Connect to the virtual community of Sheridan Library to find stories by and about the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The library is proud to offer fiction and nonfiction award winners from the Stonewall and LAMBDA Literary Awards. While some are in print and not available during library closures due to COVID, we've included them and encourage you to borrow from your local library, borrow on our return to campus, or buy a copy and support the authors.
LAMBDA Awards
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Galileo by On-line. Mystery Fiction. Evan (short for Evangeline) is a highly principled political operative with an imperfect past, tasked with uncovering compromising material on a rotten judge up for nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court before he can be rushed through confirmation. -
Aurora's Angel: A Dark Fantasy Romance by Print. Fiction. Aurora's Angel is a blend of action, adventure and slow-burn romance centered around shapeshifters, set in a vivid fantasy world. -
Rebent Sinner by Online. Autobiography. These stories span thirty years of tackling TERFs, legislators, and bathroom police, sure, but there is joy and pleasure and triumph to be found here too, as Ivan pays homage to personal heroes like Leslie Feinberg and Ferron while gently guiding younger trans folk to prove to themselves that there is a way out of the darkness. -
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Print. Autobiography. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity and was started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, -
The Deep by On-line. Fiction. Fantasy. The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society--and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award-nominated song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping -
We Have Always Been Here by Print. Autobiography. We Have Always Been Here is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one's truest self. -
Death Threat by Print. Fiction.In the fall of 2017, the acclaimed writer and musician Vivek Shraya began receiving vivid and disturbing transphobic hate mail from a stranger. Using satire and surrealism, "Death Threat" is an unflinching portrayal of violent harassment from the perspective of both the perpetrator and the target, illustrating the dangers of online accessibility, and the ease with which vitriolic hatred can be spread digitally.
Stonewall Awards
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Lot by Print. Fiction. In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. -
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by On-line. Poetry. I Hope We Choose Love proposes heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence, complicity, family, vengeance, and forgiveness. -
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Print. Fiction. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, this book is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. -
She/He/They/Me by Print. Nonfiction. If you've ever questioned the logic of basing an entire identity around what you have between your legs, it's time to embark on a daring escape outside of the binary box... Open your eyes to what it means to be a boy or a girl -- and above and beyond! Within these pages, you get to choose which path to forge. -
How We Fight for Our Lives by On-line. Autobiography. Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. -
Raising Rosie by On-line. Nonfiction. When their daughter Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman found themselves thrust into a situation they were not prepared for. Born intersex - a term that describes people who are born with a variety of physical characteristics that do not fit neatly into traditional conceptions about male and female bodies - Rosie's parents were pressured to consent to normalizing surgery on Rosie, without being offered any alternatives despite their concerns. Part memoir, part guidebook, this powerful book tells the authors' experience of refusing to have Rosie operated on and how they raised a child who is intersex.
More Library Resources
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LGBTQ+ StudiesThis guide provides help for students studying topics related to LGBTQ+ studies. Find lists of resources that are available through the Sheridan Library or on the web, as well as research tips to help you out.
Explore Films and Videos
Explore streaming media for 2SLGBTQ+ films and documentaries. Search for the terms "LGBT", "LGBTQ", or "LGBTQ2+".
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Criterion On-Demand Use the Criterion database to browse genres or search film titles. Titles are also accessible via the Library Catalogue. See the Criterion Guide for details.
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Films on Demand Infobase
Thousands of online videos, archival films and newsreels. Multidisciplinary. See the Films on Demand Guide for details and permitted uses.
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Kanopy Streaming Service Streaming video platform providing access to a hand-picked selection of educational videos.
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NFB Education: National Film Board of Canada National Film Board of Canada’s online video database. Multidisciplinary.
For faculty access, contact eresources@sheridancollege.ca. See the NFB Guide for technical details.
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