2SLGBTQ+ Recommended Media by Brampton Library

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ADULT FICTION Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman (2008) Dead Dead Girls - Nekesa Afia (2021) You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat (2020) Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur (2020) Lie with Me - Philippe Besson (2019) A Beautiful Crime - Christopher Bollen (2020) Theory - Dionne Brand (2018) Bestiary - K-Ming Chang (2020) Homesick: Stories - Nino Cipri (2019) Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water - Zen Cho A Master of Djinn - P. Djèlí Clark (2021) How to Find a Princess - Alyssa Cole (2021) Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth (2020) Exciting Times - Naoise Dolan (2020) The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue (2020) Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis - Nicky Drayden (2021) Butter Honey Pig Bread - Francesca Ekwuyasi (2020) Learned Behaviors - Jayce Ellis (2020) The Death of Vivek Oji - Akwaeke Emezi (2020) Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo (2019) Pizza Girl - Jean Kyoung Frazier (2020) Upright Women Wanted - Sarah Gailey (2020) Cleanness - Garth Greenwell (2020) Ammonite - Nicola Griffith (2020) Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall (2020) Star Eater - Kerstin Hall (2021) The Kill Club - Wendy Heard (2019) Crosshairs - Catherine Hernandez (2020) Take a Hint, Dani Brown - Talia Hibbert (2020) The Prophets - Robert Jones Jr. (2021) The Thirty Names of Night - Zeyn Joukhadar (2020) The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (2020) Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery - Rosalie Knecht (2020) This Is Major - Shayla Lawson (2020) Too Much Lip - Melissa Lucashenko (2020) After Francesco - Brian Malloy (2021)

A Desolation Called Peace - Arkady Martine (2021) All My Mother's Lovers - Ilana Masad (2020) Romance in Marseille - Claude McKay (2020) Skye Falling - Mia McKenzie (2021) One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston (2021) Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir (2020) Shut Up You're Pretty - Téa Mutonji (2019) Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters (2021) Soulstar - C.L. Polk (2021) The Seep - Chana Porter (2020) Little Fish - Casey Plett (2018) Black Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse (2020) Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers (2021) Tell me how you Really Feel - Aminah Mae Safi (2019) Two Rogues Make a Right - Cat Sebastian (2020) Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (2020) Subtweet - Vivek Shraya (2020) The Prettiest Star - Carter Sickels (2020) Sorrowland / The Deep - Rivers Solomon (2021) Fortune Favors the Dead - Stephen Spotswood (2020) This Town Sleeps - Dennis E. Staples (2020) Exile Music - Jennifer Steil (2020) All Adults Here - Emma Straub (2020) Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart (2020)) Tack & Jibe - Lilah Suzanne (2020) A Country for Dying - Abdellah Taia (2020) Filthy Animals / Real Life Brandon Taylor (2021) Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas (2020) Bath Haus - P.J. Vernon (2021) The Chosen and the Beautiful - Nghi Vo (2021) On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong (2019) A Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics – Olivia Waite (2019) Memorial - Bryan Washington (2020) Something to Talk About – Meryl Wilsner (2020) Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead (2018) Frankissstein - Jeanette Winterson (2019) How Much of These Hills is Gold - C Pam Zhang (2020)

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ADULT NON-FICTION Gender: Your Guide - Lee Airton (2018) Angry Queer Somali Boy - Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She. Dennis Baron (2020) Queer Cosmos - Colin Bedell (2019) History of My Brief Body - Billy Ray Belcourt (2020) The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard, John Birdsall (2020) Punch Me Up to the Gods - Brian Broome (2021) Karamo - Karamo Brown (2019) Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons - John Paul Brammer (2021) All the Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks (2020) Becoming a Man - P. Carl (2020) A Two-Spirit Journey - Ma Nee Chacaby (2016) How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Alexander Chee (2018) Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex - Angela Chen (2020) The Gospel of Breaking - Jillian Christmas (2020) Officer Clemmons - Dr. François S. Clemmons (2020) Boy Erased – Garrard Conley (2016) Care Of - Ivan Coyote (2021) Untamed - Glennon Doyle (2020) Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir - Akwaeke Emezi You’re in the Wrong Bathroom Laura Erickson-Schroth (2017) The Gay Revolution - Lillian Faderman (2015) Me, Myself, They - Joshua Ferguson (2019) Naturally Tan : A Memoir - Tan France (2019) The Book of Pride - Mason Funk (2019) Queers were Here: Heroes of queer Canada Robin Ganev (2016) Not That Bad / Hunger - Roxane Gay (2018) We Have Always Been Here - Samra Habib (2019) A Brief History of Oversharing - Shawn Hitchins (2017) Mercury and Me - Jim Hutton (2019) Wow, No Thank You - Samantha Irby (2020) How We Fight for Our Lives - Saeed Jones (2019) Love Lives Here - Amanda Jette Knox (2019) Angels in America - Tony Kushner (1996)

