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Bestsellers
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The House of Hidden Meanings
- A Memoir
- By: RuPaul
- Narrated by: RuPaul
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and supermogul.
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Engrossing story
- By LB Run on 04-13-24
By: RuPaul
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Untamed
- By: Glennon Doyle
- Narrated by: Glennon Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed....
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Shockingly shallow and self-centered
- By G. Scimeca on 03-11-20
By: Glennon Doyle
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Pageboy
- A Memoir
- By: Elliot Page
- Narrated by: Elliot Page
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world....
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Ah, I wish this were better. I'm disappointed.
- By Jackson Theofore Keys on 06-07-23
By: Elliot Page
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In the Form of a Question
- The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
- By: Amy Schneider
- Narrated by: Amy Schneider
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself....
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Disappointed
- By Sandra on 01-13-24
By: Amy Schneider
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira
- Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
- By: Cassandra Peterson
- Narrated by: Cassandra Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells - and told by the bombshell herself....
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Chapter 14 cut off
- By Wildgreenthumb on 09-24-21
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Angela Davis
- An Autobiography
- By: Angela Davis
- Narrated by: Angela Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison-abolitionist movements for more than 50 years....
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Good story of an interesting person
- By Antuane Brown on 03-17-22
By: Angela Davis
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The House of Hidden Meanings
- A Memoir
- By: RuPaul
- Narrated by: RuPaul
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and supermogul.
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Engrossing story
- By LB Run on 04-13-24
By: RuPaul
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Untamed
- By: Glennon Doyle
- Narrated by: Glennon Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed....
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Shockingly shallow and self-centered
- By G. Scimeca on 03-11-20
By: Glennon Doyle
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Pageboy
- A Memoir
- By: Elliot Page
- Narrated by: Elliot Page
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world....
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Ah, I wish this were better. I'm disappointed.
- By Jackson Theofore Keys on 06-07-23
By: Elliot Page
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In the Form of a Question
- The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
- By: Amy Schneider
- Narrated by: Amy Schneider
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself....
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Disappointed
- By Sandra on 01-13-24
By: Amy Schneider
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira
- Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
- By: Cassandra Peterson
- Narrated by: Cassandra Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells - and told by the bombshell herself....
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Chapter 14 cut off
- By Wildgreenthumb on 09-24-21
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Angela Davis
- An Autobiography
- By: Angela Davis
- Narrated by: Angela Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison-abolitionist movements for more than 50 years....
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Good story of an interesting person
- By Antuane Brown on 03-17-22
By: Angela Davis
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We Should Not Be Friends
- The Story of a Friendship
- By: Will Schwalbe
- Narrated by: Will Schwalbe
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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By the time Will Schwalbe was a junior at college, he had already met everyone he cared to know: the theater people, writers, visual artists and comp lit majors, and various other quirky characters including the handful of students who shared his own major, Latin and Greek....
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Great read
- By Victoria L. on 03-22-24
By: Will Schwalbe
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Running with Scissors
- A Memoir
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrated by: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of being Anne Sexton) gave him away...
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NOT what I was expecting
- By Art H on 04-25-03
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Hijab Butch Blues
- A Memoir
- By: Lamya H
- Narrated by: Ashraf Shirazi
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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When fourteen-year-old Lamya H realizes she has a crush on her teacher—her female teacher—she covers up her attraction, an attraction she can’t yet name, by playing up her roles as overachiever and class clown....
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Believe the Hype
- By Taz Ahmed on 09-30-23
By: Lamya H
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Ten Steps to Nanette
- A Memoir Situation
- By: Hannah Gadsby
- Narrated by: Hannah Gadsby
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Gadsby grew up as the youngest of five children in an isolated town in Tasmania, where homosexuality was illegal until 1997....
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An emotional connection
- By John on 04-23-22
By: Hannah Gadsby
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My Mother and Other Wild Animals
- An Essay
- By: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrated by: Andrew Sean Greer
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A mother and son embark on the road trip of a lifetime in a charming, poignant essay about making memories, facing fears, and donning fried-egg costumes by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less.
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A Modern Era read...
- By NinaKalada on 04-28-24
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Dry
- A Memoir
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrated by: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants...
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Sobriety with a sense of style....
- By heidi on 09-28-03
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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Simply Brilliant
- By Stuart Huddart on 09-21-21
By: Miriam Margolyes
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Boyslut
- A Memoir and Manifesto
- By: Zachary Zane
- Narrated by: Zachary Zane
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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A sex and relationship columnist bares it all in a series of essays—part memoir, part manifesto—that explore the author’s coming of age and coming out as a bisexual man and move toward embracing and celebrating sex unencumbered by shame....
