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British LGBT Awards Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Celebrating individuals and organisations with outstanding commitment to the LGBT+ community 🏳️‍🌈🏆 2023 winners ⬇️ #BritishLGBTAwards

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Book Cover for: Gay Bar: Why We Went Out, Jeremy Atherton Lin

Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

Jeremy Atherton Lin
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Jeremy Atherton Lin’s Gay Bar' is about the importance of LGBT+ spaces 🏳️‍🌈 and it has received the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography 🏅 AND it's part of our goody bag at this year’s awards?? 😻 https://t.co/dWz6lUPBlK

Paperback, 2022

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman, Sharan Dhaliwal

Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman

Sharan Dhaliwal
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.@Sharandhaliwal is a @MetroUK 🌺 Top 10 Broadcaster, Journalist or Host 🌺 Vote for her in the #BritishLGBTAwards, oh, and grab yourself a copy of her book Burning My Roti while you're at it 😉 https://t.co/RhbGZipaIP https://t.co/vTne9oYhYb

Hardcover, 2022

$22.99Member price:$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Puberty: Exploring Hormone Replacement Therapy in a Non-Binary Trans Person, Laurence Philomene

Puberty: Exploring Hormone Replacement Therapy in a Non-Binary Trans Person

Laurence Philomene
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We said it before and we’ll say it again – we are ALWAYS here to celebrate trans+ stories! Laurence Philomene’s Puberty project is just that – an exploration of the queerness of nature 🌱 🌈 ❤️ https://t.co/afwMcjo0tt

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Book Cover for: Gender: A Graphic Guide, Meg-John Barker

Gender: A Graphic Guide

Meg-John Barker
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So excited to have got our hands on a copy of Gender: A Graphic Guide by @megjohnbarker and Jules Scheele! @iconbooks https://t.co/3ve9xH3zzo

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Book Cover for: Planning Perfect, Haley Neil

Planning Perfect

Haley Neil
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A YA novel with a main character on the asexual spectrum? Sounds page-turningly brilliant 📚🖤🤍💜 https://t.co/pIgvK0Ayto

Hardcover, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Transgender Issue: Trans Justice Is Justice for All, Shon Faye

The Transgender Issue: Trans Justice Is Justice for All

Shon Faye
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Author of the essential The Transgender Issue, and literal @voguemagazine columnist Shon Faye is a @MetroUK 🤍 Top 10 Broadcaster, Journalist or Host 💙 Vote for the one and only Shon now! #BritishLGBTAwards https://t.co/RhbGZipaIP https://t.co/W7NQgGpFnV

Paperback, 2022

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Queer: A Graphic History, Meg-John Barker

Queer: A Graphic History

Meg-John Barker
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.@Megjohnbarker and #JulesScheele's illustrated guide to understandings go gender over time ‘Queer: A Graphic History’ ‘could totally change the way you think about sex and gender.’ Have you got a copy yet?? https://t.co/AJEqAKPtij

Paperback, 2016

$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury
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Sorry Ray Bradbury called he said why are you ripping off Fahrenheit 451 🔥 School board president in Virginia is calling for books containing LGBT+ content to be BURNED as if things couldn’t get any more dystopian 🙄 https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/13/new-school-board-president-calls-burning-lgbtq-books

Paperback, 2012

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How to Be a Girl: A Mother's Memoir of Raising Her Transgender Daughter, Marlo Mack

How to Be a Girl: A Mother's Memoir of Raising Her Transgender Daughter

Marlo Mack
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Marlo Mack’s ‘How to Be A Girl’ is a raw, unflinching memoir of a parent’s experience of their child’s transition, based on the equally incredible @girlpodcast Grab your copy now! https://t.co/6opkValP0v

Paperback, 2021

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Trans: A Memoir, Juliet Jacques

Trans: A Memoir

Juliet Jacques
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‘First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.’ The British media has been pretty widely anti-trans, but journalists like Juliet Jacques are navigating the industry to advocate for change ✊🏽 🌈 https://t.co/VgkZ38cpwu

Paperback, 2016

$34.95Member price:$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book