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across - Mary Lambert (2018) Trans Like Me - C.N. Lester (2018) My Sister - Selenis Leyva (2020) Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System that Failed Toronto's Queer Community - Justin Ling (2020) A Burst of Light: And Other Essays - Audre Lorde (2017) In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado (2019) Black Girl, Call Home - Jasmine Mans (2021) Aphrodite Made Me Do It - Trista Mateer (2019) Mamaskatch : a Cree coming of age - Darrel J. McLeod (2018) No Ashes in the Fire - Darnell L. Moore (2018) Something That May Shock & Discredit You Daniel M. Ortberg (2020) The Groom Will Keep his Name - Matt Ortile (2020) Care Work - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (2018) Diary of a Drag Queen - Crystal Rasmussen (2020) Beautiful on the Outside - Adam Rippon (2019) My Autobiography of Carson McCullers - Jenn Shapland It Was Never Going to Be Okay - Jaye Simpson (2020) She Wants It - Jill Soloway (2018) Conscious Creative - Kelly Small (2021) The Fire Never Goes Out - Noelle Stevenson (2020) She/He/They/Me: For the Sisters, Misters, and Binary Resisters - Robyn Ryle (2019) This One Looks Like a Boy - Lorimer Shenher (2019) I’m Afraid of Men - Vivek Shraya (2018) Homie: Poems - Danez Smith (2020) Fairest: A Memoir - Meredith Talusan (2020) I Hope We Choose Love: A trans girl’s notes from the end of the world - Kai Cheng Thom (2019) Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America R. Eric Thomas (2020) Disintegrate/Dissociate - Arielle Twist (2019) Over the Top - Jonathan Van Ness (2019) Born Both: An Intersex life - Hida Viloria (2017) The Fixed Stars - Molly Wizenberg (2020) Woman Enough - Kristen Worley (2019) A Dutiful Boy - Mohsin Zaidi (2021) Everything is Awful & you’re a Terrible Person Daniel Zomparelli (2017)

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YOUNG ADULT FICTION Clap when you Land - Elizabeth Acevedo (2020) Ace of Spades - Faridah Abike-Iyimide (2021) Cool for the Summer - Dahlia Adler (2021) How it all Blew Up – Arvin Ahmadi (2020) Yes No Maybe So/Creekwood - Becky Albertalli (2020) Weight of the Stars - K Ancrum (2019) Black Flamingo - Dean Atta (2020) Hold My Hand - Michael Barakiva (2019) Winter Duke - Claire Eliza Bartlett (2020) Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust (2020) This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron (2021) The Ship We Built - Lexi Bean (2020) Bruised - Tanya Boteju (2021) Sasha Masha - Agnes Borinsky (2020) Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender (2020) Sword in the Stars - Amy Rose Capetta (2020) Once and Future - Amy Rose Capetta (2019) The Never Tilting World - Rin Chupeco (2020) Red Scrolls of Magic - Cassandra Clare (2019) The Scapegracers - Hannah Abigail Clarke (2020) Of Ice and Shadows - Audrey Coulthurst (2020) Sky Blues - Robbie Couch (2021) I Wish You the Best - Mason Deaver (2019) Sound of Stars - Alechia Dow (2020) Verona Comics / Hot dog girl - Jennifer Dugan (2020) The Fascinators - Andrew Eliopulos (2020) Pet – Akwaeke Emezi (2019) Spellhacker - M.K. England (2020) Passing Playbook - Isaac Fitzsimons (2021) Break in Case of Emergency - Brian Francis (2019) When We Were Magic - Sarah Gailey (2020) Annie on my mind – Nancy Garden (1982) Off the Record - Camryn Garrett (2021) Girl Mans Up - M-E Girard (2016) Only Mostly Devastated - Sophie Gonzales (2020) Her Royal Highness - Rachel Hawkins (2019)

Girl Crushed - Katie Heaney (2020) We Contain Multitudes - Sarah Henstra (2019) Every Body Looking - Candice Iloh (2020) The Deathless Divide - Justina Ireland (2020) Yesterday Is History - Kosoko Jackson (2021) Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar (2021) The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar (2020) Rise to the Sun - Leah Johnson (2021) You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson (2020) The Afterward - E.K. Johnston (2020) Fire Song - Adam Garnet Jones (2018) A Song Only I Can Hear - Barry Jonsberg (2020) We are Totally Normal - Rahul Kanakia (2020) Let’s Talk about Love - Claire Kann (2018) The The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali - Sabina Khan (2019) Darius the Great Deserves Better - Adib Khorram (2020) The Music of What Happens - Bill Konigsberg (2019) We Are Okay - Nina LaCour (2017) The Boy in the Red Dress – Kristin Lambert (2020) Be Dazzled - Ryan La Sala (2020) Meet Cute Diary - Emery Lee (2021) 19 Love Songs - David Levithan (2020) The Lucky List - Rachael Lippincott (2021) Elatsoe - Darcie Little Badger (2020) Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (2021) I'll Be the One - Lyla Lee (2020) Gentleman’s guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee 19 Love Songs - David Levithan (2020) Spin the Dawn - Elizabeth Lim (2019) Red Skies Falling - Alex London (2020) Ship it - Britta Lundin (2018) Rules for Vanishing - Kate Alice Marshall (2020) Dark & Deepest Red - Anna-Marie McLemore (2020) Stay Gold - Toby McSmith (2020) We Unleash the Merciless Storm - Tehlor Kay Mejia (2020) Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (2021) Out Now: Queer we go again! – Saundra Mitchell (2020)

