Pride
In BC, the first weekend in August is a long weekend, celebrating BC Day. It's also the same weekend as Pride, a celebration of the LGBTQ community. Some of these books are political, some of them are academic, some of them are by LGBTQ-identified authors, others just include LGBTQ characters.
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Pretty
Stories
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Fist of the Spider Woman
Tales of Fear & Queer Desire
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Sub Rosa
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Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers
The Cha-Cha Years
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Queer View Mirror
Lesbian and Gay Short Short Fiction
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Queer View Mirror 2
Lesbian and Gay Short Short Fiction
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Funny Boy
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
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Hot & Bothered
Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire
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Hot & Bothered 2
Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire
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Hot & Bothered 3
Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire
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Hot & Bothered 4
Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire
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Love and Other Ruins
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In Her Nature
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Love Ruins Everything
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Canary
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Close to Spider Man
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Random Acts of Hatred
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Crisp
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The Wives of Bath
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The Complete Lockpick Pornography
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Second Person Queer
Sex Change, Social Change
Reflections on Identity, Institutions and Imperialism
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Polygendered and Ponytailed
The Dilemma of Femininity and the Female Athlete
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Brazen Femme
Queering Femininity