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Great insight and information. Vain human.
- By Lauren B. on 07-27-23
By: Zachary Zane
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You're That Bitch
- & Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself
- By: Bretman Rock
- Narrated by: Bretman Rock
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A chaotically joyous collection of essays from one of the original influencers and the internet's sweetheart, Bretman "The Baddest" Rock....
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5/5
- By Desiraie Murillo on 03-31-23
By: Bretman Rock
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Theft by Finding
- Diaries (1977-2002)
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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For nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny events he witnesses....
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Don't hate me but...
- By Misty on 06-13-17
By: David Sedaris
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XOXO, Cody
- An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness
- By: Cody Rigsby
- Narrated by: Cody Rigsby
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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With raw and inspiring stories about learning how to handle the scary sh*t, XOXO, Cody is a bold and heartfelt reminder that sometimes laughing at yourself is the best medicine. Remember: It ain’t that deep, boo....
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This book GIVES MAIN BOOK ENERGY!
- By Coffee N Craft on 09-13-23
By: Cody Rigsby
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The T Guide
- Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression—Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond
- By: Gigi Gorgeous, Gottmik (a.k.a Kade Gottlieb), Swan Huntley
- Narrated by: Gigi Gorgeous, Gottmik (a.k.a Kade Gottlieb)
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In this fabulous, fashion-forward guide, transgender icons Gigi Gorgeous and Gottmik discuss the ins and outs of being transgender with their honest, hilarious, and GORGEOUS tales of what it means to be true to oneself—and they've picked up a few friends along the way....
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it's amazing perhaps could use a revision of life today
- By Sam on 12-15-23
By: Gigi Gorgeous, and others
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Tweakerworld
- A Memoir
- By: Jason Yamas
- Narrated by: Jason Yamas
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and one of San Francisco’s top drug dealers....
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Exhausting
- By Thom Pierson on 03-09-23
By: Jason Yamas
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Talking to My Angels
- By: Melissa Etheridge
- Narrated by: Melissa Etheridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . ., the Grammy and Oscar award-winning rocker and trailblazing LGBTQAI icon takes stock of the intervening years, recounting the euphoric triumphs and the life-altering tragedies of her life....
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just in time
- By horsecrazy on 09-15-23
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Mother, Nature
- A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover If a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
- By: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Narrated by: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering truth: Our parents won’t live forever. For years, he and Barbara have talked about taking a trip together, just the two of them....
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A roadmap to a peaceful heart
- By Michael J Collins on 11-18-23
By: Jedidiah Jenkins
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All In
- An Autobiography
- By: Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard, Maryanne Vollers
- Narrated by: Billie Jean King
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses a brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self....
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Wonderful Book
- By glass1748 on 08-25-21
By: Billie Jean King, and others
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How Far the Light Reaches
- A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
- By: Sabrina Imbler
- Narrated by: Sabrina Imbler
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to creatures living in hostile or remote environments....
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THIS IS A MEMOIR
- By Joseph Gee on 03-17-23
By: Sabrina Imbler
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Congratulations, the Best Is Over!
- Essays
- By: R. Eric Thomas
- Narrated by: R. Eric Thomas
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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After going viral “reading” the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas finally knew who he was and where he was going. He was living his best life....
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loved this so much
- By Jami on 04-24-24
By: R. Eric Thomas
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And Don't F&%k It Up
- An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (The First Ten Years)
- By: World of Wonder, Maria Elena Fernandez
- Narrated by: Alec Mapa
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Told over the first ten years, And Don't F&%k It Up tells a cultural history through the stories of the people who lived it: the creators of the show, the contestants, the crew, the judges, and even some key (famous) fans....
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The people who wrote this…you are safe, you may step to the back of the stage
- By exBFF on 06-26-23
By: World of Wonder, and others
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The Book of Pride
- LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
- By: Mason Funk
- Narrated by: Mason Funk, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book of Pride captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen....
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Pure Joy for EVERYONE
- By Micah D on 06-03-19
By: Mason Funk
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Gay Like Me
- A Father Writes to His Son
- By: Richie Jackson
- Narrated by: Richie Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In this poignant and urgent love letter to his son, award-winning Broadway, TV, and film producer Richie Jackson reflects on his experiences as a gay man in America and the progress and setbacks of the LGBTQ community over the last 50 years....
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The guidance I didn’t realize I so desperately needed from a parent
- By Kati Hetrick on 01-03-21
By: Richie Jackson
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I Was Better Last Night
- A Memoir
- By: Harvey Fierstein
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Harvey Fierstein’s legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood and back. He’s received accolades and awards for acting in and/or writing an incredible string of hit plays, films, and TV shows....
