Item category 2: LGBT

Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy; Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, the pair are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Insti...

Therese first glimpses Carol in the New York department store where she is working as a sales assistant. Carol is choosing a present for her daughter. Standing there at the counter, Therese suddenly feels wholly innocent - wholly unprepared for the first shock of love.

From the time she was two years old, Jazz Jennings knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel like herself in boys' clothing. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that sh...

This definitive, comprehensive history of gay cinema is structured by decade with each chapter beginning with a detailed introduction. It also includes information on gay filmmakers and actors and their influence within the industry.

In July 2012, aged 30, Juliet Jacques underwent sex reassignment surgery and felt for the first time that her body matched the person she felt she had been since childhood. Through university and then in a series of dead-end clerical jobs, Jacques felt out of place with her surroundings, and with...

Detective Inspector Hal Luchewski's life is complicated. The stress of his job is getting to him - usually in the form of hard liquor. He's still living in his dead father's shadow, his relationship with his daughter is strained, and his love life is complex to say the least - although nearly 40,...

Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover, Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking...

1979. The Pope visits Ireland, and things will never be the same again. At the Pontiff's mass in Knock, one little boy has an epiphany that will set him on the road to become the biggest, boldest, and most opinionated drag queen Ireland has ever known. This is the story of Rory O'Neill's journey ...

Based on Charlie Mortimer's life with HIV/Aids during the early years (1984-1996), when there was neither treatment nor cure, this is a poignant yet light-hearted memoir from the bestselling author of 'Dear Lupin'. Using a combination of good luck, gallows humour, Fray Bentos pies and copious qua...

What if discovering who you really are means letting go of who you've been? Toni and Gretchen are the couple everyone envied in high school. They've been together forever. They never fight. They're hopelessly in love. When they separate for their first year at college they're sure their relations...