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YOUNG ADULT FICTION cont. Fragile Remedy - Maria Ingrande Mora (2020) One of the Good Ones - Maika Moulite (2021) Ramona Blue - Julie Murphy (2017) Like a Love Story - Abdi Nazemian (2019) Girls of Paper and Fire series – Natasha Ngan (2019) War Girls - Tochi Onyebuchi (2020) There Will Come a Darkness - Katy Rose Pool (2019) Blood Countess - Lana Popovic (2019) Wilder Girls - Rory Power (2019) Crown of Feathers series - Nicki Pau Preto (2019) Late to the Party - Kelly Quindlen (2020) I Hope You Get This Message - Farah Naz Rishi (2019) Juliet Takes a Breath - Gabby Rivera (2016) Camp - L.C. Rosen (2020) Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstarts a Team - Kit Rosewater (2021) Any Way the Wind Blows - Rainbow Rowell (2021) Trouble Girls - Julia Lynn Rubin (2021) The Midnight Lie - Marie Rutkoski (2020) The Shadow Mission - Shamim Sarif (2020) Infinite Noise - Lauren Shippen (2020) Infinity Son - Adam Silvera (2020) Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (2020) We Used to Be Friends - Amy Spalding (2020) The Gravity of Us - Phil Stamper (2020) These Witches won’t Burn series - Isabel Sterling (2019) Dress Codes for Small Towns - Courtney Stevens (2019) Love & Other Natural Disasters - Misa Sugiura (2021) Pulp - Robin Talley (2018) Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas (2020) Mermaid, the Witch & the Sea - Maggie Tokuda-Hall (2020) Carmilla - Kim Turrisi (2019) Crier’s War - Nina Varela (2019) If we were us – K. L. Walther (2020) Date me, Bryson Keller – Kevin van Whye (2020) Avatar, the Last Airbender: Rise of Kyoshi - F.C. Yee (2020)

TeenBookCloud has a collection of LGBT ebooks YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION Proud to Play: Canadian Athletes who made history - Erin Silver (2020) Some Assembly Required - Arin Andrews (2014) Transgender Teen: a handbook for parents & professionals supporting transgender & non-binary teens - Stephanie Brill This Book Is Gay - James Dawson (2015) All Boys Aren't Blue - George M. Johnson (2020) Rethinking Normal - Katie Rain Hill (2014) Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out - Susan Kuklin LGBTQ Human Rights Movement - Theresa Morelock (2017) Gay & Lesbian History for Kids - Jerome Pohlen (2015) Queer, There, and Everywhere - Sarah Prager (2017) Rainbow Revolutionaries - Sarah Prager (2020) It Gets Better - Dan Savage (Editor) (2011) Queer Heroes - Arabelle Sicardi (2019) Transphobia: Deal With It - J. Wallace Skelton (2016) To Night Owl From Dogfish - Holly Goldberg Sloan (2019) The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (2020) Speaking Out - Rachelle Lee Smith (2014) Homophobia: Deal with It - Steven Solomon (2013) List of Things That Will Not Change - Rebecca Stead (2020) Pride: the celebration & the struggle - Robin Stevenson (2020) Beyond the Gender Binary - Alok Vaid-Menon (2020)

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CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS Worm Loves Worm - J.J. Austrian (2016) Morris Micklewhite & the Tangerine Dress Christine Baldacchino (2014) Odd Bird Out - Helga Bansch (2011) Henry Holton takes the Ice - Sandra Bradley (2015) I am Perfectly Designed - Karamo Brown (2019) The Different Dragon - Jennifer Bryan (2006) A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo-Marlon Bundo (2018) Why Don’t I Have a Daddy - George Ann Clay (2008) Adventures of Honey & Leon - Alan Cumming (2017) Be Amazing: A history of Pride - Desmond Is Amazing (2020) The One & Only Dylan St. Claire - Kamen Edwards (2020) Prince and Knight - Daniel Haack (2018) Red: a crayon’s story - Michael Hall (2015) I Promise - Catherine Hernandez (2019) I Am Jazz - Jessica Herthel (2014) Jacob’s Room to Choose / New Dress - Sarah Hoffman Big Bob, Little Bob - James Howe (2018) True adventures of Esther the wonder pig - Steve Jenkins Santa’s Husband - Daniel Kibblesmith (2017) My Princess Boy - Cheryl Kilodavis (2011) From Archie to Zack - Vincent X. Kirsch (2020) Purim Superhero - Elisabeth Kushner (2013) Families, families, families! - Suzanne Lang (2015) The Story of Ferdinand - Munro Leaf (1964) Julián is a Mermaid - Jessica Love (2018) When Aidan became a Brother - Kyle Lukoff (2019) I'm Not a Girl - Maddox Lyons (2020) A Girl Named Dan - Dandi Daley Mackall (2011) My Rainbow - DeShanna Neal (2020) Heather Has Two Mommies - Lesléa Newman (2015) Donovan’s Big Day - Leslea Newman (2011) Tale of Two Daddies / Mommies - Vanita Oelschlager A Family is a Family is a Family - Sara O’Leary (2016)

