, identity, and the political. The essa...Show more Queer Returns returns us to the scene of multiculturalism, diaspora, and queer through the lens of Black expression, identity, and the political. The essays question what it means to live in a multicultural society, how diaspora impacts identity and culture, and how the categories of queer and Black and Black queer complicate the political claims of multiculturalism, diaspora, and queer politics. Show less

Queer Returns returns us to the scene of multiculturalism, diaspora, and queer through the lens of Black expression, identity, and the political. The essa...Show more Queer Returns returns us to the scene of multiculturalism, diaspora, and queer through the lens of Black expression, identity, and the political. The essays question what it means to live in a multicultural society, how diaspora impacts identity and culture, and how the categories of queer and Black and Black queer complicate the political claims of multiculturalism, diaspora, and queer politics. Show less

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Queering the Color Line

Queering the Color Line

Race and the Invention of Homosexuality in American Culture

by Somerville, Siobhan B.

Book - 2000

Queering the Color Line transforms previous understandings of how homosexuality was "invented" as a category of identity in the United States be...Show more Queering the Color Line transforms previous understandings of how homosexuality was "invented" as a category of identity in the United States beginning in the late nineteenth century. Analyzing a range of sources, including sexology texts, early cinema, and African American literature, Siobhan B. Somerville argues that the emerging understanding of homosexuality depended on the context of the black/white "color line," the dominant system of racial distinction during this period. Show less

Queering the Color Line transforms previous understandings of how homosexuality was "invented" as a category of identity in the United States be...Show more Queering the Color Line transforms previous understandings of how homosexuality was "invented" as a category of identity in the United States beginning in the late nineteenth century. Analyzing a range of sources, including sexology texts, early cinema, and African American literature, Siobhan B. Somerville argues that the emerging understanding of homosexuality depended on the context of the black/white "color line," the dominant system of racial distinction during this period. Show less

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Callaloo & Other Lesbian Love Tales

Callaloo & Other Lesbian Love Tales

by Barnett, LaShonda K.

Book - 1999

A collection of stories presenting snapshots of lesbian lives. Whether the women involved are cooking food, going to see an art show or spending an aftern...Show more A collection of stories presenting snapshots of lesbian lives. Whether the women involved are cooking food, going to see an art show or spending an afternoon together, the author's youthful and exuberant first person narratives reflect on cultures, intimacy and sexuality. Show less

A collection of stories presenting snapshots of lesbian lives. Whether the women involved are cooking food, going to see an art show or spending an aftern...Show more A collection of stories presenting snapshots of lesbian lives. Whether the women involved are cooking food, going to see an art show or spending an afternoon together, the author's youthful and exuberant first person narratives reflect on cultures, intimacy and sexuality. Show less

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