Our Journey from the Shadows Over the last five years, transgender people have seemed to burst into the public eye: Time declared 2014 a 'trans tipping point', while American Vogue named 2015 'the year of trans visibility'. From our television screens to the ballot...

Based on the hugely popular Coming Out Stories podcast, this empowering, humorous and deeply honest book invites you to share one of the most important moments in many LGBTQ+ people's lives. From JP coming out to his reflection in the mirror, to Jacob coming...

'A dark jewel reflecting something startling - familiar and strange' Guardian.'Ravishingly beautiful' Observer.'Excruciatingly honest and yet vibrantly creative' Irish Times.'Provocative and rich' Economist.'Daring, chilling, and unlike anything else you've ever read' Esquire. 'An absolute must-read for 2020' Stylist. In the Dream House is Carmen...

'I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone. I just miss you... 'At a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned...

Our stories about growing up as people of colour "A radical, beautiful, world-changing collection of writing that we all need to read." Scarlett Curtis, Feminists Don't Wear Pinkgal-dem, the award-winning online and print magazine, is created by women and non-binary people of colour. In...

I Know My Own Heart 'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing: Anne Lister's diaries are an indispensable read for anyone interested in the history of gender, sexuality, and the intimate lives of women' SARAH WATERS. 'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of...

In the spring of 2012, Calum finds himself single again after his relationship of six years comes to an end. Heartbroken, unhappy and unsure of what to do next, he leaves the hometown he has been in all his life to embark on a...

Our Stories of Growing Up TRANS and Changing the World 'I believe that children who are questioning and exploring their gender are the gender bosses that we all so desperately need. I believe that they are our future.' In this life-affirming, heartening and refreshing...

The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the community -...

Triumphant and uplifting - a queer Muslim memoir about forgiveness and freedom. 'Revolutionary' Mona Eltahawy * 'Exquisite, powerful and urgent' Stacey May Fowles * 'I fell in love with this book' Shani Mootoo. A memoir of hope, faith and love, Samra Habib's story starts...

Sexuality, Socialism & LGBT Liberation. This inspiring story of the fight for sexual liberation travels across continents and centuries, uncovering a radical struggle including the Stonewall riots in 1969 and the mass movement against Apartheid South Africa that achieved the first inclusion of LGBT...

A memoir of gender transition and recovery from addiction, a dance across genres, a ripping-up of the rulebook, Please Miss is unlike anything you’ve ever read before. Grace Lavery is a reformed druggie, an unreformed omnisexual chaos Muppet, and a 100 per cent, all-natural, synthetic female...

 Stop Pleasing, Start Living 'This book will shake your brain and make your soul scream. I am so ready for myself after reading this book!' Adele. 'Untamed will liberate women - emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of...

The story of Alan Turing, the persecuted genius who helped break the Enigma code and create the modern computer. To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary programmable calculating machine. But the idea of actually producing...

Dear Reader, Life is hard. We are a bombarded generation: Facebook, billboards, Twitter, Instagram, taxes, newspapers, watches monitoring our sleep, apps that read our pulse, terrorism. There's such an onslaught to the senses these days it's a marvel any of us manage to get...

The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars. In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to...

Polari Prize Winner 2021 A memoir of a gay Muslim's journey to acceptance 'A beautifully written, heartrending story of a young gay man's journey, liberation and love. A real page-turner that sparks with humanity and hope 'Lord Michael Cashman 'This is the story of...

The Bisexual Guide to Life. Whether you are openly bisexual, still figuring things out or just interested in learning more about bisexuality, Bi the Way is your essential guide to understanding and embracing bisexuality. With first-hand accounts from bi advocates, it includes practical tips...

An Anthology of Intersecting Identities. Edited by: Jos Twist, Meg-John Barker, Kat Gupta, Benjamin Vincent What does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century? Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities and countries we are born into; and...

This hilarious and inspiring guide to transforming your life through lessons from drag, by the UK's favourite drag queen and star of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Bimini Bon Boulash. 'Always surprising, unfailingly original and a kind-hearted soul, Bimini Bon Boulash is modern-day, punk-fashion drag...

LGBT Activist Stories from Manchester and Beyond 'It's fascinating and moving to discover and identify those LGBT people in less happy times, who fought for the freedoms LGBT people now enjoy in the UK. This book will make you look back with gratitude and...

Your Guide to Open Relationships, Polyamory and Letting Go Embarking on a non-monogamous relationship can be a daunting experience, opening old wounds that cause anxiety, fear and confusion, something Lola Phoenix knows about all too well. In this all-you-need-to-know guide to exploring non-monogamy, polyamory...

100 Years of LGBT Music. From Sia to Elton John, Dusty Springfield to Little Richard, LGBT voices have changed the course of modern music. But in a world before they gained understanding and a place in the mainstream, how did the queer musicians of...

An unprecedented examination of the ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation, and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity.Known already in the 1850s for the friendly company of its “warm brothers”...

Neon lights and dark rooms; pumping house and drag queens on counters; first kisses, last orders; the gay bar has long been a place of joy, solidarity and sexual expression, whatever your scene, whatever you're seeking. But in urban centres around the world, they...

The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Winner of The Green Carnation Prize for LGBTQ literature. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT non-fiction. Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2017. How to...

Variations is the debut short story collection from one of Britain's most compelling voices, Juliet Jacques. Using fiction inspired by found material and real-life events, Variations explores the history of transgender Britain with lyrical, acerbic wit. Variations travels from Oscar Wilde's London to austerity-era...

A TRANS and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2019 'Queer Sex is simply phenomenal' - Bitch Media. 'A gift to anyone looking to open their minds and fall in love' - CN Lester. In this...

A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual Selected as a 2020 LGBTQIA+ Graphic Novel for Young Readers by Publishers Weekly "When I was in school, everyone got to a certain age where they became interested in talking about only one thing: boys, girls and sex....

*A GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK* From the author of Fun Home, a profound graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times. Comics and cultural superstar Alison Bechdel delivers a...