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Abusive Relationships

• In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Actors

• Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
• Baggage by Alan Cumming
• Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
• Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito
• Pageboy by Elliot Page
• This is Me by Hayden Panettiere
• Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson

Adoptee

• Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish

African

• Angry Queer Somali Boy by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali
• Asylum by Edafe Okporo (Nigerian)

Arab

• Fire in Every Direction by Tareq Baconi
• Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar
• Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan

Asian

(See also: Middle-Eastern)

• How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee (Korean)
• Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin (Chinese)
• Walk Like a Girl by Prabal Gurung (Nepali)
• We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib (Pakistani)
• Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish
• Me Hijra, Me Laxmi by Laxmi
• Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East by Benjamin Law
• Ma and Me by Putsata Reang (Cambodian)
• The Truth About Me: a Hijra Life Story by A Revathi
• House Barbie by Geena Rocero (Filipino)
• Nice Girls Don’t Win by Parvati Shallow
• Armour by Vivek Shraya
• Fairest by Meredith Talusan (Filipina)
• Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love & Revolution by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

Atheist

• On Your Right, Fire and Brimstone by Zach Zimmerman

Athlete

• Coming Up for Air by Tom Daley (Diving)
• One Life by Megan Rapinoe (Soccer)
• Beautiful on the Outside by Adam Rippon
• The Yards Between Us by R.K. Russell (Football)
• Silence All the Noise by Caster Semenya (Running)
• Make it Count by Cecé Telfer
• Spinning by Tillie Walden (YA, Skating)

Author (Novelist)

• Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson
• *Pull by Alex London

Autistic

• Trans and Autistic: Stories of Lives at the Intersection ed. by Noah Adams and Bridget Liang
• Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale

Black American

• Mama: A Black, Queer Woman’s Journey to Motherhood by Nikkya Hargrove
• Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
• All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (YA)
• How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
• Fat Off, Fat On by Clarkisha Kent
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
• Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock
• Choosing Family by Francesca Royster
• The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
• Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Zayad

Chef

• Cooking as Fast as I Can by Cat Cora
• Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish

Director

• Maybe This Will Save Me by Tommy Dorfman

Drag Queen

• All About Yvie by Yvie Oddly
• The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
• The Big Reveal by Sasha Velour

Eating Disorders

• The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
• Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi

Exvangelical

• Rapture Practice: Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family by Aaron Hartzler

Fashion Designer

• Walk Like a Girl by Prabal Gurung
• I by Isaac Mizrahi

Foster Child

• Slum Boy by Juano Diaz

Immigrant

• Make it Count by Cecé Telfer

Indigenous

• A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
• A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby
• Maori Boy by Witi Ihimaera

Jewish

• Becoming Eve: My Journey From Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman by Abby Chava Stein
• Memoirs of a Gay Shah by Reza Farahan

Latinx

• The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood by Richard Blanco
• Hola Papi by John Paul Brammer

Mormon

• Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself by David Archuleta
• Wolf Act by AJ Romriell

Musician/Singer

• Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself by David Archuleta

Muslim

• Memoirs of a Gay Shah by Reza Farahan
• Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
• We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
• Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar

Politicians

• Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg
• Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage by Barney Frank

Reality TV Personality

• Memoirs of a Gay Shah by Reza Farahan
• Naturally Tan by Tan France
• Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish
• Nice Girls Don’t Win by Parvati Shallow

Refugee

• Fire in Every Direction by Tareq Baconi
• Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan