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Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum: God Loves Queer People

By Sharon Kleinbaum — 2014

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It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living

Growing up isn’t easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, and this is especially true for LGBTQ kids and teens. In response to a number of tragic suicides by LGBTQ students, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage uploaded a video to YouTube with his partner, Terry Miller.

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Dan Savage (editor), Terry Miller (editor)
2012
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Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

The first time someone called John Paul (JP) Brammer “Papi” was on the gay hookup app Grindr. At first, it was flattering; JP took this as white-guy speak for “hey, handsome.

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John Paul Brammer
2025
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Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives

A moving exploration of how gay men construct their identities, fight to be themselves, and live authentically It goes without saying that even today, it’s not easy to be gay in America.

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Walt Odets
2020
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We Have Always Been Here

A memoir of hope, faith and love, Samra Habib's story starts with growing up as part of a threatened minority sect in Pakistan, and follows her arrival in Canada as a refugee, before escaping an arranged marriage at sixteen.

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Samra Habib
2019
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Why Body Image Issues Pervade the Gay Community

Body image issues aren’t unique to bi or gay men, but toxic thoughts pertaining to self-worth and physical care have become dangerously prevalent within the MSM (men seeking men) community.

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Nick Levine
2020
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Discussing Body Image in the Context of the LGBTQIA+ Community

Body image is particularly important to discuss in the context of the LGBTQIA+ community, due to the prevalence of eating disorders and similar issues that disproportionately impact those who identify as LGBTQIA+.

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Meghan Shaw
2021
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The Openly Gay Rabbi Who’s Working to Change the Face of Judaism

By not allowing her path to God to interfere with her sexuality, Lisa Grushcow ‘embraced both parts of her identity’—and now, as Dan Bilefsky finds out, she’s working to make Judaism more inclusive for women.

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Dan Bilefsky
2019
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Gay and on the Autism Spectrum: My Experience Growing Up in the Closet

Things have dramatically improved in my life since high school. I am lucky that I have a family that loves me, that I have friends who support me and that I live in a progressive area like Montgomery County, Maryland. Many people are less lucky.

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Eric Ascher
2018
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Autistic People More Likely to Identify as LGBTQ

Studies vary widely on the percentage of people with autism who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual. One analysis suggested the rate is 15 to 35 percent among autistic people who do not have intellectual disability.

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Marina Sarris
2020
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Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman

In this candid, first-of-its-kind memoir, Laura Kate Dale recounts what life is like growing up as a gay trans woman on the autism spectrum.

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Laura Kate Dale
2019
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