Callender, Kacen
Summary: Lark Winters wants to be a writer, and for now that means posting on their social media accounts--anything to build their platform. When former best friend Kasim accidentally posts a thread on Lark's Twitter declaring his love for a secret, unrequited crush, Lark's tweets are suddenly the talk of the school--and beyond. To protect Kasim, Lark decides to take the fall, pretending they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CALSummary: It is a vivid and engaged docu-celebration of the LGBT rights movement from the partial victory of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act to Stonewall, the Gay Liberation Front, the AIDS crisis, Legal Marriage, and finally the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. The film gives an extensive history of the course of LGBTQIA+ rights campaigning, but, more importantly, also shows how much more work there is to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AREAcker, James
Summary: Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over being "Bash the Flash," fastest sprinter in South Jersey. His dad is gone, his mom is dead, and his stepfather is clueless. Bash has no idea what he wants out of life. Until he meets Sandro. Sandro Miceli is too nice for his own good. The middle child in an always-growing, always-screaming Italian family, Sandro walks around on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACKMcCay, Layla
Summary: A compelling look at the challenges facing LGBTQ+ professionals as they navigate their careers - with advice from many senior figures who have smashed their own rainbow ceilings. There are currently only four LGBTQ+ CEOs across all Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies who are out at work, and just 0.8% of Fortune 500 board positions are filled by LGBTQ+ people. This deficit, occurring across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Business 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 MCCAntony, Steve
Summary: While on an adventure to find the Rainbowsaurus, two dads and their children are joined by a menagerie of rainbow-colored animals who want to find the Rainbowsaurus too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books 2024
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE ANTLevithan, David
Summary: "A gay Jewish man has just been elected president of the United States--or so it seems, until the governor of Kansas decides that some election results in his state are invalid and awards crucial votes to the other candidate, his fellow party member. Things quickly go very wrong--and hundreds of thousands of people flock to Kansas to protest for what they believe is right and just. Among them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LEVLubchansky, Mattie
Summary: "Newly-out trans artist's assistant Sammie is invited to an old friend's bachelor weekend in El Campo, a hedonistic wonderland of a city floating in the Atlantic Ocean's international waters -- think Las Vegas with even fewer rules. Though they have not identified as a man for over a year, Sammie's old friends haven't quite gotten the message -- as evidenced by their former best friend Adam...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LUBBrammer, John Paul
Summary: The popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer presents a memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America's heartland to becoming the "Chicano Carrie Bradshaw" of his generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRAMMER, JOHN PAUL BRADuralde, Alonso
Summary: "Just in time for Pride Month, this book is a first-of-its-kind in-depth exploration of LGBTQ+ representation from the dawn of cinema through today, from noted film critic Alonso Duralde and Turner Classic Movies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 DURGow, Robin
Summary: Twelve-year-old nonbinary B forms a connection with an anxious stray dog, Gooseberry, prompting them to pursue their dream of becoming a dog trainer while navigating the complexities of trust and building a family in their newest foster home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2024
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Summary: "Twelve-year-old Luca Salvatore is always running interference: in arguments between his younger twin siblings, in his parents' troubled marriage, and between Will, the cute new boy in town, and Luca's best friend, June, who just can't seem to get along. When the host of his favorite culinary TV show announces an open call for submissions for its final season, Luca is sure getting his family's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEATurnbull, Cadwell
Summary: The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came out of the shadows. An anti-monster group known as the Black Hand has started to organize across the United States. In response, pro-monster organizations have been growing in numbers and militancy. Targeted killings of suspected monsters and their allies, monsters spirited away in the dead of night, and the beginnings of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC TURWalls, Dale
Summary: Making a documentary about queer love that will hopefully win her a scholarship to film school, Dawn is determined to reach her goal, no matter what it takes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WALRandall, Julian
Summary: "The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is a braided story of Julian Randall’s return from the cliff edge of a harrowing depression and his determination to retrace the hustle of a white-passing grandfather to the Mississippi town from which he was driven amid threats of tar and feather. Alternatively wry, lyrical, and heartfelt, Randall transforms pop culture moments into deeply personal explorations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2024
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Summary: "From the critically acclaimed author of Something to Talk About comes Meryl Wilsner's Mistakes Were Made, a sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend's mom. When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school's Family Weekend, she isn't looking for a hookup-it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2022
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Summary: Clark is stuck in a time loop: he has woken up and relived the same monotonous Monday 309 times. Day 310 turns out to be different: his usual torturous math class is interrupted by a boy he has never seen before in all his previous Mondays. Throwing caution to the wind, Clark joints effusive and effervescent Beau on a series of errands across the Windy City: he never imagines that anything will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster BFYR 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COUHammonds, Jas
Summary: In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend, and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Summary: "A queer YA coming-of-age featuring three queer teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends and end up fighting their school's anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024
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Summary: Josefa is an unapologetic and charismatic thief, who loves the thrill of the chase. She has her eye on her biggest mark yet--the RMS Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world. But she isn't interested in stealing from wealthy first-class passengers onboard. No, she's out for the ultimate prize: the Rubiyat, a one of a kind book encrusted with gems that's worth millions. Josefa can't score...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JAIJason June
Summary: Riley Weaver has made it to junior year, which means he can finally apply for membership into the Gaybutante Society, the LGBTQ+ organization that has launched dozens of queer teens' careers in pop culture, arts and activism. When Riley overhears a superstar athlete, Skylar, say that gay guys just are interested in femme guys or else they wouldn't be gay, Riley confronts Skylar and makes a bet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JASParlett, Jack
Summary: A definitive history of New York's Fire Island examines how it has been a vital space in the history of queer America and a key influence on art, literature, culture, and politics. Poet and scholar Jack Parlett's account of Fire Island chronicles its influence on art, literature, culture, and queer liberation over the past century. Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.725 PARRose, Elle Gonzalez
Summary: From debut author Elle Gonzalez Rose comes a fresh, fun contemporary rom-com about an aspiring artist who agrees to fake date one of his family's longtime enemies in the hopes of gathering intel strong enough to take down their rivals and keep the family cabin they gambled in a risky bet. Devin Bez is prepared for a relaxing winter break after his rough, first semester of art school. Sure, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Revolution 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSBrandon, James
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Isaac Griffin sets out to find the father he has never met, only to discover that perhaps the missing pieces of his life were never missing at all. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC BRABrueggemann, Wibke
Summary: Unlike her friend Teddy, sixteen-year-old Tilly is not looking for a girlfriend, but when Teddy forms a crush on Katherine Cooper-Bunting, his co-star in their community theater production, Tilly finds herself also swooning over her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books 2024