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LGBT+ History Month 2025

By: By Essex Library Service

Tue 25/02/2025

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LGBT+ History Month 2025

This year for our LGBT+ History Month, look out for the book displays in our libraries. We have a wide variety of books, for children and adults. Throughout the month of February, we’ll be promoting these highly recommended books:

For adults

The LGBTQ+ history book

Matt Cain

This book is being read by the OutHouse book club and by Essex Police LGBTQ+ Network book group, and we’re hoping to feature some of their reviews on social media.

The friends of Dorothy

Sandi Toksvig

For children and young people

The boy I lov e

William Hussey

The fights that make us

Sarah Hagger-Holt

A little bit different

Claire Alexander

Our partners recommend...

Throughout the month we've been working with book groups from OutHouse Colchester and Essex Police LGBTQ+ Network.

OutHouse recommendations

Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

Bury your gays by Chuck Tingle

The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Last night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blache

Queer life, queer love (Muswell Press)

Essex Police LGBTQ+ Network recommendations

Trans like me by C N Lester

50 years legal by Simon Napier-Bell

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Queer up by Alexis Caught

The little book of Pride by Lewis Laney

Cheer up love by Susan Calman