{"id":4992,"date":"2024-01-30T09:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.deakin.edu.au\/article\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T23:51:03","slug":"midsumma-festival-your-lgbtqia-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.deakin.edu.au\/article\/midsumma-festival-your-lgbtqia-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsumma Festival: your LGBTQIA+ reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midsumma.org.au\/\">Midsumma Festival<\/a>, currently underway in Melbourne, is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midsumma.org.au\/whats-on\/events\/midsumma-pride-march\/\">Midsumma Pride March<\/a> this weekend, we&#8217;ve carefully selected a range of LGBTQIA+ books for you to explore. The following list covers a wide array of topics, offering insights into the real-life stories and experiences within the queer community. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Available for borrowing with your Deakin card or Deakin Borrow app, these books are an invitation to delve into and celebrate the intricate tapestry of LGBTQIA+ life and culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deakin academics and alumni connection&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.deakin.edu.au\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00097a&amp;AN=deakin.b4172806&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\">Living and loving in diversity: an anthology of Australian\u202fmulticultural\u202fqueer adventures<\/a>\u202fedited by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.deakin.edu.au\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00097a&amp;AN=deakin.b4039564&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\">A feminist\u202fpost-transsexual\u202fautoethnography: challenging normative gender coercion<\/a>\u202fby\u202fJulie\u202fPeters&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b3676318~S1\">Ida<\/a>\u202fby Alison Evans&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b2358594~S1\">Look who&#8217;s morphing<\/a> by Tom Cho<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LGBTQIA+ history&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5104683~S1\">Rainbow history class: your guide through queer and trans history<\/a> by Hannah McElhinney&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b4376149~S1\">Queer: a graphic history<\/a> by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.deakin.edu.au\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00097a&amp;AN=deakin.b3770125&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\">Black on both sides: a racial history of trans identity<\/a>\u202fby C. Riley Snorton\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b3776202~S1\">Transgender history: the roots of today&#8217;s revolution<\/a> by Susan Stryker&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.deakin.edu.au\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00097a&amp;AN=deakin.b5242161&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\">The queer art of history: queer kinship after fascism<\/a>\u202fby Jennifer V. Evans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>First Nations LGBTQIA+ stories&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.deakin.edu.au\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00097a&amp;AN=deakin.b3632880&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\">Colouring the rainbow: black queer and trans perspectives: life stories and essays by First Nations People of Australia<\/a>\u202fedited by Dino Hodge\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5260466~S1\">Personal score: sport, culture, identity<\/a>\u202fby Ellen van Neerven&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LGBTQIA+ fiction&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b3935730~S1\">Confessions of the fox<\/a> by Jordy Rosenberg&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5025115~S1\">The dawnhounds<\/a> by Sascha Stronach&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b4689543~S1\">Detransition, baby <\/a>by Torrey Peters&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b4689532~S1\">Everyone in this room will someday be dead<\/a>\u202fby Emily Austin&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b3856289~S1\">Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe<\/a>\u202fby Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b4182402~S1\">The pillars<\/a> by Peter Polites&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5359838~S1\">A psalm for the wild-built <\/a>by Becky Chambers&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5359837~S1\">A prayer for the Crown-Shy<\/a> by Becky Chambers; edited by Lee Harris&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5384163~S1\">Legends &amp; lattes<\/a> by Travis Baldree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LGBTQIA+ nonfiction&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5359816~S1\">Transgender Australia: a history since 1910<\/a> by Noah Riseman&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5296836~S1\">The two revolutions: a history of the transgender internet<\/a> by Avery Dame-Griff&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5359824~S1\">Pleasure and efficacy: of pen names, cover versions, and other trans techniques<\/a> by Grace E. Lavery&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5241818~S1\">Trap door: trans cultural production and the politics of visibility<\/a> edited by Reina Gossett, Eric A. Stanley, and Johanna Burton&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5440037~S1\">Gender: a graphic guide<\/a> by Meg-John Barker by Jules Scheele (available soon!)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hachette.com.au%2Fkit-heyam%2Fbefore-we-were-trans-a-new-history-of-gender&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ca.clarke%40deakin.edu.au%7Cb04d73d18f244d6041a308dc1c736e5a%7Cd02378ec168846d585401c28b5f470f6%7C0%7C0%7C638416529294714342%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XmlVSi7eoCYNf%2B2XiWPHd9hEuEQX%2FXJC8Ri9nTOCsk8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Before we were trans: a new history of gender<\/a> by Kit Heyam&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.oapen.org%2Fhandle%2F20.500.12657%2F62208&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ca.clarke%40deakin.edu.au%7Cb04d73d18f244d6041a308dc1c736e5a%7Cd02378ec168846d585401c28b5f470f6%7C0%7C0%7C638416529294722118%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nD4KBZDgjm%2BRpuL%2FgyRphNx9igzMsNziHMTT9LvpRxs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">The made-up state: technology, trans femininity, and citizenship in Indonesia<\/a>\u202fby Benjamin Hegarty\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b4726053~S1\">All about Yves: notes from a transition<\/a>\u202fby Yves Rees&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5018253~S1\">The terrible we: thinking with trans maladjustment<\/a>\u202fby Cameron Awkward-Rich&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b4163180~S1\">Nonbinary: memoirs of gender and identity<\/a>\u202fedited by Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5264404~S1\">Gender queer: a memoir<\/a> by Maia Kobabe ; colors by Phoebe Kobabe&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.deakin.edu.au\/record=b5384164~S1\">A real piece of work: a memoir in essays<\/a>\u202fby Erin Riley&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Midsumma Festival, currently underway in Melbourne, is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. &nbsp; In anticipation of the Midsumma Pride March this weekend, we&#8217;ve carefully selected a range of LGBTQIA+ books for you to explore. 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