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Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids
J 323.3 PIT
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J 323.3 PIT
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"This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Riots are attributed as the spark that ignited the LGBTQ+ Movement. The author describes American gay history leading up to the Riots,...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
641 *GENERAL TASTY
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641 *GENERAL TASTY
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"From the wildly popular, fiercly inclusive BuzzFeed cooking brand comes 75 recipes from prominent LGBTQ+ cooks and foodies"-- Provided by publisher.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION SILVERA, A.
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TEEN FICTION SILVERA, A.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION SILVERA, A.
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TEEN FICTION SILVERA, A.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN CD FICTION SILVERA, A.
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TEEN CD FICTION SILVERA, A.
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In a near-future New York City, a service alerts people on the day they will die. Teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
"On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both...
84) This book is gay
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Lesbian. Bisexual. Queer. Transgender. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder. This book is for YOU. There's a long-running joke that, after "coming out," a lesbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership card and instruction manual. THIS IS THAT INSTRUCTION MANUAL. You're welcome. Inside you'll find the answers to all the questions...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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TEEN FICTION CALLENDER, K.
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Film buff and aspiring screenwriter Nathan Bird doesn't believe in happy endings since his father died and his mom began to unravel. His best-friend-turned-girlfriend-turned-best-friend-again, Florence, is set on making sure Nate finds someone else. And that someone does come along: Oliver James Hernández, his childhood best friend. But can Nate find the courage to pursue his own happily ever after? -- adapted from jacket
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
306.768 MCB
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306.768 MCB
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"A captivating memoir that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country. Before she became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention in 2016 at the age of twenty-six, Sarah McBride struggled with the decision to come out--not just to her family but to the students of American University, where she was serving as student body president. She'd known she was a girl from her earliest memories, but...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids
J 306.76 BER
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J 306.76 BER
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"We are so strong. We fight to be ourselves. This is the real stuff--the information you won't find on TV shows or in news articles about trans people. The emotions, the practicalities, the self-doubt... the stuff they can't cram into sixty minutes and that doesn't create a provocative headline. Before he became known for his YouTube videos, Alex Bertie was an isolated, often-afraid transgender teenager looking for answers. In this revolutionary memoir...
88) Two boys kissing
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION LEVITHAN, D.
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TEEN FICTION LEVITHAN, D.
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A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
306.768 STE
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306.768 STE
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Sociologist Arlene Stein takes us into the lives of four strangers who find themselves together in a sun-drenched surgeon's office, having traveled to Florida from across the United States in order to masculinize their chests. Ben, Lucas, Parker, and Nadia wish to feel more comfortable in their bodies; three of them are also taking testosterone so that others recognize them as male. Following them over the course of a year, Stein shows how members...
90) Untamed
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
BIOGRAPHY DOYLE, G.
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BIOGRAPHY DOYLE, G.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD BIOGRAPHY DOYLE, G.
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CD BIOGRAPHY DOYLE, G.
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"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...
91) Vagabonds!
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION OSUNDE, E.
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FICTION OSUNDE, E.
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"In Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the poor, the queer, the drivers and dancers, the abused and displaced and vulnerable. Blending unvarnished realism with myth and fantasy, Vagabonds! traces characters for whom life itself is a form of resistance: a driver for a debauched politician; a fashion designer who gives birth to a grown daughter; a lesbian couple; a wife and mother trying to escape from her violent husband....
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN BIOGRAPHY JOHNSON, G.M.
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TEEN BIOGRAPHY JOHNSON, G.M.
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"This is a memoir of George's boyhood in New Jersey, growing up with their brother and two cousins, all under the supervision of their larger-than-life grandmother"-- Provided by publisher.
George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul were raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold one another close through early brushes with racism, memorable experiences at the family barbershop, and first loves and losses. And with Nanny at their center,...
93) What if it's us
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION ALBERTALLI, B.
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TEEN FICTION ALBERTALLI, B.
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"Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it's that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn't be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend's things. But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them? Maybe...
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"From the acclaimed author of THE ASSISTANTS comes another gutsy book about the importance of women taking the reins--except this time, when it comes to finding sexuality, pleasure and love sometimes where you least expect it. Katie Daniels is a perfection-seeking 28-year-old lawyer living the New York dream. She's engaged to charming art curator Paul Michael, has successfully made her way up the ladder at a multinational law firm, and has a hold...
95) With teeth
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION ARNETT, K.
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FICTION ARNETT, K.
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"From the author of the New York Times-bestselling sensation Mostly Dead Things: a surprising and moving story of two mothers, one difficult son, and the limitations of marriage, parenthood, and love. If she's being honest, Sammie Lucas is scared of her son. Working from home in the close quarters of their Florida house, she lives with one wary eye peeled on Samson, a sullen, unknowable boy who resists her every attempt to bond with him. Uncertain...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
HUMOR IRBY, S.
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HUMOR IRBY, S.
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Downers Grove Public Library - Adult and Teen Services Display
HUMOR IRBY, S.
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HUMOR IRBY, S.
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"Irby is forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left her job as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic, has published successful books and has been friendzoned by Hollywood, left Chicago, and moved into a house with a garden that requires repairs and know-how with her wife in a Blue town in the middle of a Red state where she now hosts book clubs and makes mason...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
ROMANCE BELLEFLEUR, A.
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ROMANCE BELLEFLEUR, A.
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After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love--and the inevitable heartbreak--is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn't expect her lie to bite her in the ass. Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL WYND VOL. 1
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TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL WYND VOL. 1
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"Wynd lives a quiet life in Pipetown -- working at the local tavern, out of sight in the secret rooms beneath the floorboards, often stealing away to catch glimpses of the son of the castle's groundskeeper as he works. But Wynd also has a secret... magical blood betrayed by his pointed ears, forbidden within the city limits. His shaggy hair has obscured them for most of his life, but now that Wynd is a teenager they are growing too unwieldy to hide....