Family Book / It’s Okay to Be Different - Todd Parr (2003) My footprints - Bao Phi (2019) This Day in June/A Church for All-Gayle Pitman (2014) In our Mothers’ House - Patricia Polacco (2009) Pink is for Boys - Robb Pearlman (2018) And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson (2015) Auntie Uncle: Drag queen hero - Ellie Royce (2020) The Hips on the Drag Queen go Swish, Swish, Swish Lil Miss Hot Mess Pride: Harvey Milk & the Rainbow Flag - Rob Sanders (2018) Stella Brings the Family - Miriam Schiffer (2015) Willie and Uncle Bill - Amy Schwartz (2012) Jerome by Heart - Thomas Scotto (2018) Mom & Mum Are Getting Married! - Ken Setterington (2004) The Boy and the Bindi - Vivek Shraya (2016) Harriet Gets Carried Away - Jessie Sima (2018) Angus all Aglow - Heather Smith (2018) Pride Puppy! - Robin Stevenson (2021) Want to Play Trucks? - Ann Stott (2018) Dress Like a Girl - Patricia Toht (2019) Peanut Goes for the Gold - Jonathan Van Ness (2020) Introducing Teddy - Jessica Walton (2016) Home at Last - Vera Williams (2016) William's Doll - Charlotte Zolotow (1972) CHILDREN’S BOARD BOOKS Mommy, Mama/Daddy, Papa & Me - Lesléa Newman Pride Colors - Robin Stevenson (2019) Everywhere Babies - Susan Meyers (2001)

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CHILDREN’S CHAPTER BOOKS Posted - John David Anderson (2017) The Ship We Built - Lexie Bean (2020) Alan Cole is Not a Coward - Eric Bell (2017) Hazel’s Theory of Evolution - Lisa Jenn Bigelow (2019) Drum Roll, Please - Lisa Jenn Bigelow (2018) Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world-Ashley H. Blake (2018) The Unbelievable Oliver and the Sawed-in-Half Dads Pseudonymous Bosch (2020) Zenobia July / Felix YZ - Lisa Bunker (2019) King and the Dragonflies - Kacen Callender (2020) Hurricane Child - Kheryn Callender (2018) Genius Jolene - Sara Cassidy (2020) A Boy Named Queen - Sara Cassidy (2016) The Pants Project - Cat Clarke (2017) The Only Black Girls in Town - Brandy Colbert (2020) A Home for Goddesses & Dogs - Leslie Connor (2020) Lotterys Plus One / More or Less - Emma Donoghue Better Nate Than Ever series - Tim Federle (2014) My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer - Jennifer Gennari Lily and Dunkin - Donna Gephart (2016) Rick / George - Alex Gino (2020) Nothing Ever Happens Here - Sarah Hagger-Holt (2020) The Other Boy - M.G. Hennessey (2016) Sal & Gabi Fix the Universe - Carlos Hernandez (2020) Misfits - James Howe (2001) The Popularity Papers - Amy Ignatow (2012) Just Like Josh Gibson - Angela Johnson (2004) The Parker Inheritance - Varian Johnson (2018) See You at Harry’s - Johanna Knowles (2012) Ciel by Sophie Labelle (2018) Beetle & The Hollowbones - Aliza Layne (2020) Misadventures of the Family Fletcher - Dana Levy (2014) My Life as a Diamond - Jenny Manzer (2018) In the Role of Brie Hutchens - Nicole Melleby (2020)

The Stars Beneath our Feet-David Barclay Moore (2019) Birdie and Me - J.M.M. Nuanez (2020) Best at it - Maulik Pancholy (2019) Be My Love - Kit Pearson (2019) The Best Man - Richard Peck (2016) Gracefully Grayson - Ami Polonsky (2014) The moon within - Aida Salazar (2019) Into the Tall, Tall Grass - Loriel Ryon (2020) Lucky Jonah - Richard Scrimger (2016) The List of Things that Will Not Change - Rebecca Stead (2020 Ghost Cabin (Lumberjanes #4) - Mariko Tamaki (2019) Unicorn Power! (Lumberjanes #1) - Mariko Tamaki (2017) Martin McLean, Middle School Queen - Alyssa Zaczek (2020) CHILDREN’S NON-FICTION Who Are You? The kid’s guide to gender identity Brook Pessin-Whedbee (2016) The Stonewall Riots - Gayle Pitman (2019) The Big Book of LGBTQ+ Activities - Amie Taylor (2020) It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity Theresa Thorn

