The intention of this list is for members of the Gal’s Guide LGBTQ+Ally group to share media materials that are helpful to LGBTQ+ persons, as well as media that is helpful to allies for empathy and knowledge building.
Please Note: Like most of us, our group has a large to-be-read pile, that being said there might be A-MAZE-ING books that are not yet on this list only because no one in our group has read it yet.
Young Readers Biographies
- I am Billie Jean King by Brad Meltzer (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
- Pauli Murray by Rosita Stevens-Holsey & Terry Catsaus Jennings (Available at the Gal’s Guide Library)
- Megan Rapinoe (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Available at the Gal’s Guide Library)
- Lorraine Hansberry by Janet Tripp (Available at the Gal’s Guide Library)
- Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell (Available at the Gal’s Guide Library)
- Jane Addams by Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brinell Fradin (Available at the Gal’s Guide Library)
- Stateswomen to the World: A Story about Eleanor Roosevelt by Maryann N. Weidt (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
- Billie Jean! by Mara Rockliff (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
- Abby Wambach by John Bankston (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
Young Readers Non Fiction
- It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
- Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman & Holly Hatam
Young Readers Fiction
- Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
- Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
Teen Fiction
- The Moon Within by Aida Salazar (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
- Rebel Robin (Strangers Things Novel) by A.R. Capetta
- Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee & Michael Dante DiMartino
- Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee
- House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- Hark by John Russell Gordon
- They Both Die in the End by Adam Silvera
- Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
- Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
- We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (Available at the Gal’s Guide Library)
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
- Loveless by Alice Oseman
Graphic Novel
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
- I’m in Love with the Villainess by Inori
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica by Magica Quartet (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
- Drama by Raina Telgemeier (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
- Komi Can’t Communicate by Tomohito Oda
- Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas
- Sheets by Brenna Thummler (Available at Gal’s Guide Library)
- Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill
- Lumberjanes by N.D. Stevenson & Grace Ellis & Shannon Watters (Available at the Gal’s Guide Library)
- Fence by C.S. Pacat & Rebecca Nalty
- Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way
Fiction
- Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
- Finna by Nino Cipri
- Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
- Not Quite Out by Louise Willingham
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Got an LGBTQ+ title you’ve read and recommend? Let us know in the comments!
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