24
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by jlabrincha@lemmygrad.ml to c/lgbt@lemmygrad.ml

I recently read, from Édouard Louis, Who Killed my Father, and Collapse - which I reeeally recommend. I also bought James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room and Another Country and I'm looking forward to reading them. And in the meanwhile I wanted to get some more suggestions, so thanks in advance :) ✊🏳️‍🌈

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] sunbleachedfly@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

One of my favorite books is called Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom which is a book about trans existence being pushed into the edges of society. I cried multiple times - its beautiful and devastating and very well written.

Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash was a book about a lesbian whose parents were sued during the Satanic Panic & it essentially ruined their lives & shattered the family. I personally view it as an individual perspective on class just because I know a lot of the Satanic Panic was a cultural manifestation of deindustrialization, most acutely felt in the Rust Belt.

I personally enjoyed Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White which is about a trans man in a small town in Appalachia whose family is in a blood feud with a sheriff's family when his like great great grandfather incited a miners rebellion & the sheriff publicly executed him. Class is pretty obvious in this one. The same author has a couple other books too which I enjoyed.

[-] jlabrincha@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks so much for the suggestions and (personal) descriptions. I will read all of them :)

this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2025
24 points (100.0% liked)

LGBTQ+

1361 readers
2 users here now

For anything and everything to do with the LGBTQ+ community!

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS