Bestsellers
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The Velvet Rage
- Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
- By: Alan Downs PhD
- Narrated by: Alan Downs PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,811
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Performance1,588
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Story1,577
The most important issue in a gay man’s life is not “coming out,” but coming to terms with the invalidating past....
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Must read for any gay man
- By Matthew Phelps on 08-30-12
By: Alan Downs PhD
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Love in a F*cked-Up World
- How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together
- By: Dean Spade
- Narrated by: Dean Spade
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance33
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Story33
In this inspiring self-help handbook, a trans activist dares us to be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and amongst our closest connections. Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of...
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READ AND ACT
- By LGingersnap on 10-06-25
By: Dean Spade
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
- Crossing Press Feminist Series, Book 1
- By: Audre Lorde
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall770
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Performance673
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Story668
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature....
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One of the most important things I have ever listened to.
- By Jayrod on 11-16-16
By: Audre Lorde
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A Queer History of the United States
- By: Michael Bronski
- Narrated by: Vikas Adams
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall384
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Performance325
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Story324
Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present. In the 1620s, Thomas Morton broke from Plymouth Colony and founded Merrymount, which celebrated same-sex desire, atheism, and...
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Good read, misleading title
- By Morgan on 11-13-19
By: Michael Bronski
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Before We Were Trans
- A New History of Gender
- By: Kit Heyam Ph.D Ph.D
- Narrated by: Kit Heyam Ph.D Ph.D
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall82
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Performance76
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Story76
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of...
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Educated but skewed 
- By Joshua Ambrose on 11-30-23
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Out of a Far Country
- A Gay Son's Journey to God. A Broken Mother's Search for Hope
- By: Christopher Yuan
- Narrated by: Christopher Yuan, Nancy Wu
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall579
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Performance530
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Story528
Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different. He was attracted to other boys....
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phenomenal testimony!
- By Daniel on 06-01-16
By: Christopher Yuan
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The Velvet Rage
- Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
- By: Alan Downs PhD
- Narrated by: Alan Downs PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,811
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Performance1,588
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Story1,577
The most important issue in a gay man’s life is not “coming out,” but coming to terms with the invalidating past....
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Must read for any gay man
- By Matthew Phelps on 08-30-12
By: Alan Downs PhD
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Love in a F*cked-Up World
- How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together
- By: Dean Spade
- Narrated by: Dean Spade
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance33
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Story33
In this inspiring self-help handbook, a trans activist dares us to be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and amongst our closest connections. Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of...
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READ AND ACT
- By LGingersnap on 10-06-25
By: Dean Spade
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
- Crossing Press Feminist Series, Book 1
- By: Audre Lorde
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall770
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Performance673
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Story668
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature....
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One of the most important things I have ever listened to.
- By Jayrod on 11-16-16
By: Audre Lorde
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A Queer History of the United States
- By: Michael Bronski
- Narrated by: Vikas Adams
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall384
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Performance325
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Story324
Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present. In the 1620s, Thomas Morton broke from Plymouth Colony and founded Merrymount, which celebrated same-sex desire, atheism, and...
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Good read, misleading title
- By Morgan on 11-13-19
By: Michael Bronski
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Before We Were Trans
- A New History of Gender
- By: Kit Heyam Ph.D Ph.D
- Narrated by: Kit Heyam Ph.D Ph.D
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall82
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Performance76
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Story76
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of...
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Educated but skewed 
- By Joshua Ambrose on 11-30-23
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Out of a Far Country
- A Gay Son's Journey to God. A Broken Mother's Search for Hope
- By: Christopher Yuan
- Narrated by: Christopher Yuan, Nancy Wu
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall579
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Performance530
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Story528
Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different. He was attracted to other boys....
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phenomenal testimony!
- By Daniel on 06-01-16
By: Christopher Yuan
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
- By: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrated by: Jeanette Winterson
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall742
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Performance666
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Story663
This memoir is the chronicle of a life’s work to find happiness. It is a book full of stories....
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The Title Says It All
- By Pamela Harvey on 03-20-12
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Paper Doll
- Notes from a Late Bloomer
- By: Dylan Mulvaney
- Narrated by: Dylan Mulvaney
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall162
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Performance154
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Story154
Dylan Mulvaney pulls back the curtain of her “It Girl” lifestyle with a witty and intimate reflection of her life pre- and post-transition.
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Love at first listen
- By ekell on 03-24-25
By: Dylan Mulvaney
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
- A Biomythography
- By: Audre Lorde
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
Zami: A Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers “Zami is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women...
By: Audre Lorde
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Angels in America
- A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
- By: Tony Kushner
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall414
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Performance364
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Story360
Presenting an original audiobook performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival. In this production, adapted especially for the listening experience, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, and the entire cast recreate their acclaimed...
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Cast of Angels
- By Dan B. on 05-22-19
By: Tony Kushner
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Who's Afraid of Gender?
- By: Judith Butler
- Narrated by: Judith Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall76
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Performance66
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Story66
Judith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic book Gender Trouble redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on “gender” that have become central to right-wing movements today.
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Butler’s reading of Butler was stunning
- By Joseph Schneider on 07-19-24
By: Judith Butler
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The Secrets of My Life
- By: Caitlyn Jenner
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,016
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Performance889
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Story889
In this remarkable memoir former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community. Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations...
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Let down
- By prettyinparadise on 06-10-17
By: Caitlyn Jenner
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Better Living Through Birding
- Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
- By: Christian Cooper
- Narrated by: Christian Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall277
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Performance242
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Story243
Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up. "Wondrous . . . captivating.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of...
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If you’re not a birder yet, you soon will be.
