Research Guides: LGBTQIA+ Resource Guide: LITERATURE &amp; FEATURE FILMS

LGTBQIA+ LITERATURE & FEATURE FILMS

This section contains a select listing of award-winning and celebrated works of fiction and feature films that deal with LGBTIA+ issues and protagonists. Literature and feature films provide another means to teach, communicate and broaden understanding of LGBTIA+ history and issues.

BOOKS AT THE TUC LIBRARY

Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction by Devon W. Carbado & Dwight McBride, 2011
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Blackouts by Justin Torres, 2023
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong, 2003
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai, 2012
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, 2019
The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later by By Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, and Andy Paris, 2014
This book contains two plays; the original play "Laramie Project" and the second play "Laramie Project: Ten Years Later".
*AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND AS AN EBOOK.*
Less: A Novel by By Andrew Sean Greer, 2017
Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
The Master by Colm Toibin, 2005
*Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2004, shortlist
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman, 2020
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, 2019
Real Life by Brandon Taylor, 2020

MOVIES AT THE TUC LIBRARY

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, 2018 (DVD)
It's the summer of 1983 in Italy, and Elio, a precocious 17-year-old, spends his days in his family's villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading and flirting with his friend Marzia. One day, Oliver, a charming American scholar arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father, an eminent professor. Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

***Based on the novel by Andre Aciman.
MOONLIGHT
A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 89th Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.