LGBTQIA+ Nonfiction audiobooks

A Short History of Queer Women

By: Kirsty Loehr

Narrated by: Ellie Gossage

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Queer women have always existed—let's put them back in the history books



No, they weren't "just friends!"



Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever. "But historians famously care about women!," said no one. From Anne Bonny and Mary Read who sailed the seas together disguised as pirates, to US football captain Megan Rapinoe... Read more

Side Affects

By: Hil Malatino

Narrated by: Hil Malatino

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Some days—or weeks, or months, or even years—being trans feels bad. Yet as Hil Malatino points out, there is little space for trans people to think through, let alone speak of, these bad feelings. Negative emotions are suspect because they unsettle narratives of acceptance or reinforce virulently phobic framings of trans as inauthentic and... Read more

README.txt – Meine Geschichte (ungekürzt)

By: Chelsea Manning

Narrated by: Daniela Thuar

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Die persönlichen, aufschlussreichen Erinnerungen einer der wichtigsten Aktivistinnen unserer Zeit Im Jahr 2010 veröffentlichte Chelsea Manning geheime Militärdokumente, die sie als Geheimdienstanalystin für die US-Armee im Irak auf der Speicherkarte ihrer Digitalkamera herausgeschmuggelt hatte. Die Armee klagte sie in zweiundzwanzig Punkten im... Read more

Black Trans Feminism

By: Marquis Bey

Narrated by: Marquis Bey

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In Black Trans Feminism Marquis Bey offers a meditation on blackness and gender nonnormativity in ways that recalibrate traditional understandings of each. Theorizing black trans feminism from the vantages of abolition and gender radicality, Bey articulates blackness as a mutiny against racializing categorizations; transness as a... Read more

The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader - Abridged

By: Alison Halsall & Jonathan Warren

Narrated by: Tina Woods

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Contributions by Michelle Ann Abate, William S. Armour, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Tesla Cariani, Matthew Cheney, Hillary Chute, Edmond (Edo) Ernest dit Alban, Ramzi Fawaz, Margaret Galvan, Justin Hall, Alison Halsall, Lara Hedberg, Susanne Hochreiter, Sheena C. Howard, Rebecca Hutton, remus jackson, Keiko Miyajima, Chinmay Murali, Marina... Read more

El ABC del género

By: Mariana Gabarrot

Narrated by: Yunnuen Hidalgo

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Cuáles son las diferencias entre sexo y género? ¿Son biológicas o culturales? ¿Qué queremos decir cuando hablamos de feminismo? ¿Existe el patriarcado? ¿Cómo detectamos el machismo? ¿Por qué tanto debate sobre el lenguaje incluyente? ¿Qué significan y para que utilizamos las siglas lgbtttiq+? ¿Qué es el acoso y la violencia de género? ¿Cómo... Read more

Sacred Gender

By: Ariana Serpentine

Narrated by: Ann Sprinkle

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Create a spiritual connection to your gender and incorporate it into your personal practice. While exploring gender from a sacred perspective, Ariana Serpentine introduces you to trans and nonbinary figures from Pagan pantheons as well as spirits and deities that can help you achieve self-actualization.



With suggestions for making devotion more... Read more

Brown and Gay in LA

By: Anthony Christian Ocampo

Narrated by: Grayson Villanueva

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The stories of second-generation immigrant gay men coming of age in Los Angeles
Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA could not have felt further removed from a world where queerness was accepted and celebrated. Instead, the men profiled here maneuver through family and friendship... Read more

Journey to Parenthood

By: Eric Rosswood

Narrated by: Adi Cabral

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An Indispensable Toolset for Same-Sex Parenthood

First published in 2016 and winner of four literary awards. Now updated and packed with valuable information and more powerful stories of same-sex parents achieving and navigating parenthood.

Yes, you do have options. Same-sex couples (gay dads, lesbian moms, or other queer couples) are faced... Read more

What's the T?

