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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Arts and entertainment, Actors biography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography
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Actress, who won an Emmy in 2010 for her role as coach Sue Sylvester in television's Glee, discusses stumbling blocks--including…
drinking and anxiety--and lucky breaks she has encountered on her path to fame. Describes coming to terms with her sexual orientation and meeting her wife. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
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LGBTQ+ biography
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Le quadruple champion du monde de danse sur glace raconte la difficulté d'assumer son homosexualité et les moments traumatisants qu'il…
a vécus à cause de l'homophobie. Il révèle la solitude, les mots blessants et l'humiliation qui l'ont hanté. Son témoignage vise aussi à aider les personnes dans la même situation.
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Family and relationships, Canadian non-fiction, LGBTQ+ biography
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L’objectif de cet ouvrage est de brosser un tableau de l’homosexualité masculine au Québec, des débuts de la colonie à…
aujourd’hui. Il y est question d’événements historiques déterminants, de mouvements sociaux et de morale publique, de descentes de police et d’organismes communautaires, de colloques et de conférences, des foudres de la censure, du Front de libération homosexuel et du bill Omnibus. Il y est question de cinéma, littérature, danse, bande dessinée, théâtre et arts visuels ; de réalisateurs, écrivains, artistes, danseurs et photographes dont les œuvres se sont avérées marquantes.
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Actors biography, Anthologies, LGBTQ+ biography
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"An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate—and most importantly—a happy human being. A wonderful…
book that is funny, honest, fearless, and generous in its vulnerability." — Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain There is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and class and circumstances portended for me was not even remotely close to the one I now navigate. But logic is a science and living is an art. The release I felt in writing my first memoir, Not My Father's Son, was matched only by how my speaking out empowered so many to engage with their own trauma. I was reminded of the power of my words and the absolute duty of authenticity. But... No one ever fully recovers from their past. There is no cure for it. You just learn to manage and prioritize it. I believe the second you feel you have triumphed or overcome something – an abuse, an injury to the body or the mind, an addiction, a character flaw, a habit, a person – you have merely decided to stop being vigilant and embraced denial as your modus operandi. And that is what this book is about, and for: to remind you not to buy in to the Hollywood ending. Ironically maybe, much of Baggage chronicles my life in Hollywood and how, since I recovered from a nervous breakdown at 28, work has repeatedly whisked me away from personal calamities to sets and stages around the world. It is also about marriage(s): starting with the break-up of my first (to a woman) and ending with the ascension to my second (to a man) with many kissed toads in between! But in everything, each failed relationship or encounter with a legend (Liza! X Men! Gore Vidal! Kubrick! Spice Girls!), in every bad decision or moment of sensual joy I have endeavored to show what I have learned and how I've become who I am today: a happy, flawed, vulnerable, fearless middle-aged man, with a lot of baggage. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook
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Family and relationships, LGBTQ+ biography
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One LGBTQ family's inspiring, heartfelt story of the many alternative paths that lead to a loving family, with lessons for…
every parent Trystan and Biff had been dating for just a year when the couple learned that Biff's niece and nephew were about to be removed from their home by Child Protective Services. Immediately, Trystan and Biff took in one-year-old Hailey and three-year-old Lucas, becoming caregivers overnight to two tiny survivors of abuse and neglect. From this unexpected start, the young couple built a loving marriage and happy home-learning to parent on the job. They adopted Hailey and Lucas, tied the knot, and soon decided to try for a baby that Trystan, who is transgender, would carry. Trystan's groundbreaking pregnancy attracted media fanfare, and the family welcomed baby Leo in 2017. In this inspiring memoir, Trystan shares his unique story alongside universal lessons that will help all parents through the trials of raising children. How We Do Family is a refreshing new take on family life for the LGBTQ community and beyond. Through every tough moment and touching memory, Trystan shows that more important than getting things right is doing them with love
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Biography, LGBTQ+ biography, Food and drink
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In the first portrait of James Beard in twenty-five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard's life…
and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dean of American Cookery" to give voice to the gourmet's complex, queer life and, in the process, illuminates the history of American food in the twentieth century. At a time when stuffy French restaurants and soulless Continental cuisine prevailed, Beard invented something strange and new: the notion of an American cuisine. Informed by previously overlooked correspondence, years of archival research, and a close reading of everything Beard wrote, this majestic biography traces the emergence of personality in American food while reckoning with the outwardly gregarious Beard's own need for love and connection, arguing that Beard turned an unapologetic pursuit of pleasure into a new model for food authors and experts. In stirring, novelistic detail, The Man Who Ate Too Much brings to life a towering figure, a man who still represents the best in eating and yet has never been fully understood-until now. This is biography of the highest order, a book about the rise of America's food written by the celebrated writer who fills in Beard's life with the color and meaning earlier generations were afraid to examine
