LGBTQIA+ Nonfiction audiobooks

Black Boy Out of Time

By: Hari Ziyad

Narrated by: Desean Terry

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today about growing up Black and queer in America, reuniting with the past, and coming of age their own way.One of nineteen children in a blended family, Hari Ziyad was raised by a Hindu Hare Kṛṣṇa mother and a Muslim father. Through reframing their... Read more

Soar, Adam, Soar

By: Rick Prashaw

Narrated by: John Dickhout

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Coming out. Coming in. Coming home.

Adam Prashaw's life was full of surprises from the moment he was born. Assigned female at birth, and with parents who had been expecting a boy, he spent years living as "Rebecca Danielle Adam Prashaw" before coming to terms with being a transgender man. Adam captured hearts with his humor, compassion, and... Read more

The Other Mothers

By: Jennifer Berney

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A story of fertility, feminism, and family.



Jenn Berney was one of those people who knew she was destined for motherhood—it wasn't a question of if, but when. So when she and her wife Kelly decided to start building their family, they took the next logical step: they went to a fertility clinic. But they soon found themselves entrenched in a... Read more

The Storm

By: Christopher Zyda

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

It all begins in early 1984, when Chris, a twenty-one-year-old UCLA English literature major, risks ostracism when he comes out of the closet to his fraternity brothers just as the AIDS pandemic is beginning to explode in gay communities across the United States. Soon afterward, Chris meets and falls in love with Stephen, a graduate of Yale... Read more

Love and Rage

By: Lama Rod Owens

Narrated by: Lama Rod Owens

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
 
In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation?

White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. In Love and... Read more

The Book of Matt

By: Stephen Jimenez

Narrated by: Paul Fleschner

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“Methamphetamine was a huge part of this case . . . It was a horrible murder driven by drugs.” — Prosecutor Cal Rerucha, who convicted Matthew Shepard's killers

On the night of October 6, 1998, twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard left a bar with two alleged “strangers,” Aaron McKin­ney and Russell Henderson. Eighteen hours later, Matthew was... Read more

Paper Bullets

By: Jeffrey H. Jackson

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“A Nazi resistance story like none you’ve ever heard or read.” —Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground

"Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing short of mind-boggling. A brilliant book for the ages!” —Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot 

A Stonewall Honor Book in Nonfiction
Longlisted... Read more

Finding Latinx

By: Paola Ramos

Narrated by: Paola Ramos

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Latinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many—Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns—are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the diverse population of almost sixty million... Read more

Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History

By: R. Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Vance Bastian

Length: 16 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Coming Out, Moving Forward, the second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin, outlines the challenges that LGBT Wisconsinites faced in their efforts to right past oppressions and secure equality in the post-Stonewall period between 1969 and 2000. During this era, Wisconsin made history as the first state... Read more

Outrages

By: Naomi Wolf

Narrated by: Amy Gordon

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf, Outrages explores the history of state-sponsored censorship and violations of personal freedoms through the inspiring, forgotten history of one writer’s refusal to stay silenced. Newly updated, first North American edition--a paperback original
In 1857, Britain codified a new civil divorce... Read more

Never a Girl, Always a Boy

By: Jo Ivester

Narrated by: Jo Ivester, Jeremy Ivester, Jenn Ivester, Jon I...

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as what they thought was their daughter. As a child, he preferred the toys and clothing our society views as masculine. In his mid-twenties, he had top surgery and began taking the hormones that would lower his voice and give him a beard, and he... Read more

SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This

By: Nikita Gill

Narrated by: Nikita Gill

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

It's time to reclaim poetry.

Collected by international poetry sensation Nikita Gill, SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This is a joyful celebration of the ground-breaking poets making their voices heard in the spoken word scene. Empowering, inspiring and often hilarious, SLAMs are a platform for well-known and emerging talent from all walks of life... Read more

To be a Gay Man

By: Will Young

Narrated by: Will Young

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

In To Be a Gay Man, Will Young speaks out about gay shame, revealing the impact it had on his own life, how he learned to deal with it, and how he can now truthfully say he is gay and happy.