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Loved it
- By Mary Ellen Guadagno on 03-09-22
By: Harvey Fierstein
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The Life and Loves of a He Devil
- By: Graham Norton
- Narrated by: Graham Norton
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly 20 years....
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Read if you want to laugh-cry...
- By Nelly Norrell on 08-21-15
By: Graham Norton
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Unbearable Lightness
- A Story of Loss and Gain
- By: Portia de Rossi
- Narrated by: Portia de Rossi
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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de Rossi weighed only 82 pounds when she collapsed on the set of the Hollywood film....
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For All Dieters, not just Anorexic Girls
- By Coghan on 02-20-13
By: Portia de Rossi
New releases
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Quantum Quirks
- A Science Fiction Childhood
- By: Adam Gaffen, Kendra Cassidy
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Join Kendra Cassidy on a hilarious, heartwarming journey through centuries, as she recounts the misadventures and enduring bond with her best friend and soulmate, Aiyana, in a world where technology knows no bounds but friendship proves timeless. "Quantum Quirks" by Adam Gaffen is a delightful memoir-like narrative, blending humor with a dash of science fiction. It's an informal, witty recollection from Kendra Cassidy, the future Admiral of the Terran Federation, sharing her childhood and teenage years with her lifelong friend and eventual wife, Aiyana. The memoir transcends the typical ...
By: Adam Gaffen, and others
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I Think I'll Prune the Lemon Tree
- Essays from My Arizona Life
- By: Mark Johnson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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If you are captivated by creative storytelling—brimming with vivid imagery and emotional honesty—you will love Mark Johnson’s fourth book, I Think I’ll Prune the Lemon Tree. Set against the warm and rugged landscape of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, it features thirty-nine serendipitous, provocative, and humorous essays. Mark’s true stories and desert fantasies chronicle his triumphs as a gay man and journey with husband Tom to build a healthy, open, and literary life in Arizona, while revisiting indelible memories from his Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina past. Throughout his ...
By: Mark Johnson
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Between Shadow and Sun
- A Husband’s Journey through Gender - A Wife’s Labor of Love
- By: Tina White
- Narrated by: Tina Madison White, Mary Rose White
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Between Shadow and Sun chronicles Tina White's fifty-year journey to womanhood: her efforts to make sense of life as a man; her awkward first steps into the world as a woman; her struggle to honor and love her family. It also captures the family's struggles to cope.
By: Tina White
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Eight Fought to Live
- The Story of My AIDS Therapy Group, 1988-1990
- By: Florence Rosiello
- Narrated by: Samantha Novak
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of eight gay men living with advanced AIDS and one inexperienced fresh out of training psychoanalyst. Each man’s intimate story is peppered with Dr. Rosiello’s anxiety and her growing awareness regarding the importance of emotional authenticity in psychotherapy. The group members had no spare moments for Dr. Rosiello to use her newly learned psychoanalytic techniques. There was only time to be real.
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Inside Out
- The Extraordinary Legacy of April Ashley
- By: Douglas Thompson
- Narrated by: Luke R Francis
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Through her own – often bloody-minded – determination and the medical skill of others, April Ashley became the woman she had always believed herself to be. And for half a dozen decades she soared around, over and above momentous and turbulent times, difficult, and changing times when, finally, who you wanted to be and who you could be became the cultural topic of the day. She overcame opprobrium and penury and became renowned and celebrated for one specific achievement: being April Ashley.
By: Douglas Thompson
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Guest Privileges
- Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East
- By: Gaar Adams
- Narrated by: Gaar Adams
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Upon moving to the Gulf States – where penalties for queer acts include deportation, imprisonment, torture and death – Gaar Adams wants to understand why LGBTQ+ migrants might choose to live amid such peril. From the UAE to Bahrain and Oman to Saudi Arabia – a region where four out of five residents are noncitizens – he begins riskily gathering interviews outside the tightly controlled state media, leading with what he thinks is a simple question:
By: Gaar Adams
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Quantum Quirks
- A Science Fiction Childhood
- By: Adam Gaffen, Kendra Cassidy
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Join Kendra Cassidy on a hilarious, heartwarming journey through centuries, as she recounts the misadventures and enduring bond with her best friend and soulmate, Aiyana, in a world where technology knows no bounds but friendship proves timeless. "Quantum Quirks" by Adam Gaffen is a delightful memoir-like narrative, blending humor with a dash of science fiction. It's an informal, witty recollection from Kendra Cassidy, the future Admiral of the Terran Federation, sharing her childhood and teenage years with her lifelong friend and eventual wife, Aiyana. The memoir transcends the typical ...
