GLBTQ

  • The 2019 Lambda Literary Awards Long List is here!

    What good are awards? Do they really mean anything? Are the winners truly better than other books, or is it just a popularity contest? We’ve known readers who only read award winners, and others who actively avoid them, on the theory that award winning books might be more admirable than enjoyable. But there is definitely… Continue reading

  • June Literary Holidays

    Here are some interesting literary holidays to enjoy in June. June is GLBT Book Month, which started as LGBT Book Month in the early 1990s. To quote the GLBT Book Month website: “[this is] a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.” In… Continue reading

  • Pride Month: Queer Cinema by Queer Directors

    “There have never been lesbians or gay men in Hollywood. Only homosexuals.” With this final despairing statement, gay film historian and activist Vito Russo ends The Celluloid Closet, his landmark study of representations of LGBTQ people in film. When Russo first published The Celluloid Closet in 1981, he could not imagine that over a decade… Continue reading

  • LGBTQ memoirs

    ~posted by Frank It’s Gay Pride month, and it’s time to take a look at some forthcoming and recently released memoirs celebrating the richness and diversity of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender lives. For a good laugh, check out Bad Kid by David Crabb as he recounts growing up goth and gay in Texas in the… Continue reading

  • Lust to love

    If you’re looking for love (or lust!) this February, look no further than the library! And who knows? You may cross paths with the person of your dreams as you reach for one of these sizzling reads. The Super Bowl may be over, but you can still score in the game of love! Especially if… Continue reading

  • Celebrate Pride with Two Seattle Films

    June is GLBTQ Pride month. Seattle Pride Fest is coming up on June 27th. The Seattle Public Library’s own Bookineers will be marching once again, so look for us there. Looking for other ways to celebrate Pride? Here are two films with ties to Seattle. Alice Wu designed software for Microsoft before she became a director.… Continue reading