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LGBTQ+ biography, Journals and memoirs, Literature biography
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A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction
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Biography, Family and relationships, Social issues, LGBTQ+ biography, Literature biography, Aging (social issues), Medicine, Parenting
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Hodgman, in between New York City editing jobs, describes returning to Paris, Missouri, to act as his widowed mother's caretaker.…
He delves into their shared perfectionist loner personalities--now colored by prickly ninety-one-year-old Betty's memory problems and failing health, and her only child's drug past and homosexuality. Some strong language. 2015
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Arts and entertainment, General non-fiction, LGBTQ+ biography
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A funny, daring, bawdy and incredibly honest memoir from the anti-ageist, anti-body shaming, pro-sex advocate and erotic provocateur.Over the course…
of his 35-year career in show business, David Pevsner has done it all. He’s acted on Broadway, off-Broadway, in independent films and on numerous TV network shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family and Criminal Minds. As he continues his career in entertainment, Pevsner has also dedicated himself to exploring his deepest sexual fantasies. In his late 30s he became a mature male escort and over the last several years has attracted a large international fan base through his blog of erotic photographs celebrating nudity and sexuality. Damn Shame is David Pevsner’s incredible story and is a passionate and poignant look at one man’s journey from a thin, shy boy ashamed of his body and sexuality to a defiant, fearless everyman exploring his erotic desires, everything from leather and S&M to nude/erotic/hardcore modelling. Along the way, he fights back against society’s demonization of gay sex, body shaming and ageism while pursuing his own very personal definition of success and seeking love, validation and self-esteem. Damn Shame gives a loud and powerful voice to a generation of mature men who have been conditioned to believe from society (and especially younger members of the gay community) that they are sexually irrelevant, old and undesirable. Pevsner’s life story goes in directions that many couldn’t imagine, but the lessons learned through his experiences will resonate with readers of every age.
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Vivek Shraya a des raisons d'avoir peur des hommes. Tout cela a commencé lorsque, enfant, on la maltraitait parce qu'elle…
n'était pas assez garçon; cela s'est poursuivi lorsque, adulte, on l'a punie parce qu'elle n'était pas assez femme, ou parce qu'elle en était une tout simplement. Pour Shraya, il n'y a pas d'échappatoire, que des stratégies de survie, de la performance forcée de la virilité de sa vie d'avant aux contraintes quotidiennes que lui imposent aujourd'hui sa vie de femme trans, cible de toutes les cruautés, les humiliations, les déconsidérations. Dans une écriture franche et bouleversante, elle livre un témoignage lucide sur le fil qui relie la masculinité toxique, la misogynie, l'homophobie et la transphobie.
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Politics and government, Biography, Social issues, Health and medicine, LGBTQ+ biography, Journals and memoirs, Medicine
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HIV-positive gay rights and AIDS activist discusses his Catholic upbringing in Iowa, sexual abuse by trusted adults, time in politics,…
and growth as an activist. Details the impact of AIDS on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community in the 1980s and 1990s. Some descriptions of sex. 2014
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LGBTQ+ biography
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« Quelle identité de genre vous définit ? » Cette stupide question ! Celle qui me trotte dans la tête…
depuis que je l'ai lue dans un formulaire. Je dois me rendre à l'évidence, j'y pense constamment. Elle m'a fait comprendre pourquoi je me suis toujours senti différent. J'ai eu beau les enterrer sous une épaisse couche de déni et d'évitement, mes questionnements ne sont pas disparus. À sa première journée au cégep, Mickaël revoit Chihiro, une connaissance avec qui il se lie rapidement d'amitié. Quand il l'accompagne à une soirée de l'association LGBTQ+ qu'elle fréquente, sa vie bascule. Car derrière la façade parfaite qu'il s'est créée se cache une haine de lui-même et de son corps.
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Poetry, LGBTQ+ biography
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Poet uses contrasting imagery to show the ways the world around him is changing as he ages and makes life-altering…
decisions. In the title piece Galassi reflects on the social pressures that forced him to deny he was gay, even though his parents never made him do so. 2012
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Humour, Social issues, LGBTQ+ biography, Self help, Actors biography, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Essays, Computers and internet
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Collection of thirty-two humorous personal essays by Oakley (born 1989), known for his social-media presence and LGBT advocacy efforts. Discusses…
familial and romantic relationships, popular culture in the twenty-first century, and events he has taken part in thanks to his YouTube channel. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2015
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De Sylvia Rivera à Monique Wittig en passant par Armistead Maupin, Craig Rodwell, Charlot Jeudy ou Audre Lorde, quarante nouveaux…
portraits de personnalités qui ont, à leur échelle, oeuvré en faveur des droits et de la reconnaissance des minorités sexuelles.