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GRAPHIC NOVELS The Secret to Superhuman Strength - Alison Bechdel (2021) When I Arrived at the Castle - Emily Carroll (2019) The Times I Knew I was Gay - Eleanor Crewes (2020) Woman World - Aminder Dhaliwal (2018) Lumberjanes series - Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters (2020) Moonstruck: Some Enchanted Evening - Grace Ellis (2019) As The Crow Flies - Melanie Gillman (2017) Jo: an adaptation of Little women (sort of) - Kathleen Gros A tropical fish yearns for snow - Makoto Hagino (2019) 10 Dance series - Inouesatoh (2019) The Breakaways - Cathy G. Johnson (2019) Goldie Vance: The Hocus-Pocus Hoax - Hope Larson (2021) Snapdragon - Kat Leyh (2020) Forward - Lisa Maas (2018) The Magic Fish - Trung Le Nguyen (2020) The Tea Dragon Festival / Society - Katie O'Neill (2019) Princess Princess Ever After - Kate O’Neill (2016) Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman (2020) Witch Boy / The Hidden Witch - Molly Ostertag (2018) Fence series - C.S. Pacat (2019) Bloom - Kevin Panetta (2019) Witchy - Ariel Slamet Ries (2019) The Life and Times of America Chavez / Fast and Fuertona Gabby Rivera (2018) Home After Dark - David Small (2018) The Deep & Dark Blue - Niki Smith (2020) My Brother’s Husband - Gengoroh Tagame (2017) Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki Drama - Raina Telgemeier (2012) Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - Rey Terciero (2019) Honor Girl - Maggie Thrash (2015) Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones - Ngozi Ukazu (2020) Avant-Guards / Heavy Vinyl - Carly Usdin (2019) Kiss Number 8 - Colleen Venable (2019) Spinning - Tillie Walden (2017) Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang (2018) Taproot - Keezy Young (2017)

PODCASTS Throwing Shade What’s the Tee? Psychobabble The Gender Blender 2 Dope Queens Never Before The Read Homoground Nancy Pod Save The People KANOPY MOVIES Over 300+ 2SLGBTQ movies & documentaries! MODERN LOVE Almost Adults (2017) Anchor and Hope (2019) Blush (2018) Call Me By Your Name (2019) The Feels (2017) Martyr (2017) JOURNEY OUT OF THE CLOSET Chris & Don (2007) Coming Out (1989) Fair Haven (2017) Heartstone (2018) Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party (2015) Misfits (2015) Out Late (2015) Porcupine Lake (2016) The Pearl: Trans women coming out in their senior years Ruthie & Connie (2002) Sunday Sessions (2017) The Year we Thought about Love (2016)

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KANOPY MOVIES CONTINUED

MUST WATCH

LGBT HISTORY Before Homosexuals: the history of same-sex desire (2018) Brother Outsider (2002) Larry Kramer: in love and anger (2015) Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes Feeling Heart (2017) Reel in the Closet (2015) Sex in the Comics (2012) FIGHT FOR EQUALITY After Stonewall (1999) Before Stonewall (1984) Bent (1997) Call Me Kuchu: Fighting homophobia in Uganda (2012) Case Against 8 (2013) The Case Against 8: Fallowing gay marriage rights to the Supreme Court (2013) I am the Revolution (2018) James Baldwin: The price of the ticket (1990) Regarding Susan Sontag (2014) Out in the Dark (2012) Out in the Night: Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality (2014) Regarding Susan Sontag: Portrait of a feminist icon (2014) The Revival: Black Lesbian Poets & Feminist Thinkers (2016) The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor (2017) To Be Takei (2016) United in Anger: A history of ACT UP (2017) Vito (2011)

Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) Maurice (1987) Political Animals: Pioneering Women who paved the way for LGBT equality (2016) Princess Cyd (2017) Saturday Church (2016) Stonewall Uprising (2010) Strike a Pose (2016) We Were Here: The AIDS years in San Francisco (2011) QUINTESSENTIAL QUEER FILMMAKERS Being 17 - André Téchiné (2019) The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1972) Born in Flames - Lizzie Borden (1983) Blue - Derek Jarman (1993) Caravaggio - Derek Jarman (1986) Dottie Gets Spanked - Todd Haynes (1994) Dykes Camera Action! - Hammer, Friedrich, Troche, Dunye, Richen, Akhavan, Du, Rich & Olson (2019) Glitterbug - Derek Jarman (1994) The Joy of Life - Jenni Olson (2005) Keep the Lights On - Ira Sachs (2016) Lavender Limelight shorts- Marc Mauceri (2014) Mala Noche - Gus Van Sant (1985) Parting Glances - Bill Sherwood (2016) Poison - Todd Haynes (1991) The Same Difference - Nneka Onuorah (2015) Tongues United: Giving voice to Black gay men Marlon Riggs (1989) The Watermelon Woman - Cheryl Dunye (2014)

