June 12, 2024
When our clergy were asked, “What is your top recommendation for a book written by or about LGBTQIA+ people, or covering topics related to LGBTQIA+ visibility and justice,” they came up with this eclectic list.
Non-fiction
- Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How it Can Revitalize Christianity – The Rev. Elizabeth M. Edman
- Letters from Samaria: The Prose & Poetry of Louie Crew Clay 1974-2014 – Max Niedzwiecki, ed.
- Coming Out as Sacrament – Chris Glaser
- FORWARD! Thoughts of a Trans Woman on the Christian Journey – Lynn Elizabeth Walker
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out – Susan Kuklin
- God, Gospel and Gender: A Queer Bible Study for Teens – Margie Baker
- This is my body: Hearing the theology of transgender Christians – edited by Christina Beardsley and Michelle O’Brien
Fiction
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong
- Edinburgh – Alexander Chee
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
- Wrath Goddess Sing: A Novel – Maya Dean
Other resources
Not a book, but an amazing video of a history by Mary Frances Schjonberg: All Are Welcome: Landmarks on the Journey to LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Episcopal Church (time: 50:57)