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LGBTQ+ biography, Actors biography, Arts and entertainment
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time…
Tony Award–winning actor and playwright, revealing never-before-told stories of his personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, and of his fabled career Harvey Fierstein&’s legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood and back. He&’s received accolades and awards for acting in and/or writing an incredible string of hit plays, films, and TV shows: Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, Cheers, La Cage Aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy, Newsies, and Kinky Boots . While he has never shied away from the spotlight, Mr. Fierstein says that even those closest to him have never heard most of the tales—of personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, of his fabled career—revealed in these wildly entertaining pages. I Was Better Last Night bares the inner life of this eccentric nonconforming child from his roots in 1952 Brooklyn, to the experimental worlds of Andy Warhol and the Theatre of the Ridiculous, to the gay rights movements of the seventies and the tumultuous AIDS crisis of the eighties, through decades of addiction, despair, and ultimate triumph. Mr. Fierstein&’s candid recollections provide a rich window into downtown New York City life, gay culture, and the evolution of theater (of which he has been a defining figure), as well as a moving account of his family&’s journey of acceptance. I Was Better Last Night is filled with wisdom gained, mistakes made, and stories that come together to describe an astonishingly colorful and meaningful life. Lucky for us all, his unique and recognizable voice is as engaging, outrageously funny, and vulnerable on the page.
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Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Vogue , BuzzFeed , Bustle , Marie Claire , Harper's…
Bazaar , Electric Lit , Thrillist , Glamour , CNN, and Shondaland "Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable...every page twinkles with brilliance." —Refinery29 Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick Mirror , a funny, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, relationships, pop culture, the internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices today. Jill Gutowitz's life—for better and worse—has always been on a collision course with pop culture. There's the time the FBI showed up at her door because of something she tweeted about Game of Thrones . The pop songs that have been the soundtrack to the worst moments of her life. And of course, the pivotal day when Orange Is the New Black hit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jill's own sexuality. In these honest examinations of identity, desire, and self-worth, Jill explores perhaps the most monumental cultural shift of our lifetimes: the mainstreaming of lesbian culture. Dusting off her own personal traumas and artifacts of her not-so-distant youth she examines how pop culture acts as a fun house mirror reflecting and refracting our values—always teaching, distracting, disappointing, and revealing us. Girls Can Kiss Now is a fresh and intoxicating blend of personal stories, sharp observations, and laugh-out-loud humor. This timely collection of essays helps us make sense of our collective pop-culture past even as it points the way toward a joyous, uproarious, near—and very queer—future
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Biography of persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ biography, Journals and memoirs
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A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and…
cultural icon of the international Deaf community Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle "failed" his first test—a hearing test—to the joy and excitement of his parents. In this engrossing memoir, Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now, Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him. A college math major and athlete at Gallaudet—the famed university for the Deaf in Washington, DC—Nyle was drawn as a young man to acting, and dove headfirst into the reality show competitions America's Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars—ultimately winning both competitions. Deaf Utopia is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem—a proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle's primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers, parents, and grandparents, Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience. Deaf Utopia is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smart—both a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook
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Christianity, LGBTQ+ biography, Journals and memoirs
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The body that Robyn Henderson-Espinoza inhabits is a nonbinary body, a trans body, a body in two races-and a body…
continually in discovery. Theirs is also a body on sojourn invested in experience, body understanding, and engagement in and for human thriving. Henderson-Espinoza relates coming into a new body story, beginning with the deep emotional work of connecting the abstract intelligence of their mind with their body's intelligence, to explore the relationship between living and becoming, doing and listening. Combining that deep listening and living with their work in activism, Body, Becoming offers us a way of understanding the body beyond constructions-political or medical-industrial-complex defined-toward cultivating the body as important in our endeavors to build a more inclusive vision for democracy. Mixing memoir and faith, somatics theory and body practice, Henderson-Espinoza steers us through territory both familiar and difficult-as we discover embodiment as the primary place of deep wisdom, where culture shifts originate and materialize-and a better world becomes, as we too become
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Self help, LGBTQ+ biography
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Le témoignage de cette femme américaine, mère de trois enfants, qui a décidé de vivre au grand jour son amour…
pour une autre femme. En partageant son histoire, elle souhaite inspirer les personnes à vivre selon leur intuition, sans chercher à plaire ou à respecter à tout prix les normes dictées par la société.