LibGuides: Gender Studies : LGBTQ+ History Month at SOAS Library

Welcome to LGBTQ+ History Month at SOAS. In February 2025, we highlighted some resources available at your library.

LGBTQ+ History Month Resources at SOAS Library

Front cover image for An ordinary wonder An Ordinary Wonder

By Buki Papillon

Front cover image for Bad gays : a homosexual history Bad Gays: A homosexual history

By Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller

Front cover image for Before we were trans : a new history of gender Before we were trans: a new history of gender

By Kit Heyam

Front cover image for Concerning my daughter Concerning my daughter

By Hye-jin Kim, translated by Jamie Chang

Front cover image for Don't whisper too much : and Portrait of a young artiste from Bona Mbella

Don't whisper too much and Portrait of a young artiste from Bona Mbella

By Frieda Ekotto, translated by Corine Tachtiris

Front cover image for Edges of the rainbow : LGBTQ Japan

Edges of the rainbow: LGBTQ Japan

By Michel Delsol and Haruku Shinozaki

Front cover image for Embracing my shadow : growing up lesbian in Nigeria

Embracing my shadow: growing up lesbian in Nigeria

By Unoma Nguemo Azuah

Front cover image for Fimí sílẹ̀ forever : heaven gave it to me

Fimí sílẹ̀ forever

By Nnanna Ikpo

Front cover image for Guapa Guapa

By Saleem Haddad

Front cover image for Keeping it unreal : Black queer fantasy and superhero comics Keeping it unreal: Black queer fantasy and superhero comics

By Darieck Scott

Front cover image for Kenyan, Christian, queer : religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa Kenyan, Christian, queer: religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa

By A.S. Van Klinken

Front cover image for Love falls on us : a story of American ideas and African LGBT lives Love falls on us: a story of American ideas and African LGBT lives

By Robbie Corey-Boulet

Front cover image for Love in the big city : a novel Love in the big city: a novel

By Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur

Front cover image for Notes of a crocodile Notes of a crocodile

By Miaojin Qiu, translated by Bonnie Huie

Front cover image for Pakistan desires : queer futures elsewhere

Pakistan desires: queer futures elsewhere

Edited by Omar Kasmani

Front cover image for Queer Palestine and the empire of critique Queer Palestine and the empire of critique

By Sa'ed Atshan

Front cover image for Sexual and gender diversity in the Muslim world : history, law and vernacular knowledge Sexual and gender diversity in the Muslim world: history, law and vernacular knowledge

By Vanja Hamzić

Front cover image for Solo dance Solo dance

By Li Kotomi, translated by Arthur Reiji Morris

Front cover image for The butterfly jungle

The Butterfly Jungle

By Diriye Osman

Front cover image for The dreaming The dreaming
By Andre Bagoo

Front cover image for The fox spirit, the stone maiden, and other transgender histories from late imperial China

The fox spirit, the stone maiden, and other transgender histories from late imperial China

By Matthew Harvey Sommer

Front cover image for The world that belongs to us : an anthology of queer poetry from South Asia

The world that belongs to us: an anthology of queer poetry from South Asia

Edited by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal

Front cover image for They called me queer

They called me queer

Edited by Kim Windvogel and Kelly-Eve Koopman

Front cover image for Under the udala trees Under the Udala Trees

By Chinelo Okparanta

Front cover image for Unicorn : the memoir of a Muslim drag queen Unicorn: the memoir of a Muslim drag queen

By Amrou Al-Kadhi

Front cover image for Vagabonds! Vagabonds!

By Eloghosa Osunde

Front cover image for We are not the others : reflections of a transgender artivist We are not the others: reflections of a transgender artivist

By Kalki Subramaniam

Front cover image for We have always been here : a queer Muslim memoir We have always been here: a queer Muslim memoir

By Samra Habib

Can't find these on the shelves? It may be in a display case. Chat to staff at the library desk if you'd like help finding or borrowing one of these books.

