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Love in a F*cked-Up World by Dean Spade
Love in a F*cked-Up World
Dean Spade
Love in a F*cked-Up World by Dean Spade

Love in a F*cked-Up World

By: Dean Spade

Narrated by: Dean Spade

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In this inspiring self-help handbook, a trans activist dares us to be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and amongst our closest connections.

Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of liberation and resistance. Many activist projects and... Read more

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Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
Better Living Through Birding
Christian Cooper
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

Better Living Through Birding

By: Christian Cooper

Narrated by: Christian Cooper

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.

"Wondrous . . . captivating.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Immense World


Christian Cooper is a self-described... Read more

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A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby
A Two-Spirit Journey
Ma-Nee Chacaby
A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby

A Two-Spirit Journey

By: Ma-Nee Chacaby

Narrated by: Marsha Knight

Length: 11 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby’s story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism.... Read more

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Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

Narrated by: Judith Butler

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Time, Elle, Kirkus, Literary Hub, The Millions, Electric Literature, and them.


"A profoundly urgent intervention.” —Naomi Klein


"A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in re-imagining collective futurity.” —Claudia Rankine

From a global icon, a bold, essential...
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Gender Euphoria by Laura Kate Dale
Gender Euphoria
Laura Kate Dale
Gender Euphoria by Laura Kate Dale

Gender Euphoria

By: Laura Kate Dale

Narrated by: Laura Kate Dale

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender. So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for... Read more

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All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
All Boys Aren't Blue
George M. Johnson
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

By: George M. Johnson

Narrated by: George M. Johnson

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.

A New York Times Bestseller!
Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories


From... Read more

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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider

By: Audre Lorde

Narrated by: Robin Eller

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action... Read more

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Ace by Angela Chen
Ace
Angela Chen
Ace by Angela Chen

Ace

By: Angela Chen

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.

What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and... Read more

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So Many Stars by Caro De Robertis
So Many Stars
Caro De Robertis
So Many Stars by Caro De Robertis

So Many Stars

By: Caro De Robertis

Narrated by: Caro De Robertis

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of colorfrom leading activists to artists to ordinary citizenswho tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural innovations, and acts of resistance.

So Many Stars knits together the... Read more

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A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson
A Short History of Trans Misogyny
Jules Gill-Peterson
A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson

A Short History of Trans Misogyny

By: Jules Gill-Peterson

Narrated by: Charli Burrow

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"A beautifully written and argued book." —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby



There is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why does it happen? If men are not inherently evil and trans women do not intrinsically invite... Read more

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He/She/They by Schuyler Bailar
He/She/They
Schuyler Bailar
He/She/They by Schuyler Bailar

He/She/They

By: Schuyler Bailar

Narrated by: Schuyler Bailar

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From a trans rights activist and athlete, an urgent guide that changes the conversation about gender identity.

Anti-transgender legislation is being introduced in state governments around the United States in record-breaking numbers. Trans people are under attack in sports, healthcare, school curriculum, bathrooms, bars, and nearly every walk of... Read more

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The T in LGBT by Jamie Raines
The T in LGBT
Jamie Raines
The T in LGBT by Jamie Raines

The T in LGBT

By: Jamie Raines

Narrated by: Jamie Raines & Shaaba Lotun

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after realising I was trans (by accident!) at sixteen years old. I knew I was a boy since the age of four, but realised whilst growing up that I was different. It was only in my teens that I found the words to express who I was... Read more

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Transland by Mx. Sly
Transland
Mx. Sly
Transland by Mx. Sly

Transland

By: Mx. Sly

Narrated by: Sebastian Marziali

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A memoir of transformation and self-discovery that explores fetish communities from a gender diverse perspective. Transland is a fiery and revealing memoir that delves into what happens when a non-binary person goes looking for self-worth and a sense of belonging in fetish subculture, only to find that fetish communities come with just as... Read more

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Enemy Feminisms by Sophie Lewis
Enemy Feminisms
Sophie Lewis
Enemy Feminisms by Sophie Lewis

Enemy Feminisms

By: Sophie Lewis

Narrated by: Helen Phillips

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In recent years, "white feminism" and girlboss feminism have taken a justified beating. We know that leaning in won't make our jobs any more tolerable and that white women have proven to be, at best, unreliable allies. But in a time of rising fascism, ceaseless attacks on reproductive justice, and violent transphobia, we need to reckon with what... Read more

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Flamboyants by George M. Johnson
Flamboyants
George M. Johnson
Flamboyants by George M. Johnson

Flamboyants

By: George M. Johnson

Narrated by: George M. Johnson

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and features music from Josephine Baker, Gladys Bentley, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Waters to enhance the listening experience.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance.

