Queering Kansas City Jazz

By Amber Clifford 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

A hidden and forgotten aspect of the city’s jazz scene with the stories of people experimenting with gender, sexuality, and identity.

Beyond the Binary: Science, History, and the Radical Possibilities of Sex and Gender

By Kirsten Leng LGBTQ, Trans

Science has been a crucial resource for those seeking to radically rethink the possibilities of sex, gender, and sexuality.

Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance

By Amber Musser 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity

Sensual Excess explores different iterations of racialized sexuality through the work of artists of color.

Alternative Histories of the Self: a Cultural History of Sexualities and Secrets

By Anna Clark LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Five unique historical figures who developed a sense of self that reconciled their sexual nonconformity with their ethical standards.

Controlling Sex in Captivity

By Matthias Reiss 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

The book is the first critical study of heterosexual and same-sex activities involving Axis prisoners of war in the United States during World War II.

Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ Identity

By Mary Robertson 20th and 21st Century United States, Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

LGBTQ kids reveal what it’s like to be young and queer today.

Histories of the Transgender Child

By Jules Gill-Peterson Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Trans

Challenging the idea that today’s trans kids are a brand new generation.