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I read a good bit of nonfiction this month - six titles, although half of them were children's picture books. June's spot is going to The Stonewall Reader
June Nonfiction #ReadingBracket2024

This is a really great resource on the LGBTQ movement. It recounts the Stonewall Riots from multiple first hand perspectives, through interviews & articles written at the time. It also explores other events leading up to that night, which set the stage for the uprising, & the years afterwards. It spotlights the activists who led the fight for gay rights.
I recommend listening to the audiobook, as some of the interviews are the original recordings

I found the poem Henry was reciting to Alex in the V&A, and I'm obsessed with it!

"It rhymes in French." - Henry ?

#rwrb #henrygeorgeedwardjamesfoxmountchristenwindsor #poetryera #georgevilliers #17thcentury #apollo #dukeofbuckingham #queerhistory #historyhuh #theophiledeviau #aumarquisduboukinquan #hyacinthus #amyntas #jamesVI #poem #french #poet

Sort of obsessed that RWRB was my first introduction to the notorious George Villiers, and now Nicholas Galitzine (AKA Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor) is playing him in Mary and George! What an incredible series! I delved into the Jacobean era after reading RWRB for the first time, and love this series even more because of it. Thank you Casey McQuiston! #RWRB #CaseyMcquiston #queerhistory #HistoryHuh #nonfiction #LGBTQ

A bit more dense than I expected from a graphic history—but that‘s because it‘s a history of queer theory and theorists, rather than of the gay liberation movement like I expected. It was pretty interesting and definitely informative. Queer theory is very complicated and entangled.

I love the “woman” rolling her eyes 😆

The Development and Engagement director at Lambda Literary posted on Instagram that they‘re looking for shelfies! They are sick of using stock images only to crop/zoom and see books with titles relating to extraneous topics. If you have a shelf or stack of exclusively queer books, why not snap a pic and send it in- they‘ll credit your photo as well if you‘d like. Here‘s the link: https://forms.gle/vYNvpddVe684kAhH8

This book is stunningly beautiful and has many unique page layouts (which I love in comics)! I wasn't familiar with Epstein's history, so I learned a lot from the true parts of this book. The author does use some creative lisence such as adding Moxie to the story. I picked this up because it was a Bonus Borrow on Hoopla. #QueerHistory #Beatles #LGBTQ #MusicHistory #Nonfiction #Comic #JewishHistory

I'm concentrating on reading my library books so I can get them returned and then concentrate on reading my owned TBR books.
This was informative, thoughtful and thought provoking, and I wouldn't mind having it in my personal library.

I‘ve signed up for #lmpbc . This is my first time doing a book club or anything like this. I started a group for LGBTQ+ books, if anyone is interested in joining. Signup is over at @suvata ‘s page. 🏳️‍🌈