This page is inspired by Adeeba Rana, Branch Manager at Bedford, Brooklyn Public Library. She pointed us to these lists of queer and trans books. What an amazing resource!
Remembrance, Resistance, Resilience: Reading Trans Lives, Fostering Trans Allyship
by BklynDjazZ
Brooklyn Public Library, Booklist: Staff Slections
November 20 marks Trans Day of Remembrance, an annual memorial for our murdered kin. The day gives us space to grieve the siblings—overwhelmingly Black trans women and femmes—who were pushed out of this world too soon.” –ChaKiara Tucker, Forward Together / / / / / This booklist offers prose, poetry, essays, and educational materials for trans people and trans allies.
You've Been Accepted: Queer and Trans-Inclusive Magic Schools
by Jessica
You see, I was a deeply closeted gay kid living in a rural, small town. I didn’t know it then, but I was looking to these magic schools as doorways to other worlds in order to escape and find reassurance that I wasn’t alone. Every time that J.K. Rowling revealed information that wasn’t in her books, she was showing her readers what she thought was important. The fact that she shouted “Dumbledore is gay!” and everyone praised her never sat right with me. What she was saying in that moment wasn’t “Queer people have a place at Hogwarts,” but instead “Queer people’s identities don’t really matter to who they are.” Even as I proclaimed, “Yes, I’m a Ravenclaw!” I quietly wondered, “But would they even want me there?” Rowling has made it clear lately that she wouldn’t. She’s started saying that quiet part out loud - that queerness (especially trans and non-binary identities) isn’t real and that queer kids have no place in her world.
LQB2 Reads
Lawrence shares his takeaways and top quotes. This is a hidden trove of abundance!