LGBTQ Literature: LGBTQ Literature Guides

More than 300 entries on authors and themes with suggestions for further reading. Volume 1 includes a guide to topics such as transgender literature. Detailed index.

This Companion examines the connections between LGBTQ populations and American literature from the late eighteenth to twenty-first centuries. It surveys primary and secondary writings under the evolving category of gay and lesbian authorship, and incorporates current thinking in US-based LGBTQ studies as well as critical practices within the field of American literary studies. This Companion also addresses the ways in which queerness pervades persons, texts, bodies, and reading, while paying attention to the transnational component of such literatures. In so doing, it details the chief genres, conventional historical backgrounds, and influential interpretive practices that support the analysis of LGBTQ literatures in the United States.

Covers authors, journals and magazines, themes, theater groups, etc. Often includes references to reviews.

Mostly brief biographies with some thematic content. Includes a chronology, and a very useful introductory bibliography to the study of lesbian literature.

Chapters are broken down by categories such as picture books, short stories, nonfiction. Lengthy annotations. Includes author profiles and list of resources.

Introduction;History of gay and lesbian literature;
Collection development and readers' advisory;Classics;General fiction;Coming out; HIV/AIDS and other health issues;Historical fiction;
Romance;Fantasy;Science fiction;Horror fiction;
Mystery and crime;Comics and graphic novels;Drama
Life stories : biography, autobiography, and memoirs.
Meant to help those

A survey of LGBTQ+ literature. Young adult literature in the pre-stonewall era;Young adult literature of the 1970s Young adult literature of the 1980s ;Young adult literature of the 1990s A new literature for a new century ;Young adult literature since 2010 ; Breaking down the barriers. Bisexual inclusion in young adult fiction ; Transgender and intersex inclusion in young adult literature ; Comics and graphic novels with LGBTQ+ content ; Desperately seeking information : young adult nonfiction with LGBTQ+ content.

"Examining the development of gay American fiction and providing an essential reading list, this literary survey covers 257 works--novels, novellas, a graphic story cycle and a narrative poem--in which gay and bisexual male characters play a major role. Iconic works are included along with titles not given attention by earlier surveys"

“Arranged chronologically from the appearance of the first gay protagonist to works from the onset of the AIDS epidemic, in-depth entries discuss each book's publication history, plot and significance, along with a brief biography of its author. Including iconic works, this volume enlarges our understanding of the development of gay fiction and provides an essential reading list"

"There is a rich and varied body of literature for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual/allied and intersexed young people, which can function as a mirror for LGBTQAI+ individuals and as a window for others. This resource for librarians who work with children and teens not only surveys the best in LGBTQAI+ lit but, just as importantly, offers guidance on how to share it in ways that encourage understanding and acceptance among parents, school administrators, and the wider community. Helping to fill a gap in serving this population, this guide discusses the path to marriage equality, how LGBTQAI+ terms have changed, and reasons to share LGBTQAI+ literature with all children; presents annotated entries for a cross-section of the best LGBTQAI+ lit and nonfiction for young children, middle year students, and teens, with discussion questions and tips; offers advice on sensitive issues such as starting conversations with young people, outreach to stakeholders, and dealing with objections and censorship head on; and ideas for programming and marketing. This resource gives school librarians, children's, and YA librarians the guidance and tools they need to confidently share these books with the patrons they support."

Online. The revised edition of The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage is a reader's companion to this impressive body of work. It provides overviews of gay and lesbian presence in a variety of literatures and historical periods; in-depth critical essays on major gay and lesbian authors in world literature; and briefer treatments of other topics and figures important in appreciating the rich and varied gay and lesbian literary traditions. Included are nearly 400 alphabetically arranged articles by more than 175 scholars from around the world.

Contents: Coming-of-age ; Contemporary realistic fiction ; Issues ; Genre fiction ; Alternative formats
GLBTQ nonfiction ; GLBTQ collection development.