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But when he learns during his wedding reception that his father has been in a terrible car accident, Davis must confront the past to determine where exactly their relationship went so wrong.

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Empower yourself by adding these inspiring books to your reading list. It starts as a joke. Corporate sponsors have overwhelmingly scaled back their Pride sponsorships and initiatives supporting the queer community, and the White House has continued its relentless assault on LGBTQ citizens particularly trans Americans.

Discover the best LGBTQ fiction books including bestsellers, award winners, and more. When Harriet Tubman shows up and calls upon disgraced music producer Darnell to help her produce a hip-hop album about her legacy, Darnell is forced to confront his own past alongside hers.

Years after fleeing from the anger of his father, a reverend and doctor, Davis is preparing to marry the man of his dreams in New York City—without his disapproving parents in attendance. So she turns for support to the only other trans woman she knows: her year-old student Abigail.

Over the course of a single summer, she sets out to go on dates with suitors of all genders in hopes of landing a marriage proposal by the beginning of the next semester. Those three months ultimately stretched into a year—which, as she chronicles in her latest lyrical work of nonfiction, turned out to be one of the most creatively, spiritually, and fulfilling periods of her life.

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At turns hilarious and heartwarming, St. Books shelved as gay: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman, Aris. Johnson was penned by a similarly singular Black transgender woman: renowned artist and organizer Tourmaline, whose work has garnered recognition from TIME, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Foundation.

So they do the only logical thing: They book a car and embark on a gay trip from Chicago to Arkansas in search of him. Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. When Erica Skyberg decides to transition, she is 35 years old, recently divorced, and working as an English teacher in rural South Dakota.

There, protagonist Kalki is a young woman coming into herself, both by exploring her queerness and by engaging in small acts of rebellion against the oppressive regime. And they know how to keep that celebration going all year long. A lesbian romance between a clown and a magician is no laughing matter in the latest novel from the acclaimed author of Mostly Dead Things and With Teeth.

When Cherry the clown meets Margot the Magnificent, she is shaken from her book on both a personal and a professional gay. In his second novel, acclaimed poet and author Ocean Vuong follows Hai, a year-old in small-town Connecticut who stands on the brink of taking his life when an elderly woman suffering from dementia convinces him to reconsider.

He soon takes a position as caretaker to the woman, a widow named Grazina, which results in the two forming a life-changing friendship over the course of the following year. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy.

Lilith, Sash, and Abraxa have never met in person, but they share a past: As teenagers, they found each other online and tried to build a video game together called Saga of the Sorceress. Following a brutal breakup, memoirist Melissa Febos decided to spend three months celibate for the first time in almost 20 years of dating.

Before long, however, Cherry must decide exactly how much she wants to risk for her new relationship—and her art. Or maybe you know her by her reputation as an It girl and fashion icon. Browse books by LGBTQ+ authors to books featuring LGBTQ characters.

The titular narrative—which follows a lumberjack exploring gender in preparation for an upcoming dance—sits cheekily alongside tales of gender apocalypse and taboo romance in this novel-and-stories collection. The first Pride was a riotafter all.

These days, people love to compare any and every lyrical queer love story to Call Me by Your Name. Celebrate with the best LGBTQ books and books with gay characters or from LGBTQ authors.