- By Anonymous on 06-19-23
By: Christian Cooper
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The Queer Thing About Sin
- Why the West Came to Hate Queer Love
- By: Harry Tanner
- Narrated by: Harry Tanner
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
In the early days of ancient Greece, queer love was celebrated. The most famous warrior in antiquity loved another man, the poet whose lyrics were memorised by philosophers and kings sang of her desire for women.
By: Harry Tanner
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Gay New York
- Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
- By: George Chauncey
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall127
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Performance103
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Story103
The “monumental” (The Washington Post), field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed in the closet, where all gay men were isolated, invisible, and ashamed. Based on...
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An Eye Opening History!
- By Nelson on 04-26-22
By: George Chauncey
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Ace
- What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
- By: Angela Chen
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall616
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Performance526
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Story524
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does...
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Thank you, Angela!
- By akaMike on 10-10-20
By: Angela Chen
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Nonbinary
- Memoirs of Gender and Identity
- By: Micah Rajunov - editor, Scott Duane - editor
- Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance39
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Story39
What happens when your gender doesn't fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundane interactions like filling out a form or using a public bathroom can be a struggle when these designations prove inadequate....
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It changed my life!!!
- By Anonymous on 08-19-22
By: Micah Rajunov - editor, and others
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Changing Our Mind
- Definitive Edition of the Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBT Christians with Response to Critics
- By: David P. Gushee
- Narrated by: David P. Gushee
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall115
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Performance101
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Story101
Changing Our Mind has helped thousands of families and congregations carefully and compassionately rethink traditional religious teachings about full LGBTQ inclusion. With growing scientific evidence, our wider society has taken big steps....
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So grateful for this book
- By Sheryl Murphy on 12-08-22
By: David P. Gushee
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The Gay Revolution
- The Story of the Struggle
- By: Lillian Faderman
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall214
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Performance194
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Story195
Based on rigorous research and more than 150 interviews, The Gay Revolution tells its unfinished story not through dry facts but through dramatic accounts of passionate struggles, with depth and intricacies....
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An outstanding book.
- By David Farley on 10-21-15
By: Lillian Faderman
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Gay Bar
- Why We Went Out
- By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
- Narrated by: Jeremy Atherton Lin
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall231
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Performance208
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Story207
As gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what’s being lost in this indispensable, intimate, and stylish celebration of history. In the era of Grindr and same-sex marriage, gay bars are closing down at an alarming rate. What, then, was the gay bar? Set...
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Gay Bar : A Review
- By Anonymous on 05-17-21
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Let the Record Show
- A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
- By: Sarah Schulman
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Coleman Williams, Sarah Schulman
- Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall82
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Performance78
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Story78
Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism....
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Narration makes it difficult to enjoy
- By Katrine on 06-28-21
By: Sarah Schulman
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Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership
- Uncomplicating Cars for All of Us
- By: Chaya M. Milchtein
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau, Chaya M. Milchtein
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
A comprehensive guide to car ownership and maintenance intended for anyone—regardless of age, gender or experience. When did you last pick up a book about cars? Typically written for men, particularly automotive enthusiasts and mechanics, these books rarely appeal to the everyday car owner...
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An engaging and really helpful guide.
- By Nate on 05-11-24
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A Short History of Trans Misogyny
- By: Jules Gill-Peterson
- Narrated by: Charli Burrow
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
- There is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why does it happen?
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Facing West
- A Forever Wilde Novel
- By: Lucy Lennox
- Narrated by: Michael Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,419
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Performance1,323
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Story1,322
I left my family and tiny Texas hometown 15 years ago to escape small-town gossips and to give my mom and sister the chance at a better life. But when a phone call....
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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 07-23-19
By: Lucy Lennox
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Secret City
- The Hidden History of Gay Washington
- By: James Kirchick
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 26 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall288
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Performance260
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Story258
Washington, D.C., has always been a city of secrets. Few have been more dramatic than the ones revealed in James Kirchick’s Secret City....
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Exhausting snd enraging and disappointing
- By Frequent shopper! on 07-16-22
By: James Kirchick
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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
- A Memoir
- By: T Kira Madden
- Narrated by: T Kira Madden
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall626
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Performance552
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Story546
With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawaii to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality....
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Interesting POV, Not a literary memoir.
- By Margaret on 04-13-20
By: T Kira Madden
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Love and Rage
- The Path of Liberation through Anger
- By: Lama Rod Owens
- Narrated by: Lama Rod Owens
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall109
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Performance90
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Story87
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation? White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of...
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get your life
- By Angela Shepard on 02-15-21
By: Lama Rod Owens
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We Will Not Cancel Us
- And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice (Emergent Strategy Series, Book 3)
- By: adrienne maree brown, Malkia Devich-Cyril - afterword
- Narrated by: adrienne maree brown, Malkia Devich-Cyril
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
Cancel culture addresses real harm...and sometimes causes more. It’s time to think this through.
By: adrienne maree brown, and others
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Gay Like Me
- A Father Writes to His Son
- By: Richie Jackson
- Narrated by: Richie Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall172
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Performance148
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Story148
Chosen by Town & Country as one of the most anticipated books of the year | Named ""An LGBTQ Book That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020"" by O: The Oprah Magazine In this poignant and urgent love letter to his son, award-winning Broadway, TV and film producer Richie Jackson reflects on...
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The guidance I didn’t realize I so desperately needed from a parent
- By Kati Hetrick on 01-03-21
By: Richie Jackson
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Hood Wellness
- Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land
- By: Tamela J. Gordon
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
Hood Wellness introduces listeners to an inclusive and accessible self-care primer and an approach to well-being that holds the potential to bring about profound change in their lives.
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love the Realness
- By Kendra Reed on 05-09-25
By: Tamela J. Gordon