Recs if you like When We Rise: My Life in the Movement...

i love when historical nonfiction is hyperspecific so

Books about HIV/AIDS. Both contemporary and historical. Emphasis on intersectionality.

Books that focus on the AIDS epidemic (mostly US, mostly the 80s-90s - though not exclusively). This includes history, sociology, cultural criticism of the time, and even fiction. This is such an important era to understand modern politics - especially queer politics and the LGBTQ+ community

A collection of queer history and historical fiction that nevertheless educates about who we are and where we come from, as a community and individually. We need to know, not only what our queer ancestors and elders went through and fought for, but how and why. So that we might love and protect each other better

Biographies, memoirs that spotlight LGBTQ+ people shaping power, influence, and justice across fields.

Memoirs and non-fiction from the queer community