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KANOPY MOVIES CONTINUED NOTES ON CAMP The Cockettes (2002) Elvis & Madonna (2010) Homo Promo (1977) Hurricane Bianca (2016) I am Divine (2013) Jobriath A.D. (2013) The Queen (1968) Queens at Heart: Trans women in the ‘60s (1967) The Sons of Tennessee Williams (2011) Sordid Lives (2000) T’aint Nobody’s Bizness: Queer Blues divas of the 1920s (2011) Venus Boyz (2002) Women Who Kill (2016) COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIES Bear Nation (2011) Born to Be (2020) Call Her Ganda (2018) Community (2010) Follow my Voice with the music of Hedwig (2006) Gaysians (2017) Gendernauts (1999) I am the Queen: Chicago’s Puerto Rican Transgender Journey of Mona Lisa (2019) Straightlaced: how gender has got us all tied up (2009) Superstar in a Housedress (2003) Tender (2019)

MOVIES & DOCUMENTARIES (DVD) The Birdcage (2004) Cloudburst (2013) Carol (2016) The Danish Girl (2016) Disobedience (2018) Love, Simon (2018) Mambo Italiano (2004) Margarita With a Straw (2015) Milk (2009) Moonlight (2017) Weekend (2012) TELEVISION SHOWS (DVD) The 100 (2014) Black Lightning (2018) Dark Matter (2015) Dear White People (2015) Legends of Tomorrow (2016) Lost Girl (2012) The Magicians (2016) Modern Family (2010) Orange Is the New Black (2014) Queer as Folk (2011) Supergirl (2019) Will and Grace (2018)

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LOCAL RESOURCES Rainbow Salad - Peel’s virtual 2SLGBTQ+ community hub www.rainbowsalad.ca

A Colour Deep https://www.acolourdeep.ca/ PFLAG, Peel https://mississaugapflag.wordpress.com/ pflagmississauga.ca, 905-602-4082 ext. 455

Moyo Health & Community Services (formerly PHAN) Moyo

Westside LGBTQ www.meetup.com/West-Side-LGBTQ-Group

QTBIPOC Sauga http://www.qtbipocsauga.ca/

Peel Region Neighbourhood Information Tool https://www.peelregion.ca/planning-maps/nit/

East Mississauga Community Health Centre http://eastmississaugachc.org/

The Indigenous Network http://www.peelaboriginalnetwork.com

Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention http://asaap.ca/

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ONLINE RESOURCES LGBT Youth Line http://www.youthline.ca/ MyGSA.ca https://egale.ca/portfolio/mygsa/ 2spirits.com Ontario Rainbow Alliance of The Deaf (ORAD) http://www.positivespaces.ca/community-links/on tariorainbow-alliance-deaf-orad The 519 http://www.the519.org/ Senior Pride Network http://www.the519.org/programs/senior-pride-ne twork

Rainbow Health Ontario https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/ LGBTQ2+ Friendly Health Service Provider Directory https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/service-directory/ Salaam Canada: Queer Muslim Community https://www.salaamcanada.info/ El-Tawhid Juma Circle / Toronto Unity Mosque http://www.jumacircle.com/who-we-are ACAS Toronto: Asian Community AIDS Service http://www.acas.org/ Kulanu Toronto http://www.kulanutoronto.org/ gsanetwork.org

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING: Rainbow Book: http://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/rainbow-books-lists www.rainbowrumpus.org http://booksforkidsingayfamilies.blogspot.ca/search/label/transgender%20people http://www.flamingorampant.com/ I’m Here I’m Queer What The Hell Do I Read: https://www.leewind.org Rainbow Book List Awards: https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/rainbow-books-lists https://www.lambdaliterary.org

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FLAGS & IDENTITIES

LGBTQ2+ Rainbow Pride Flag

Lesbian Flag Agender Flag

Polysexual Flag LGBTQ2+ (Philadelphia) Rainbow Pride Flag

Genderfluid Flag

Pansexual Flag Non-Binary Flag

Two Spirit Pride Flag

Genderqueer Flag Bear Pride Flag

Bisexual Flag

Asexual Flag Transgender Pride Flag

Leather Pride Flag

Intersex Flag

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary.

