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LGBT Biographies
June is LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Pride Month. Check out this list of biographies featuring gay, lesbian, and transgendered individuals.
Other booklists of interest: LGBT 2015 Collection Highlights, LGBT Romance, Teen, Children, Picture books. Find more reading suggestions at Books & More.
- Bettyville: A Memoir
- George Hodgman, 2015
- Magazine Writer
- Frank: A Life In Politics From The Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage
- Barney Frank, 2015
- Politician
- Coming Out to Play
- Robbie Rogers, 2014
- Professional Athlete
- Not My Father's Son: A Memoir
- Alan Cumming, 2014
- Actor
- Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space
- Lynn Sherr, 2014
- Astronaut
- Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
- John Lahr, 2014
- Playwright
- Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
- John Waters, 2014
- Director
- Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
- Janet Mock, 2014
- Activist, TV Personality
- Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
- Neil Patrick Harris, 2014
- Actor
- Soldier of Change: From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement
- Stephen Snyder-Hill, 2014
- Soldier, Activist
- Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger
- Kelly Cogswell, 2014
- Activist, Journalist
- The Soundtrack of My Life
- Clive Davis, 2013
- Record Company Executive
- Man Up!: Tales of my Delusional Self-Confidence
- Ross Mathews, 2013
- Comedian, TV Personality
- American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics
- Dan Savage, 2013
- Advice columnist, Activist
- Gypsy Boy on the Run: My Escape from a Life among the Romany Gypsies
- Mikey Walsh, 2013
- Memoirist
- Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
- Toby Lester, 2012
- Artist, Inventor
- Rub Out The Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1959-1974
- William S Burroughs, 2012
- Writer
- Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland who became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and then turned 16
- Moshe Kasher, 2012
- Comedian
- Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars
- Scotty Bowers, 2012
- Former Escort, Writer
- A Queer and Pleasant Danger
- Kate Bornstein, 2012
- Performance Artist, Playwright
- Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer
- Edward Gorey, 2011
- Artist/Author
- Happy Accidents
- Jane Lynch, 2011
- Actress
- Seriously -- I'm kidding
- Ellen Degeneres, 2011
- Comedian, Talk show host
- Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man
- Chaz Bono, 2011
- Activist, Musician
- Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
- Andrew Graham-Dixon, 2011
- Artist
- Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
- Jeanette Winterson, 2011
- Writer
- Fit to Serve: Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador
- James Hormel, 2011
- Ambassador
- Untied: A Memoir of Fame, Family, and Floundering
- Meredith Baxter, 2011
- Actress
- Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small
- Rita Mae Brown, 2010
- Writer
- Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir
- Bill Clegg, 2010
- Literary Agent, Writer
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
- Piper Kerman, 2010
- Writer
- I'm The One That I Want
- Margaret Cho, 2008
- Comedian, Actress
- James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
- Julie Phillips, 2006
- Writer
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
- Alison Bechdel, 2006
- Comic Artist, Author
- Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
- Rigoberto Gonzalez, 2006
- Professor
- Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star
- Tab Hunter, 2005
- Actor
- The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde
- Neil McKenna, 2005
- Author
- Langston Hughes: A Biography
- Laurie Leach, 2004
- Poet
- She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
- Jennifer Finney Boylan, 2003
- Teacher
- Going the Other Way: Lessons From A Life In and Out of Major League Baseball
- Billy Bean, 2003
- Baseball Player
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