By: Juno Dawson

Narrated by: Juno Dawson

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first century in this candid and funny guide for teens from the bestselling author of This Book Is Gay.In What’s the T? Stonewall ambassador and bestselling author Juno Dawson is back again, this time with everything you’ve wanted to know about labels and... Read more

Captive Genders

By: Eric A. Stanley & Nat Smith

Narrated by: Adi Cabral

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Pathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex. Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics for a new understanding of how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing... Read more

Feminism is Queer

By: Mimi Marinucci

Narrated by: Ann Sprinkle

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In Feminism is Queer, Mimi Marinucci provides a valuable introduction to the intimately related disciplines of gender and queer theory, and develops the innovative concept of queer feminism, which treats queer theory as being continuous with feminist theory. While there were significant conceptual tensions between second-wave feminism and... Read more

Your Right to Self-Identify, My Right to Disagree

By: Kenny Bomer

Narrated by: Frank Block

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In today’s world, a new social contagion is being spread by provocateurs and social media influencers who are determined to pressure people into accepting falsehood over truth. Battle lines have been drawn on both sides of the debate regarding “Transgenderism” and the mental health effects of Gender Dysphoria. As the battle rages, First... Read more

Don't Look Away

By: Danielle Laidley

Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

'It's an inspiring, disarming, and deeply moving book, and it deserves to be widely read.' Craig SilveyNow a Stan Original Documentary.
Fearless. Tough. Uncompromising.This was the persona of former elite footballer and senior AFL coach Danielle Laidley.Fearful. Vulnerable. Uncertain.This is how Danielle felt for most of her life.For the best... Read more

It's Time to Talk (and Listen)

By: Anatasia S. Kim, PhD & Alicia Del Prado, PhD

Narrated by: Hannah Choi

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

We talk every day—and we often do it without thinking. But, as you well know, there are some things that are harder to talk about—especially issues pertaining to politics, culture, lifestyle, and diversity. If you've ever struggled in a conversation about a "controversial" topic with a loved one, work colleague, or even a stranger, you know... Read more

Mask Off

By: JJ Bola

Narrated by: Eloka Ivo

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, with deadly gun violence, male suicide rates and incels on Reddit, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'.

In this audiobook, beautifully narrated by the author, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of... Read more

These Are the Words

By: Nikita Gill

Narrated by: Nikita Gill

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautiful poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.

Reclaim your agency. Discover your power. Find the words.

Taking you on a journey through the seasons of... Read more

Siempre estuve ahí

By: Oliver Nash

Narrated by: Oliver Nash

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Oliver no se dio cuenta de quién era hasta que fue adulto. Ocupó un rol impuesto por un cuerpo que no era suyo y aprendió a fingir. Sufrió bullying, discriminación, miedo y dolor. Mientras tanto, algo en su interior luchaba por salir. Con confusión, pero determinado, comenzó a vivir como lo que siempre fue: un varón.
«Estaba a tiempo de... Read more

Trans+

By: Kathryn Gonzales, MBA & Karen Rayne, PhD

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Trans+ : Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You by Karen Rayne, PhD, and Katherine Gonzales, MBA, is an all-inclusive, uncensored guide for teens who are transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, or gender-fluid. TRANS+ answers all your questions, easy and hard, about gender and covers mental health, physical health and reproduction,... Read more

Still Stace

By: Stacey Chomiak

Narrated by: Stacey Chomiak

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"Stacey Chomiak's tender prose captures the heartache of growing up gay in a disapproving Christian home, while her delightful illustrations convey the irrepressible of joy of ultimately finding peace and love." --Alex Sanchez, author of Rainbow Boys and You Brought Me the Ocean The first book for young adults about the LGBTQ+ experience of... Read more

The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook

By: Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, LPC

Narrated by: Ann Sprinkle

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community, and embrace your true self.



Resilience is a key ingredient for psychological health and wellness. It's what gives people the psychological strength to cope with stress and setbacks. But if you are queer... Read more

Bad Gays

By: Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller

Narrated by: Ben Allen

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

We all remember Oscar Wilde, but who speaks for Bosie? What about those 'bad gays' whose un-exemplary lives reveal more than we might expect? Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but, as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and dastardly deeds have been... Read more

In Transit

By: Dianna E. Anderson

Narrated by: Dianna E. Anderson

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

For decades, our cultural discourse around trans and gender-diverse people has been viewed through a medical lens, through diagnoses and symptoms set down in books by cisgender doctors, or through a political lens, through dangerous caricatures invented by politicians clinging to power. But those who claim non-binary gender identity deserve... Read more

Becoming a Visible Man

By: Jamison Green

Narrated by: Jamison Green & Aaron H. Devor

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

At least two generations of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people have emerged since Becoming a Visible Man was first published in 2004, but the book remains a beloved resource for trans people and their allies.

Since the first edition's publication, author Jamison Green's writings and advocacy among business and governmental... Read more