“__________“ism Harmful beliefs, behaviours or institutional practices by a group or person with power directed against specific groups, rationalized by an underlying belief that certain people are superior to others. Examples include: ageism, anti-semitism, audism, cis-sexism, classism, ethnocentrism, heterosexism, racism, sexism, shadism, sizeism. “__________” phobia A learned dislike, aversion, or an extreme, irrational fear and/or hatred of a particular group of people. It is expressed through beliefs and tactics that devalue, demean and terrorize people. Examples include: biphobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, transphobia, xenophobia and others. Ally A person who works to end a form of oppression that gives them privilege(s). Allies listen to, and are guided by, communities and individuals affected by oppression. Forms of oppression include: able-ism, ageism, audism, classism, biphobia, homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, and others. Asexual A sexual orientation where a person experiences little or no sexual attraction. Bisexual A person who is emotionally, physically, spiritually and/or sexually attracted to people of more than one gender, though not necessarily at the same time. Biphobia Negative attitudes, feelings, or irrational aversion to, fear or hatred of bisexual people and their communities, or of behaviours stereotyped as bisexual, leading to discrimination, harassment or violence against bisexual people. Coming Out A process of revealing more openly to self or others one’s LGBTQ identity.

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary

Cis/Cisgender Cisgender is used to explain the phenomena where a person’s gender identity is in line with or “matches” the sex they were assigned at birth. Cis can also be used as a prefix to an assortment of words to refer to the alignment of gender identity and the assigned at birth sex status including; cisnormativity, cissexual, cisgender, cis male, and cis female. Cisnormativity Cisnormativity (“cis” meaning “the same as”) refers to the commonplace assumption that all people are cisgender and that everyone accepts this as “the norm”. The term cisnormativity is used to describe systemic prejudice against trans. This form of systemic prejudice may go unrecognized by the people or organizations responsible. Cissexism A system of oppression that considers cis people to be superior to trans people. It includes harmful beliefs that it is “normal” to be cis and “abnormal” to be trans. Examples include scrutinizing the genders of trans people more than those of cis people or defining beauty based on how cis people look. Gay A person whose enduring physical, romantic, spiritual, emotional, and/or sexual attractions are to people of the same gender. The word can refer to men or women, although some women prefer “lesbian.” Sometimes used as an umbrella term for the LBGTQ community. Gender Gender is based on the expectations and stereotypes about behaviours, actions, and roles linked to being a “man” or “woman” within a particular culture or society. The social norms related to gender can vary depending on the culture, and can change over time. Genderqueer/Gender Non-Conforming/Gender Variant Individuals who do not follow gender stereotypes based on the sex they were assigned at birth. They may identify and express themselves as “feminine men” or “masculine women” or as androgynous, outside of the categories “boy/man” and “girl/woman.” People who are gender non-conforming may or may not identify as trans.

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary

Gender Binary A social system whereby people are thought to have either one of two genders: “man” or “woman.” These genders are expected to correspond to birth sex: male or female. In the gender binary system, there is no room for living between genders or for transcending the gender binary. The gender binary system is rigid and restrictive for many people whose sex assigned at birth does not match up with their gender, or whose gender is fluid and non-binary (not fixed). Gender Expression How a person publicly expresses or presents their gender. This can include behaviour and outward appearance such as dress, hair, make-up, body language and voice. A person’s chosen name and pronoun are also common ways of expressing gender. Others perceive a person’s gender through these attributes. All people, regardless of their gender identity, have a gender expression and they may express it in any number of ways. For trans people, their chosen name, preferred pronoun and apparel are common ways they express their gender. People who are trans may also take medically supportive steps to align their body with their gender identity. Gender Identity A person’s internal and individual experience of gender. It is a person’s sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person’s gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex. A person’s gender identity is fundamentally different from and not related to their sexual orientation. Gender Norms The gender binary influences what society considers “normal” or acceptable behaviour, dress, appearance and roles for women and men. Gender norms are a prevailing force in our everyday lives. Strength, action, and dominance are stereotypically seen as “masculine” traits, while vulnerability, passivity, and receptiveness are stereotypically seen as “feminine” traits. A woman expressing masculine traits may be chastised as “overly aggressive,” while a man expressing “feminine” traits may be labelled as “weak.” Gender norms can contribute to power imbalances and gender in equality in the home, at work, and in communities.

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary

Gender Role The oppressive culturally and historically specific expectations and restrictions that are placed on a person based on whether they are assigned at birth as male or female. Gender Spectrum The representation of gender as a continuum, as opposed to a binary concept. Heteronormativity Refers to the commonplace assumption that all people are heterosexual and that everyone accepts this as “the norm”. The term heteronormativity is used to describe prejudice against people that are not heterosexual, and is less overt or direct and more widespread or systemic in society, organizations, and institutions. This form of systemic prejudice may even be unintentional and unrecognized by the people or organizations responsible. Heterosexism The assumption that everyone is heterosexual and that heterosexuality is superior and preferable. The result is discrimination against bisexual, lesbian and gay people that is less overt, and which may be unintentional and unrecognized by the person or organization responsible for the discrimination. Homophobia Negative attitudes, feelings, or irrational aversion to, fear or hatred of gay, lesbian, or people and communities, or of behaviours stereotyped as “homosexual.” It is used to signify a hostile psychological state leading to discrimination, harassment or violence against gay, lesbian or people. Internalized Oppression When members of a marginalized group accept negative aspects of stereotypes assigned to them by the dominant group, and begin to believe that they are inferior. The incorporation by individuals within an oppressed group of the prejudices against them within the dominant society can result in self-hatred, self-concealment, fear of violence, feelings of inferiority, resignation, isolation, and powerlessness. It is a mechanism within an oppressive system for perpetuating power imbalance. Intersectionality When two or more oppressions overlap in the experiences of an individual or group, creating interconnected barriers and complex forms of discrimination that can be insidious, covert and compounded.

