Lgbt black books

The phrase “decolonize your bookshelf” has enter into common reader vernacular in recent years. What it means is simple: evaluate the kinds of books you’re reading and construct sure they aren’t all reflecting a white, western—AKA colonizer—point of view. Beyond that, though, I think it’s plain to fall into the trap of thinking you’re doing enough, or reading widely enough if you’re reading books that are non-white or non-straight or non-male. But is it really? Because it’s easy to miss the intersection of identities—or suffer from certain identities entirely—if you accept that as enough. What about nonbinary authors? Black queer authors? Disabled authors? Neurodivergent authors? Queer experiences, for example, don’t necessarily look the same for any two people—especially if one of them is white and another Black.

With Pride Month in the rearview mirror,  it’s also a superb time to reexamine your TBR and your bookshelves—make sure the books you’re reading don’t solely reflect one identity, whether one portion of the LGBTQ community or mostly white authors. Diversifying your bookshelf is incredi

65 LGBT Books by Black Authors

In honor of Pride Month obviously, here’s my next list! Please continue to attach authors and books to this list! 

  1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  2. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
  3. Another Country by James Baldwin
  4. Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin
  5. Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
  6. Just as I am (Invisible Life #2) by E. Lynn Harris
  7. I Verb a Little Prayer by E. Lynn Harris
  8. Hood Witch by Faylita Hicks
  9. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
  10. Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
  11. By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
  12. A Dream so Gloomy by LL McKinney
  13. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
  14. Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix
  15. Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
  16. Skin Adj Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney
  17. The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie
  18. Juniper Leaves by Jaz Joyner
  19. Queer Africa - Selected Stories
  20. The Yellow Brownstone by Lisa K. Stephenson
  21. Freedom in This Village by E. Lynn Harris
  22. Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction by Devon W. Carbado
  23. In Ca

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    • Available at TCCL as an ebook. Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been productive as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as…

    • Available at TCCL as a novel. At London , Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer became the first woman ever to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio , with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over again. Years of…

    • Available at TCCL as a novel and as an ebook and downloadable audiobook via cloudLibrary. Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood,…

    • Avaible at TCCL as abook, ebook, downloadable audiobook, and audiobook. From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Verb for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power.

    • Available at TCCL as a book. Details the incredible life story of François Clemmons, beginning wit

      If you are interested in purchasing any of the books mentioned and if it is accessible for you to do so, we would motivate you to support and buy from Black-owned businesses such as; Afrori Books, Black Cultural Archives, New Beacon Books. You can also purchase these books from our friends at Queer Lit.

      Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin


      In the s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

      Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde


      The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'. Uncompromising, angry and yet full of expectation, this collection of her essential prose - essays, speeches, letters, interviews - explores r