In the superb autobiographical essays of "Otherwise", Julie Marie Wade illuminates sexual orientation and body image issues. Nine intricate pieces reflect on risk, bodily autonomy, gender roles, and poetry versus prose. A series of... Read More

"Held and Free" is an introspective memoir about the transformative power of living openly. Meagan M. O’Nan’s memoir "Held and Free" is about choosing authentic self-discovery and the challenging yet rewarding path to... Read More

A memoir about transgender womanhood and the messy art of self-construction, McKenzie Wark’s "Love and Money, Sex and Death" models how identity muddies the waters of who you are, what you want to be like, and who you want to be with.... Read More

Jamie Bruesehoff’s thoughtful book Raising Kids Beyond the Binary explores issues of gender identity from a personalized, Christian perspective. With elements of a memoir, this is a clear guide to understanding gender identities... Read More

Jean-Baptiste Phou’s frank memoir "Coming Out of My Skin" functions as an impassioned manifesto against anti-Asian racism, which—in Phou’s experience—has been even more pernicious than homophobia. Phou, whose Chinese parents... Read More

"I Swear Somewhere This Works" is a digital-age poetry collection that speaks to timeless themes and desires. Trista Mateer’s decade-spanning, poignant poetry collection "I Swear Somewhere This Works" gathers inspiring, emotive... Read More

"Late Bloomer" is a heartfelt memoir about leaving a marriage to find healing and wholeness in coming out. Melissa Giberson’s heartfelt memoir "Late Bloomer" is about the midlife coming-out of a risk-averse married mother of two. When... Read More

"Transister" is a powerful memoir about a mother’s stand for her daughter’s right to be her authentic self. Television anchor Kate Brookes’s unflinching memoir "Transister" is about raising a trans child in a transphobic world.... Read More