Recs if you like How We Fight For Our Lives...

If you're looking to read something that will radicalize you...this is the list for you. Signed, your fave community organizer

May 16th is National Biographer's Day, commemorating the work of people who write about... people! We've picked out a whole pile of our favorite biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs by and about queer folks to celebrate the occasion. (This list is presented by Duck Prints Press, the indie publisher focused on publishing queer art and stories by queer creators! A group of us collaborate to make these recommendations.)

This is a collection of books from @bisexualbookshelf that examine power, history, and liberation across interconnected struggles.

I thought it would be nice to have all of them in one long list.

it’s in the name, babe

The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience.

The Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award are presented to English language works published the year prior to the announcement date. (from ala.org)

2016-2025

It's a surprise that competitive debating hasn't produced more authors; the sport naturally lends itself to the kind of interrogations and iterative explorations that I've always found akin to writing. Entries don't strictly have to feature debating (though many do!).