We know Will as a multi-platinum recording artist, Olivier-nominee, and the first winner of the Idol franchise. But his story began... Read more

The End of Gender

By: Debra Soh

Narrated by: Debra Soh

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that “is not only eminently reasonable and beautifully-written, it is brave and vital” (Ben Shapiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

Is our gender something we’re born with,... Read more

The Pink Line

By: Mark Gevisser

Narrated by: Mark Gevisser & Vikas Adam

Length: 18 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the Financial Times and Guardian Books to Look Forward to in 2020

This program includes a foreword and epilogue read by the author

A groundbreaking look at how the issues of sexuality and gender identity divide and unite the world today

More than five years in the making, Mark Gevisser’s The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer... Read more

How to be Nowhere

By: Tim MacGabhann

Narrated by: Aidan Kelly

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is finally on the right track for reporter and recovering addict Andrew: he is slowly coming to terms with the murder of his photographer boyfriend Carlos, pursuing sobriety and building a new home with a new partner.

Andrew has almost forgotten about the story that ruined his life - but that story hasn't forgotten about him, and a series... Read more

Eat, Gay, Love

By: Calum McSwiggan

Narrated by: Calum McSwiggan

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spring of 2012, Calum finds himself single again after his relationship of six years comes to an end.

Heartbroken, unhappy and unsure of what to do next, he leaves the hometown he has been in all his life to embark on a journey that takes him all around the world, from teaching in a school on the outskirts of Rome to exploring the sex... Read more

Sexing the Body

By: Anne Fausto-Sterling

Narrated by: Carol Monda

Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Now updated with groundbreaking research, this award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society, and history.
Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the... Read more

Queer Magic

By: Tomás Prower

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Queer Magic and Mysticism in History and Today



Queer Magic provides nourishment for LGBTQ+ souls and their allies who are interested in learning about the significant presence and influence of queer folks throughout history. Explore fascinating insights into queer relationships and spiritual practices from different regions of the world. Learn... Read more

Life as a Unicorn

By: Amrou Al-Kadhi

Narrated by: Amrou Al-Kadhi

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author’s fight to be true to themself WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020 WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD Amrou knew they were gay when, aged ten, they first laid eyes on Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. It was love at first... Read more

Beyond the Gender Binary

By: Alok Vaid-Menon

Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2021 In The Margins Award
 
"When reading this book, all I feel is kindness."-- Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter
 
"Thank God we have Alok. And I'm learning a thing or two myself."--Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer

"Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers... Read more

The New Queer Conscience

By: Adam Eli

Narrated by: Adam Eli

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2021 Sydney Taylor Notable Book

"The new manifesto for how we as queer people could and should navigate the world. It's the holding hand I never had--but wish I did."--Troye Sivan, Golden Globe nominated-singer, songwriter, and actor

"With the persistence of queerphobia all around the world, this book is absolutely necessary, even... Read more

The Book of Queer Prophets

By: Ruth Hunt

Narrated by: Ruth Hunt, Raj Ghatak, Kristin Atherton, Pádrai...

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A fascinating and thoughtful exploration of faith in the modern world. If you’re wondering why it matters and how to make sense of it, read on.’ – Clare Balding Is it possible to believe in God and be gay? How does it feel to be excluded from a religious community because of your sexuality? Why do... Read more

The Economic Case for LGBT Equality

By: M. V. Lee Badgett

Narrated by: Samantha Desz

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

An economist demonstrates how LGBT equality and inclusion within organizations increases their bottom line and allows for countries’ economies to flourish

We know that homophobia harms LGBT individuals in many ways, but economist M. V. Lee Badgett argues that in addition to moral and human rights reasons for equality, we can now also make a... Read more