LGBTQ+ History Month: Fiction and Nonfiction
Check out these stories of LGBTQ+ folks in times past, both historical fiction and nonfiction. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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A Place of Our Own
An in-depth look at spaces essential to lesbian culture and community.
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The Book of Salt
Set in Paris during the late 1920s and early 1930s, this uniquely told tale by debut novelist Truong features Binh, the fictionalized Vietnamese cook to literary figures Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, who narrates the tale of his life working for "my Mesdames." (Library Journal)
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Tipping the Velvet
Nan, a poor oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon that is Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser, and the two head for the bright lights of Leiscester Square ...
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In Memoriam
Henry Gaunt, a student at an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside is relieved to escape his feelings for Sidney Ellwood when he enlists to fight in World War I, but is horrified when all his classmates join him.
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