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary

Intersex A term used to describe a person born with reproductive systems, chromosomes and/or hormones that are not easily characterized as male or female. This might include a woman with XY chromosomes or a man with ovaries instead of testes. Intersex characteristics occur in one out of every 1,500 births. Typically intersex people are assigned one sex, male or female, at birth. Some intersex people identify with their assigned sex, while others do not, and some choose to identify as intersex. Intersex people may or may not identify as trans or transgender. Lesbian A woman who is emotionally, physically, spiritually and/or sexually attracted to women. Non-Binary An umbrella term for gender identities that fall outside of the man-woman binary. Pansexual A person who has the potential for romantic and sexual attraction to people of any gender or sex. Passing This is the privilege given to a person who is believed to be a member of a dominant group (i.e., non-trans, cisgender, white, non-disabled). When a trans woman is passing, (i.e., believed to be a cisgender woman) she has an easier time accessing privilege(s). Poz An abbreviation referring to an HIV positive person. Queer Formerly a derogatory slang term used to identify LGBT people. Some members of the LGBT community have embraced and reinvented this term as a positive and proud political identifier when speaking among and about themselves.

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary

Questioning A period where a person explores their own sexual and/or gender identity, reflecting on such things as upbringing, expectations from others, and inner landscape. The person may not be certain if they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans and may be trying to figure out how to identify themselves. Sex The classification of people as male, female or intersex. Sex is usually assigned at birth and is based on an assessment of a person’s reproductive systems, hormones, chromosomes and other physical characteristics. Sexual Orientation The direction of one's sexual interest or attraction. It is a personal characteristic that forms part of who you are. It covers the range of human sexuality from lesbian and gay, to bisexual and straight. Stealth When a trans person is not “out” about being trans in their social circles (with friends, employers, colleagues). There are many different levels of being stealth, but in some cases a trans person may need to end contact with those who once knew them as their assigned at birth sex, move to new locations, or get a new job. These changes are significant, and may be due to personal reasons or based on physical, cognitive and/or emotional safety. Straight A person who has romantic or sexual attractions to people of another gender. Trans/Transgender Umbrella terms that describe people with diverse gender identities and gender expressions that do not conform to stereotypical ideas about what it means to be a girl/woman or boy/man in society. “Trans” can mean transcending beyond, existing between, or crossing over the gender spectrum. It includes but is not limited to people who identify as transgender, transsexual, cross-dressers or gender non-conforming (gender variant or gender-queer). Trans identities include people whose gender identity is different from the gender associated with their birth-assigned sex. Trans people may or may not undergo medically supportive treatments, such as hormone therapy and a range of surgical procedures, to align their bodies with their internally felt gender identity.

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary

Transmisogyny Negative attitudes, expressed through cultural hate, individual and state violence, and discrimination directed toward trans women and trans and gender non-conforming people on the feminine end of the gender spectrum. Transsexual A person whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth. They may or may not undergo medically supportive treatments to align their bodies with their gender identity, such as hormone therapy, sex reassignment surgery or other procedures or changes. Transition Refers to a host of activities that some trans people may pursue to affirm their gender identity. This may include changes to their name, sex designation, dress, the use of specific pronouns, and possibly medically supportive treatments such as hormone therapy, sex-reassignment surgery or other procedures. There is no checklist or average time for a transition process, and no universal goal or endpoint. Each person will decide what meets their needs. Transphobia Negative attitudes and feelings and the aversion to, fear or hatred or intolerance of trans people and communities. Like other prejudices, it is based on stereotypes and misconceptions that are used to justify discrimination, harassment and violence toward trans people, or those perceived to be trans. Trans Man (FTM) / Trans Woman (MTF) A person whose sex assigned at birth is “female” and identifies as a man may also identify as a trans man (female-to-male, or FTM). A person whose sex assigned at birth is “male” and identifies as a woman may also identify as a trans woman (male-to-female, or MTF). Two-Spirit A term used by Indigenous People to describe from a cultural perspective people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or intersex. It is used to capture a concept that exists in many different Indigenous cultures and languages. For some, the term two-spirit describes a societal and spiritual role that certain people played within traditional societies; they were often mediators, keepers of certain ceremonies; they transcended accepted roles of men and women, and filled a role as an established middle gender.

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TERMINOLOGY Terminology taken from the 519’s online glossary

Ze/Hir Alternate pronouns that are gender neutral and preferred by some gender variant persons. Pronounced /zee/ and /here,/ they replace “he”/”she”and “his”/”hers” respectively.

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