Books
Free PDF Books on race, gender, sexuality, class, and culture
Black Queer and Trans Reading List
Feminist Texts Written by Women of Color
diversify your queer reads: 2014 books featuring queer people of color
Readings on Sexuality/Settler Colonialism/Homonationalism/Pinkwashing
Readings (both books and articles) on gay rights, imperalism, and capitalism
(Recommended) Books
At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance-A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power– Danielle McGuire
Black Feminist Thought – Patricia Hill Collins
Black Girl Dangerous on Race, Queerness, Class, and Gender – Mia Mckenzie (My review)
The Blue Sweater – Jacqueline Novogratz
Border Patrol Nation – Todd Miller
decolonizing trans/gender 101 – b. binaohan
I Am Your Sister – Audre Lorde
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander
Redefining Realness – Janet Mock
Sister Outsider – Audre Lorde
Women, Culture, and Politics – Angela Davis
Women, Race, and Class – Angela Davis
Feminism
Here are 4 ways to navigate whiteness and feminism without being a white feminist – Madde McClouskey
To White Feminists Who Don’t Want to Discuss Racism: Here Are 7 Things You Need to Know – Britni de la Cretaz
A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color – Victoria Law
Reclaiming the Word ‘Slut’ Is An Entirely Different Beast for Black Women – Zeba Blay
Classism
You Can’t Earn a Living on the Minimum Wage – Peter Van Buren
Gender
Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity – Michael S. Kimmel
Transgender Studies Quarterly – a non medical academic journal from Duke University
General Resources
Resources Compiled by Phoenix (neoliberalismkills)
bluestockings magazine resource library
QPoC Housing Resources and Initiatives: an incomplete list – complied by marchoftigers on Tumblr
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Allyship and Solidarity Guidelines – Unsettling America
Housing
You Can’t Evict a Movement: Strategies for Housing Justice in the United States– Conor Tomás Reed, Manissa McCleave Maharawal and Alma Sheppard-Matsuo
Immigration
Here’s the Real Immigration Problem that Donald Trump Isn’t Talking About – Zeesham Aleem
Mental Illness
Mental Illness: How the Media Contributes to Its Stigma – Jarune Uwujaren
We Demonize Mental Illness So We Won’t Have To Do Anything About It – Samantha Eyler
3 Issues that Impact the Mental Health of LGBTQIA+ Youth – Robin J. Landwehr
Mental Illness is the Wrong Scapegoat After Mass Shootings – Amy Wolf
Queer
Know Your Rights – Your rights within the workplace and what to do if you experience discrimination
Why I Claim Bisexuality – Eliel Cruz
Homonationalism and the Death of the Radical Queer – Haley D. O’Shaughnessy
Is the Gay Scene Racist? – Stuart Haggas
An Aromantic Perspective: What It’s Like To Be In a Romantic Relationship – Sara on Flying While Falling Down
Gay Universalism, Homoracialism, and “Marriage for All” – Houria Bouteldja
Queers of War: Normalizing Lesbians and Gays in the US War Machine – Hilary King
HRC and the Vulture Fund: Making Third World Poverty Pay for LGBT Rights – Scott Long
Race/Racism Resources
Re: Sick and tired of hearing “source?” or having to explain white privilege and systemic racism?
10 Things Everyone Should Know About White Supremacy – Chauncey DeVega
The Problem of Colorblindness – Alex Seitz-Wald
Students Share What It’s Like to be Black at Mizzou – Taryn Finley and Mariah Stewart
A Ferguson Syllabus: Reading a Movement – Darnell L. Moore
10 Ways White People are More Racist Than They Realize – Kali Holloway
19 Photos from 2014 That Prove ‘Post-Racial’ America Doesn’t Exist – Aura Bogado
What White People Might Do to Not be a Shitty White Person – from tumblr user thinkspeakstress
Why Reverse Racism Isn’t Real – Sara Luckey
Still Think White Privilege Isn’t Real? These 6 Lessons Will Erase All Doubt. – Leah R. Kyaio
Whitewashing the Orlando Shooting Victims Only Makes LGBTQ People of Color More Vulnerable to Violence – Michelle Garcia
On White Supremacy and the Anniversary of the Murder of Michael Brown
5 Distrubing Stats on Black-White Inequality – Tami Luhby
10 Examples that Prove White Privilege Protects White People in Every Aspect Imaginable – Jon Greenberg
Why Food Belongs in Our Discussion on Race – Kristin Wartman
Here are the Real Reasons Why We White People Struggle to Admit that Racism Still Exists – Jamie Utt
This is what white people can do to support #BlackLivesMatter – Sally Kohn
15 youth movements to dismantle white supremacy rising this summer
24 Actions You NEED to Take to Help Trans Women of Color Survive – Lexi Adsit
The Horrifying Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools Hasn’t Ended – Here’s What You Need to Know – Taté Walker
6 Words and Phrases You Didn’t Know Were Rooted in Racism – Taryn Finley
This Is What Happens When Black Students Crash a Blackface Frat Party – Jamilah King
Why I Don’t Trust People Who Say #AllLivesMatter – Kat Blaque
Religion
Beyond the headscarf: Let’s discuss social justice issues Muslim women actually care about – Sarah Harvard
Sex Work
Olive (rikodeine on tumblr): learning about sex work and How to support sex workers
Phoenix (neoliberalismkills on tumblr) has a long list of information and resources about sex work and whorephobia, including:
- Things to know if you’re not a sex worker
- Sex workers, language, and slurs
- Her answer to an anonymous question about abuse in the porn industry
Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOP USA), including: ally resources and learn about sex work
Sex work and listening to sex workers, includes following articles:
- 10 things I wish everyone knew about sex workers – Phoenix Calida
- Let’s call sex work what it is: Work – Melissa Gira Grant
- Sex Work Info (on tumblr)
- How to be a *better* ally to sex workers
- We need to decriminalize sex work in the US – Victoria M. Rodriguez-Roldan
Writing
Writing different characters, jobs, locations, names, quotes, etc.
Writing genderqueer characters
Writing characters different from you
Nimble’s Notebook – their tags range from race to building a world to characters to the mind and the body.