By: Adam Gaffen, and others
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I Think I'll Prune the Lemon Tree
- Essays from My Arizona Life
- By: Mark Johnson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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If you are captivated by creative storytelling—brimming with vivid imagery and emotional honesty—you will love Mark Johnson’s fourth book, I Think I’ll Prune the Lemon Tree. Set against the warm and rugged landscape of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, it features thirty-nine serendipitous, provocative, and humorous essays. Mark’s true stories and desert fantasies chronicle his triumphs as a gay man and journey with husband Tom to build a healthy, open, and literary life in Arizona, while revisiting indelible memories from his Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina past. Throughout his ...
By: Mark Johnson
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Between Shadow and Sun
- A Husband’s Journey through Gender - A Wife’s Labor of Love
- By: Tina White
- Narrated by: Tina Madison White, Mary Rose White
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Between Shadow and Sun chronicles Tina White's fifty-year journey to womanhood: her efforts to make sense of life as a man; her awkward first steps into the world as a woman; her struggle to honor and love her family. It also captures the family's struggles to cope.
By: Tina White
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Eight Fought to Live
- The Story of My AIDS Therapy Group, 1988-1990
- By: Florence Rosiello
- Narrated by: Samantha Novak
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of eight gay men living with advanced AIDS and one inexperienced fresh out of training psychoanalyst. Each man’s intimate story is peppered with Dr. Rosiello’s anxiety and her growing awareness regarding the importance of emotional authenticity in psychotherapy. The group members had no spare moments for Dr. Rosiello to use her newly learned psychoanalytic techniques. There was only time to be real.
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Inside Out
- The Extraordinary Legacy of April Ashley
- By: Douglas Thompson
- Narrated by: Luke R Francis
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Through her own – often bloody-minded – determination and the medical skill of others, April Ashley became the woman she had always believed herself to be. And for half a dozen decades she soared around, over and above momentous and turbulent times, difficult, and changing times when, finally, who you wanted to be and who you could be became the cultural topic of the day. She overcame opprobrium and penury and became renowned and celebrated for one specific achievement: being April Ashley.
By: Douglas Thompson
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Guest Privileges
- Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East
- By: Gaar Adams
- Narrated by: Gaar Adams
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Upon moving to the Gulf States – where penalties for queer acts include deportation, imprisonment, torture and death – Gaar Adams wants to understand why LGBTQ+ migrants might choose to live amid such peril. From the UAE to Bahrain and Oman to Saudi Arabia – a region where four out of five residents are noncitizens – he begins riskily gathering interviews outside the tightly controlled state media, leading with what he thinks is a simple question:
By: Gaar Adams
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Rebel Rising
- A Memoir
- By: Rebel Wilson
- Narrated by: Rebel Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Rebel Rising follows Rebel Wilson's incredible journey of "making it," constantly questioning "Am I good enough?", "Will I ever find love?" and "Will I ever change and become healthy?" Rebel writes for the first time about her most personal and important moments in her life—from fertility issues, weight gain and loss, sexuality, overcoming shyness, rejections and, well...okay there's at least one story thrown in about Brad Pitt! It's all here. This memoir shows us how to love ourselves, while making us laugh uncontrollably.
By: Rebel Wilson
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The Dead Don't Need Reminding
- In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit
- By: Julian Randall
- Narrated by: Julian Randall
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is a braided story of Julian Randall’s return from the cliff edge of a harrowing depression and his determination to retrace the hustle of a white-passing grandfather to the Mississippi town from which he was driven amid threats of tar and feather.
By: Julian Randall
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Until I Meet My Husband
- By: Ryousuke Nanasaki
- Narrated by: Paul Dateh
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Ryousuke Nanasaki married his husband in 2016 in the first religiously recognized same-sex wedding in Japanese history. This collection of essays follows Ryousuke's search for love on the journey to his extraordinary marriage. From unrequited junior high crushes to awkward dating sites to finally finding a community, Ryousuke's heartfelt reflections on his coming-of-age as a young gay man in Hokkaido will touch listeners all over the world.
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The Diaries of Mr Lucas
- By: Hugo Greenhalgh
- Narrated by: Will Watt
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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For 60 years, Mr George Leo John Lucas led a double life. By day, he was a civil servant at the Board of Trade, but by night—unable to live openly as a gay man before the Sexual Offences Act of 1967—he was a fixture of London's colorful underground gay scene, a twilight world of petty crime, louche pubs and public lavatories. He was also an obsessive diary writer.