Amphibious subjects: sasso and the contested politics of queer self-making in neoliberal Ghana

By Kwame Edwin Otu

And Then He Sang a Lullaby Cover Image And then he sang a lullaby

By Ani Kayode Somtochukwu

Front cover image for Asexualities : feminist and queer perspectives Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives,Ten-Year Anniversary Edition

Edited by KJ Cerankowski and Megan Milks

Front cover image for Badhai : Hijra-Khwaja Sira-Trans performance across borders in South Asia Badhai: Hijra-Khwaja Sira-Trans performance across borders in South Asia

By Adnan Hossain, Claire Pamment and Jeff Roy

Front cover image for Black trans feminism Black trans feminism

By Marquis Bey

Front cover image for Boys love media in Thailand : celebrity, fans, and transnational Asian queer popular culture Boys love media in Thailand: celebrity, fans, and transnational Asian queer popular culture

By Thomas Baudinette

Front cover image for Edges of the rainbow : LGBTQ Japan

Edges of the rainbow: LGBTQ Japan

By Michel Delsol and Haruku Shinozaki

Front cover image for Envisioning African intersex : challenging colonial and racist legacies in South African medicine Envisioning African intersex: challenging colonial and racist legacies in South African medicine

By Amanda Lock Swarr

Front cover image for Interdisciplinary and Global Perspectives on Intersex. Interdisciplinary and Global Perspectives on Intersex

By Megan Walker

Cover of In the Spider's Room: A Novel

In the spider's room: a novel

By Muhammad Abdelnabi, translated by Jonathan Wright

Front cover image for Kenyan, Christian, queer : religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa Kenyan, Christian, queer: religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa

By A.S. Van Klinken

Book Jacket La Bastarda

By Trifonia Melibea Obono

Love Offers No Safety : Nigeria's Queer Men Speak Cover Image Love offers no safety: Nigeria's Queer Men Speak

Edited by Jude Dibia and Olumide Makanjuola

NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow: First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry eBook : Whittaker, Alison, Lindsay Ross, Steven : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store Nangamay, Dream, Mana, Gather, Djurali, Grow: First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry

Edited by Steven Lindsay Ross and Alison Whittaker

Front cover image for Pakistan desires : queer futures elsewhere

Pakistan desires: queer futures elsewhere

Edited by Omar Kasmani

Front cover image for Queer and trans people of colour in the UK : possibilities for intersectional richness Queer and trans people of colour in the UK: possibilities for intersectional richness

By Stephanie Davis

Front cover image for Queer China : lesbian and gay literature and visual culture under postsocialism Queer China: lesbian and gay literature and visual culture under postsocialism

By Hongwei Bao

Front cover image for Queer Jews, queer Muslims : race, religion, and representation Queer Jews, Queer Muslims

Edited by Adi Saleem

Front cover image for Queer Palestine and the empire of critique Queer Palestine and the empire of critique

By Sa'ed Atshan

Revathi: a Life in Trans Activism

By A. Revathi and Nandini Murali

Front cover image for Revolutionary acts : love and brotherhood in Black gay Britain Revolutionary acts: love and brotherhood in Black gay Britain

By Jason Okundaye

Front cover image for Routledge handbook of queer African studies Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies

Edited by S.N. Nyeck

Front cover image for Sexual and gender diversity in the Muslim world : history, law and vernacular knowledge Sexual and gender diversity in the Muslim world: history, law and vernacular knowledge

By Vanja Hamzić

Front cover image for Sexuality and the rise of China : the post-1990s gay generation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China Sexuality and the rise of China: the post-1990s gay generation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China

By Travis Kong

Front cover image for Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa : contemporary issues and challenges Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by J. Michael Ryan and Helen Mary Rizzo

She of the Mountains Cover Image She of the mountains

By Vivek Shraya

Front cover image for The fox spirit, the stone maiden, and other transgender histories from late imperial China

The fox spirit, the stone maiden, and other transgender histories from late imperial China

By Matthew Harvey Sommer

Front cover image for This Arab is queer : an anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab writers This Arab is queer

Edited by Elias Jahshan

Front cover image for Trans historical : gender plurality before the modern Trans historical: gender plurality before the modern

Edited by Greta LaFleur, Masha Raskolnikov and Anna Kłosowska

Front cover image for Transgender India : understanding third gender identities and experiences Transgender India

Edited by Douglas A. Vakoch

We also have extensive DVD collections from across the SOAS regions.

A notable example is "พรางชมพู กะเทยประจัญบาน" (Prang chompu, Krathoei prachanban̄), a Thai action film about a group of Kathoeys who survive a plane crash.

พรางชมพู กะเทยประจัญบาน - วิกิพีเดีย