In Flamboyants,... Read more

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Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J. Brown
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality
Sherronda J. Brown
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J. Brown

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality

By: Sherronda J. Brown

Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality--and an incisive interrogation of the sex-obsessed culture that invisibilizes and ignores asexual and A-spec identity.

Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong.

The notion that everyone wants sex--and that we all have to have it--is... Read more

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Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
Love and Rage
Lama Rod Owens
Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens

Love and Rage

By: Lama Rod Owens

Narrated by: Lama Rod Owens

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
 
In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation?

White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. In Love and... Read more

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And the Category Is. by Ricky Tucker
And the Category Is.
Ricky Tucker
And the Category Is. by Ricky Tucker

And the Category Is.

By: Ricky Tucker

Narrated by: Ricky Tucker

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Nonfiction

An Electric Literature “Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of 2022” Selection

A love letter to the legendary Black and Latinx LGBTQ underground subculture, uncovering its abundant legacy and influence in popular culture.

What is Ballroom? Not a song, a documentary, a catchphrase, a TV show, or an... Read more

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Paper Bullets by Jeffrey H. Jackson
Paper Bullets
Jeffrey H. Jackson
Paper Bullets by Jeffrey H. Jackson

Paper Bullets

By: Jeffrey H. Jackson

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“A Nazi resistance story like none you’ve ever heard or read.” —Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground

"Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing short of mind-boggling. A brilliant book for the ages!” —Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot 

A Stonewall Honor Book in Nonfiction
Longlisted...
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A Place of Our Own by June Thomas
A Place of Our Own
June Thomas
A Place of Our Own by June Thomas

A Place of Our Own

By: June Thomas

Narrated by: June Thomas

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply researched and highly readable cultural history of queer women’s lives in the second half of the twentieth century, told through six iconic spaces. For as long as queer women have existed, they’ve created gathering grounds where they can be themselves. From the intimate darkness of the lesbian bar to the sweaty camaraderie of the... Read more

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Transgender History, second edition by Susan Stryker
Transgender History, second edition
Susan Stryker
Transgender History, second edition by Susan Stryker

Transgender History, second edition

By: Susan Stryker

Narrated by: Emily Cauldwell

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans... Read more

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Sexed Up by Julia Serano
Sexed Up
Julia Serano
Sexed Up by Julia Serano

Sexed Up

By: Julia Serano

Narrated by: Julia Serano

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of landmark manifesto Whipping Girl exposes the violent ways we are all sexualized–then offers a bold path for resistance Feminists have long challenged the ways in which men tend to sexualize women. But pioneering activist, biologist, and trans woman Julia Serano argues that sexualization is a far more pervasive problem, as it’s... Read more

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Begin Transmission by Tilly Bridges
Begin Transmission
Tilly Bridges
Begin Transmission by Tilly Bridges

Begin Transmission

By: Tilly Bridges

Narrated by: Tilly Bridges

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Trans woman and screenwriter Tilly Bridges takes you through the trans allegories of the Matrix franchise, with deep dives into The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections, tracking one person’s transition journey—from Thomas Anderson, to Neo… to Trinity.Each movie’s allegory is deeply... Read more

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Moby Dyke by Krista Burton
Moby Dyke
Krista Burton
Moby Dyke by Krista Burton

Moby Dyke

By: Krista Burton

Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappearance of America’s lesbian bars by visiting the last few in existence.

Lesbian bars have always been treasured safe spaces for their customers, providing not only a good time but a shelter from societal alienation and outright persecution. In 1987,... Read more

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