Booksology This is not a complete list! If you are looking for more information regardless of publication date, please visit the Disability/Neuropathy LGBTQ Reads page. That’s where I found many of these!
Notes from the strange and unstable: How to cultivate the joy of queer disabled people and get hot while doing it! By Andrew Gruza
Self-help, wellness, and dating advice doesn’t take into account what it’s like to navigate life as a queer person with a disability. In this how-to book, Andrew Gurza, the host of disabled people after the Dark Podcast, advises on dealing with competency, advocating for accessibility, nurturing a sex life with a strange disability, and practicing self-care.
Trans and Diver: Anthology of Identity and Experiences Edited by Alex Iantaffy
It is worth pointing out that both this and the title above were published by Jessica Kingsley’s publisher! If these look like this, try browsing the catalog. In this anthology, trans and disabled contributors write about the competency of the trans community and the transphobia of the disabled community, as well as the relationships and support of trans and disabled people. Includes essays, poetry, paintings, plays and stories.
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Erin Vanessa’s Witch Camp wiped out
This is a fantasy picture book about a child using hearing devices that are excited to go to Witch Camp. Her two mothers assure her that there is more to be a witch than flying well, and she learns about the importance of doing her best.
Almost Creatures: Poetry by Rob Macaisa Colgate
In this collection of experimental poems, the book is laid out as an accessible museum, with sections being rooms in the gallery. Readers are guided through sensory rooms, seating options and tactile displays. The poem itself contains familiar formal structures and new styles. They browse pop culture and social media as they explore strange friendships and relationships. This is highly recommended by respected poets such as Chen Chen and Claudia Rankin.
You were not intended to be human by Andrew Joseph White (September 9)
You may chase Andrew Joseph White with us from his hellish YA novel, and Spirit may bare its teeth. This is his debut adult novel. Appalachia has been invaded by aliens, and the world is invaded, as we know it. For the transman crane with autism, it is a new start and an opportunity to reinvent yourself. He had just met again and began to fall into Levi. But then, Levi pregnant with Crane, and in the face of the end of humanity, Crane must make difficult choices against what others in the world want him.
Starfruit by Kamryn Kingsberry
Ali is a gay autistic teenager and is a close friend of the Transman Atlas and Sichett’s allies. When Ali’s play starring Queer of Colour is turned down by the Student Theatre Committee, YA persuades the principal to put it anyway. For all possibilities, it appears they have stopped organizing and raising funds for this production. All that tension can rip off their friendship until parents launch a homophobic, transphobic online campaign that they hate towards them.
Sad Girl Time by Anna Zo Kirke (September 4th)
This YA novel is a UK release so it may be a bit difficult to find in North America, but it seems fantastic. Saffron becomes an astrophysicist resident at the university, but her seasonal emotional disorders threaten her chances in the program. Nell is an autistic poet who loves autumn and winter. She decided to show the saffron the beautiful parts of these seasons. Soon, a romance blooms between them, but as Saffron struggles with her mental health and Nell is still working her sexual identity, they don’t know how to navigate this new stage of their relationship.
Bipolar Golden Boy Guide by Sonora Reyes (September 16)
If you like the Catholic School Guide to Lesbiana, check out this upcoming companion novel! Cesar was 17 years old and both came out as strange and bipolar. He is in treatment, taking medication, doing well… if he doesn’t have Catholic guilt. As he tries to get his ex-boyfriend back, he begins to doubt whether he deserves to be with Jamal again. The man’s disease episode then risked dismembering his fragile new life. He has to choose to drive everyone away or ask for help.
Looking for more books on strange disabled people? Check out the authors of 2SLGBTQ+ Disabled Persons in 10 and read this Disability Pride Month.
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Some people are book nerds (including myself) from the start, but that’s not the case for everyone. When I was in college, my partner didn’t consider himself a reader, despite me reading more in magazines every week than in books. One day he said he felt like he was reading a book and asked if he could recommend it to him.
y’all: The pressure was real. I suspected that finding a good match might set something on fire for him, but if you choose more adequately, you could alienate him further from the book world.
This story has a happy ending. I set him on the book date with a popular sci-fi reading that appealed to his logical mind and love for adventure. He never looks back. Now he’s reading all sorts of books I don’t think I’ll pick up, and it’s pretty cool to see how different our reading preferences are.
So how do you read it? How do you start reading as an adult? There are so many books that are published every year. It ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions depending on whether you include self-published books or audiobooks. How can aspiring readers find books that work for them?
Don’t let the numbers threaten you. Here are some pointers to help you get started.
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