LGBTQIA+ (154)


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We Used to Live Here : A Novel by Marcus Kliewer EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
From an author “destined to become a titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), a haunting debut—soon to be a Netflix original movie—about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit. As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and... continue

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Wound by Oksana Vasyakina EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
A breathtaking novel of grief, love, creativity and a young woman's queer and artistic awakening. In the days after her mother's death from breast cancer, Oksana, a young queer poet, decides to return her mother's ashes to their working-class hometown in Siberia. It is a journey home that will take her through the raw, almost dreamlike emotions of early grief through to an acceptance of the wound that death leaves behind. As she navigates the rituals of parting, Oksana feels her way through memory and heartache with a wry humour, reflecting on her complex relationship with her mother and on he... continue

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Yo no quería ser madre by TRIFONIA MELIBEA OBONO ES

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Description:
Treinta mujeres guineanas toman la voz en este libro para denunciar la situación de las personas LGTB en Guinea Ecuatorial. Yo tenía que haber nacido hombre para ser feliz. Creo que los hombres son felices. Y yo no lo soy. Soy una mujer». «Mi familia y yo estamos unidas por el dinero de mi pareja y de la calle que sigo haciendo. Soy como el cordón umbilical que lxs une a mi vagina, de la que esperaron dinero toda la vida». Trifonia Melibea Obono tiene un decidido compromiso feminista que pone de manifiesto las desigualdades e injusticias contra las mujeres, especialmente las lesbianas, bisexua... continue

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You Exist Too Much : A Novel by Zaina Arafat EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
A “provocative and seductive debut” of desire and doubleness that follows the life of a young Palestinian American woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities as she endeavors to lead an authentic life (O, The Oprah Magazine). On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12–year–old Palestinian–American girl is yelled at by a group of men outside the Church of the Nativity. She has exposed her legs in a biblical city, an act they deem forbidden, and their judgement will echo on through her adolescence. When our narrator finally admits to her mother that she is queer, her mother’s response ... continue