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"An electric and seductive debut novel about a woman at a turning point in her life, and what happens when she discovers the spark that makes her feel whole again"--
After twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life. She loves her husband and sons, but she desperately needs something more than sippy cups and monthly sex. So, she returns to her career at Jager + Brandt, where a brilliant and beautiful...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Forbidden to contact her pregnant sister after her strict Catholic parents send her to stay with a great-aunt, Evie secretly sends her letters, writing about their family, her life, and the new girl in school, June, who may be more than a friend.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Med school dropout Lena is desperate for a job, any job, to help her parents, who are approaching bankruptcy after her father was injured and laid off nearly simultaneously. So, when she is offered a position, against all odds, working for one of Boston's most elite families, the illustrious and secretive Verdeaus, she knows she must accept it-no matter how bizarre the interview or how vague the job description. By day, she is assistant to the family...
Author
Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel inspired by the life of the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in 1983, follows Kate Croft who attends college in 1920 and, confused by her own sexuality, finds refuge in the rationality of biology and genetics. In 1920, having persuaded her resistant mother to send her to college, Kate Croft falls in love with science. But science turns out to be marred by human weakness. Despite her hard work and extraordinary gifts, Kate struggles, facing...
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sexual orientation (a person s sexual feelings) and sexual identity (a person s sexual self-concept) are closely related and, together, form critical parts of each human s psychological makeup. Scientists know a great deal about their biological and environmental origins, psychosocial development process, and the unique challenges inherent to non-heterosexual identities, but there is still much debate and much to be learned in this fascinating field...
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Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xv, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book provides recommendations on how to make the classroom more inclusive by discussing strategies for selecting inclusive curricular content, and also contains advice to teachers on how to handle student and institutional resistance to creating queer inclusive spaces"--
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James must navigate heart surgery, reconnections with a lost mother, the betrayal of a former best friend, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl"--
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (443 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Psycho: Disgruntled Phoenix office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. When Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer, she decides to take the money and leave town. When a tired Marion is caught in a storm, she pulls off the main highway and checks into the Bates Motel. The manager of Bates Motel is a quiet young man named Norman Bates, who seems to be dominated by his mother.
Rear window: A wheelchair bound photographer...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Desmond is Amazing is a drag-kid, model, fashion icon, and social justice activist. When he isn't slaying on the catwalk or performing drag, he's an outspoken anti-bullying and LGBTQ advocate. In this uplifting picture book about being yourself, Desmond shows how he can be amazing thanks to courageous people like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and RuPaul who paved the way for a safer, more inclusive society for LGBTQ individuals. A kid-friendly...
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Publisher
Limerence Press, an imprint of Oni-Lion Forge Press Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
71 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Asexuality is often called The Invisible Orientation. You don't learn about it in school, you don't hear "ace" on television. So, it's kinda hard to be ace in a society so steeped in sex that no one knows you exist. Too many young people grow up believing that their lack of sexual desire means they are broken - so writer Molly Muldoon and cartoonist Will Hernandez, both in the ace community, are here to shed light on society's misconceptions of asexuality...
11) Alex as well
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised as a boy, fourteen-year-old Alex, who has male and female sexual body parts, rejects the hormonal medications prescribed by his mother and decides to live as a girl.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ophelia Rojas, well known for her rose garden and her dramatic crushes on every boy in sight, begins to question her sexuality and sense of self when she starts to fall for cute, quiet Talia Sanchez in the weeks leading up to their high school prom and graduation.
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This biography tells the story of Evelyn Hooker, the woman behind the research, advocacy, and allyship that led to the removal of the "homosexuality" diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"New York City, 1966. Seventeen-year-old Mae lives in a rundown apartment with her alcoholic mother and her mother's sometimes-boyfriend, Mikey. She is turned off by the petty girls at her high school, and the sleazy men she typically meets. When she drops out, she is presented with a job offer that will remake her world entirely: she is hired as a typist for the artist Andy Warhol. Warhol is composing an unconventional novel by recording the conversations...
15) Being LGBTQ
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Whatever one chooses to call LGBTQ people, each letter represents a separate sexual orientation; moreover, all are alternatives to by far the largest single orientation in society-heterosexuality, or being "straight."anti-LGBTQ hatred, discrimination, and violence against members of the community continue to blight society; many LGBTQ people know how it feels to be treated as less than equal to straight people"--
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Tenth Anniversary edition /
Physical Desc
xv, 474 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this book, the author challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. She takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science--and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a ... discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. She argues that principal elements of Darwinian sexual selection theory are false and suggests a new theory...
18) Like other girls
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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""What if I played football?" I ask. As soon as it's out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I've overstepped some kind of invisible line we've all agreed not to discuss. We don't talk about how Mara is different from other girls. We don't talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so. But when I do stuff like this, I worry it gets harder for us all to ignore what's right in front of us. I direct my gaze to Quinn. "What do you...
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