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Library Guides

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the library

Works by LGBT+ authors, historical and contemporary. There are also some links to more expansive LGBT+ reading lists.

Reading Lists

A Pile of books deadling with LGBT+ issues

The lived experiences of transgender, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, agender, and non-binary people. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of LGBT+ people with disabilities including learning difficulties, ADHD/ADD, autism spectrum disorder, mental health conditions, and/or physical impairments or who are deaf/hard of hearing or blind/partially sighted. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of LGBT+ people with disabilities including learning difficulties, ADHD/ADD, autism spectrum disorder, mental health conditions, and/or physical impairments or who are deaf/hard of hearing or blind/partially sighted. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of asexual (ace), aromantic (aro) and a-spec (umbrella term for all identities on the asexual and/or aromantic spectrum) people. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of asexual (ace), aromantic (aro) and a-spec (umbrella term for all identities on the asexual and/or aromantic spectrum) people. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of bisexual (bi) people. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of bisexual (bi) people. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of LGBT+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and Middle Eastern-descent. (LGBT+)

The lived experiences of LGBT+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and Middle Eastern-descent. (LGBT+)

LGBT+ and Queer Literature and History

Before We Were Trans

Lost gay novels : a reference guide to fifty works from the first half of the twentieth century

Music and the Queer Body in English Literature at the Fin de Siècle

Drag Histories, Herstories and Hairstories

Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture Under Postsocialism

Homoeroticism in Imperial China : a sourcebook

Others of my kind : transatlantic transgender histories

Queering the gothic

Curiouser : on the queerness of children

Queer Livability

Sport, Identity and Inclusion in Europe : the experiences of LGBT people in sport

LGBTQ+ Literature in the West: From Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century

Gender outlaw : on men, women, and the rest of us

Female Husbands : A Trans History

James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination

Transgender history : the roots of today's revolution

Strange sisters: the art of lesbian pulp fiction, 1949-1969

Indomitable : the life of Barbara Grier

Sylvia Townsend Warner : a biography

LGBT+ Today

Beyond desire : understanding asexuality in the modern world

Queer Beyond London

The Oxford Handbook of Music and Queerness

Homophobic bullying research and theoretical perspectives

Queer Voices in Hip Hop

Headcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness

Supporting trans people of colour: how to make your practice inclusive

The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers

None of the above : reflections on life beyond the binary

Exploring LGBT Spaces and Communities

The Transgender Studies Reader

Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders

Same sex intimacies : families of choice and other life experiments

Queering the Popular Pitch

Queerness in Heavy Metal Music

Gender Outlaws : The Next Generation

Trans* : a quick and quirky account of gender variability

Same-Sex Families and Legal Recognition in Europe