By: Hugo Greenhalgh
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Pride & Prejudice
- Healing Division in the Modern Family
- By: Matt Salmon
- Narrated by: Dr. Matt R. Salmon
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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"Pride & Prejudice: Healing Division in the Modern Family" is a heartfelt exploration into the intricate balance between celebrating one's identity ("pride") and confronting ingrained biases ("prejudice"). Dr. Matt R. Salmon shares his experience growing up queer in a family and religion that condemned it. Drawing upon professional expertise and unique life experiences, this book offers a fresh perspective on the challenges and opportunities that arise in families with LGBTQ+ members.
By: Matt Salmon
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Mothership
- A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis
- By: Greg Wrenn
- Narrated by: Greg Wrenn
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Weaving together memoir and cutting-edge science, Mothership is not just a queer coming-of-age story. It's a deeply researched account of how coral reefs and a psychedelic tea called ayahuasca helped Greg heal from complex PTSD—a disorder of trust, which makes the very act of bonding with someone else panic-inducing. From the tide pools in Florida where he grew up, to Indonesia's Raja Ampat archipelago and the Amazon rainforest, this is his search for wholeness when talk therapy and pharmaceuticals did little to help.
By: Greg Wrenn
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Mean Boys
- A Personal History
- By: Geoffrey Mak
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Mak
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In this pyrotechnic memoir-in-essays, Mak ranges widely over our landscape of paranoia, crisis, and frenetic, clickable consumption. He grants listeners an inside pass to the spaces where culture was made and unmade over the past decade, from the antiseptic glare of white-walled galleries to the darkest corners of Berlin techno clubs. As the gay son of an evangelical minister, Mak fled to those spaces, hoping to join a global, influential elite. But when calamity struck, it forced Mak to confront the costs of mistaking status for belonging.
By: Geoffrey Mak
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Power of Balance
- A Life of Changemaking
- By: Dr Kerryn Phelps
- Narrated by: Dr Kerryn Phelps
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
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In her memoir, Dr Phelps candidly explores her struggles and achievements, in medicine, media and politics – from her advocacy around Medevac and COVID-19 management, to the fallout of her public ‘outing’ in the Australian media and her inspirational role in the Teal movement of the 2022 elections. She also reflects on the ideas and passions that have motivated and sustained her during these times, including her philosophies of leadership and equality, and her love of nature.
By: Dr Kerryn Phelps
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Beyond Description
- Soul in Words, Book 1
- By: Emily Tiffany Joy
- Narrated by: Sarah Decker
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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No one will ever silence my creative voice again, even if there's no end of people who would gladly celebrate my death, just because I let my purple bird fly. Without shining my reason upon this bleak wasteland, I'd have no book to share, and our hateful world would have successfully murdered me. So I'll live joyously even if that means my death, but I'll never die before my soul strikes back.
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Homoflexible
- A Memoir on Polyamory
- By: Matthew James
- Narrated by: Matthew James
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Homoflexible opens with me finding my footing at the age of nineteen and takes the listener on an expedition spanning a decade worth of new beginnings, love, loss, and overall triumph. The journey is the destination as I met my husband and moved to Washington, DC where our open relationship evolved and we formed a thruple: three person relationship, with a female. I discover a belonging in the polyamorous community and find a new identity as homoflexible; primarily homosexual but with a limited amount of attraction to the opposite sex or willingness to take part in heterosexual activity.
By: Matthew James
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ELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI
- Their Biographies, Relationship, Interesting Facts, Individual Achievements and Legacy
- By: Morghan Knight
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 36 mins
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Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are two well-known people whose lives, love story, and lasting influence are thoroughly examined in this book. It covers each of their separate trajectories in the entertainment business while highlighting key turning points. It also goes into detail about how their incredible love story defied expectations and turned into a sign of acceptance and hope for the LGBTQ+ community. Beyond their private lives, the book highlights their charity and advocacy efforts, highlighting their dedication to bringing about constructive change. Additionally, it humanizes ...
By: Morghan Knight
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My Mother and Other Wild Animals
- An Essay
- By: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrated by: Andrew Sean Greer
- Length: 56 mins
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Andrew Sean Greer can’t wait to get home to San Francisco after a writer’s residency in Kansas. But when his mother, Sandra, decides to come along for the ride, he has a new goal: get her to crack a smile at every stop, whether breathtaking or breathtakingly kitschy. He’s always known his mother to be as efficient and serious as a chemist (which she happens to be), always in gray, eyebrow cocked, and handling challenges with grace. To mix things up, Andrew develops an elaborate itinerary of planned chaos.
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A Modern Era read...
- By NinaKalada on 04-28-24