Joy Michael Ellison
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1969, when thirteen-year-old transgender runaway Flor and her new trans friend Tami try to make their way into the queer and trans community of New York City, they find themselves at the Stonewall Inn on a night that leads to a police raid and violence.
2) Sylvia and Marsha start a revolution!: the story of the trans women of color who made LGBTQ+ history
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
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""Someday girls like us will be able to wear whatever we want. People will call us by the names we choose. They'll respect that we are women. The cops will leave us alone and no one will go hungry." Sylvia and Marsha are closer than sisters. They are kind and brave and not afraid to speak their truth, even when it makes other people angry. This illustrated book introduces children to the story of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, the two transgender...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick
Publication Date
2026
Language
English
Description
When little Willi Leake watched karate movies with his mother in their cozy Queens apartment, he d slice the air with his arms like swords. He d swish his hips like the models he saw in magazines and copy ancient pharaohs poses from Egyptian hieroglyphs. Bursting with energy, Willi would strut his way down the street, and his mother would tell him not to mind the puzzled looks he d get. When she took him to the Apollo Theater to watch ballerinas...