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Uma das reportagens de maior repercussão nos últimos tempos, a história de Ricardo – apelidado ofensivamente de "Fofão da Augusta" – surge retrabalhada a partir de uma nova descoberta: a trajetória de Vânia, sua namorada.Em 2017, um leito do Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo foi ocupado por um homem sem identidade. Há vinte anos, ele circulava pela região das ruas Augusta e Paulista, onde liderou uma trupe de palhaços, distribuiu panfletos e pediu esmolas. Sua aparência lhe rendeu a alcunha de Fofão da Augusta e o status de lenda urbana.

Andrea de Mayo era a rainha-empresária. Proprietária de pelo menos doze imóveis na cidade de São Paulo, ela investia no aluguel para garotas trans de programa. Teve três boates, entre elas a lendária Prohibidu's, uma casa de travestis para travestis, além de ser agiota e "bombadeira"...

Written with White’s signature honesty, irreverence, and wit, The Loves of My Life is the culmination of a legend's life and work, a delightful and moving tour of over seventy years of being unabashedly gay and in love with love in all its forms.

*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family, written and read by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word—including never-before-shared stories from behind the scenes of the show and their personal lives. This...

Luísa Marilac nasceu em Minas Gerais e assumiu-se travesti aos 17 anos. Além dos tradicionais traumas associados à transição de gênero em uma família conservadora e de classe baixa, levou sete facadas aos 16 anos, foi vítima de tráfico sexual na Europa, prostituiu-se, foi estuprada e presa mais de uma vez. Alçou-se à fama depois que viralizou no YouTube um vídeo seu com o bordão "E disseram que eu estava na pior".

Garrard—filho de um pastor da igreja Batista, criado em uma cidadezinha conservadora no sul dos Estados Unidos—foi convencido pelos próprios pais a apagar uma parte de si. Em uma tentativa desesperada de agradá-los e de não ser expulso do convívio da família, ele quase se destruiu por completo, mas encontrou forças para buscar sua identidade e hoje é ativista contra as terapias de conversão.

Steffi ist lesbisch. Sie wünscht sich eine Familie – doch der Weg dorthin gestaltet sich schwerer als gedacht. Als sie endlich ihre große Liebe findet, scheint alles möglich. Doch das Schicksal hat andere Pläne. Dieses bewegende Hörbuch erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer Frau, die trotz Schmerz und Verlust nie aufgehört hat zu hoffen. Eine Geschichte über Liebe, Mut und den Glauben an einen neuen Anfang.

Native American author Trudy Silverheels (née Linda Yazzie) fully embraced the adventurous, bisexual, and polyamorous lifestyle she often wrote about in novels and short stories. In this memoir (compiling selections from three separate out-of-print autobiographical works), Trudy Silverheels recalls her extraordinary childhood, recounts her most-delightful escapades, and defends and justifies her unconventional and often outrageous conduct.

She didn't have an engagement ring, or get down on one knee, or ask that magical four-word question, but Adriana Forsman knew her secret girlfriend had essentially just proposed. Their forbidden love had led Forsman to the greatest crossroads moment of her life. Would she choose to serve Jesus or be with the woman she loved? Or could she choose both?

What does it mean to never forget? Especially if one of the most significant days of your life involved experiencing September 11, 2001, as an FDNY dispatcher and still a new-to-New York transplant from Ohio. In this engaging testimony to the miraculous moments that define our personal journeys, Christopher Blake Carver offers his remembrance. Sharing experiences from being adopted at birth, to being an out gay person in the fire service, and a member of the greatest group of fire dispatchers in the world.

Losing Gerry by Patricia O'Brien is a heartfelt and compelling story that explores the complexities of grief, loss, family and same sex love. The story is autobiographical and revolves around the author Patty, who is deeply impacted by the sudden loss of her lover Gerry (Geraldine). As she struggles with her overwhelming emotions, Patty reflects on her relationship with Gerry, which was both fraught and intimate.

Après Mon combat pour devenir père, où Mathieu Ceschin se confiait sur son parcours et libérait la parole autour de la GPA, il se livre à présent sur sa première année auprès d'Ezio, son fils tant désiré. Papa solo et quinqua, Mathieu aborde avec sincérité son quotidien à cent à l'heure, jonglant entre sa carrière et l'éducation de son fils. Il évoque aussi l'importance de déconstruire les préjugés et de s'entourer de ses proches pour fonder une famille choisie. Un témoignage singulier et universel à la fois, qui trouvera un écho en chacun de nous.

In the quiet suburbs of Indiana, Herbert Baumeister appeared to have it all: a thriving business, a loving family, and the perfect home. But beneath the polished veneer of success lay a predator whose crimes would shock the nation. Known as “The Bone Collector”, Baumeister preyed upon young men from Indianapolis’s gay community, luring them to his secluded Fox Hollow Farm—where investigators later uncovered thousands of bone fragments scattered across the property.

She didn’t have an engagement ring, or get down on one knee, or ask that magical four-word question, but Adriana Forsman knew her secret girlfriend had essentially just proposed. Their forbidden love had led Forsman to the greatest crossroads moment of her life. Would she choose to serve Jesus or be with the woman she loved? Or could she choose both?

The original edition of this book was written as a diary in poetry during the author’s personal journey through clinical depression. It carries his unique emotions and feelings experienced as a psychologist going through intensive therapy. However, this second edition is not just a book of poetry. It combines the feelings expressed in poetry with the cultivated prose of a writer and psychologist looking back at his days of depression. It then embarks on his twenty-five-year post depression journey that opened the door to a new life filled with the joys of just being alive.

From The New York Times bestselling author of a Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing comes an update of John Steinbeck’s trip in Travels with Charley, a cross-country journey exploring modern America with Lauren Hough’s signature observational wit, searing social commentary, and perspective as...

It is my personal memoir of everything I learned while assisting my mentor, Brian De Palma, which prepared me for my own successful career as a director on over 50 movies, including Elvira’s Haunted Hills and the De Palma-esque thriller Acting on Impulse starring Nancy Allen (Carrie, Home Movies, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out). It is also a coming out story of my transition from a 19-year-old closeted teenager raised in the conservative South, to marrying a woman, and then finally becoming an openly-gay adult in New York City.

Tom LeNoble’s life has been anything but ordinary, rising from the “Shack” with no hot water to the heights of Silicon Valley, and helping build some of the world’s most influential companies. He’s been a crowd-favorite performer, a bold leader, and a survivor of two life-threatening illnesses after being told three times he had six months to live. He’s navigated the AIDS epidemic’s heartbreak, personal loss, and the high-stakes world of Facebook, Walmart.com, Palm (HP), and MCI (Verizon), guiding startups and leaders through change.

Corey, born in the early 90s to an unhappy couple who would often go on to describe him as a mistake, would go on to live his life full of very bizarre and unfortunate situations, whether it's through living in supposed haunted houses or many awkward sexual encounters, all whilst having to face continuous anxiety and depression on a daily basis. To say his life is eventful would be an understatement; it's so eventful, to the point that he would always be told by those who are aware of his story that he should write a book, and so here we are—the book has been written.

The story of humanity cannot be told truthfully without the voices of those who lived outside the boundaries society tried to impose. For centuries, LGBTQ+ individuals shaped culture, politics, science, and art, even when their identities were hidden, erased, or condemned. This book brings their stories into the light, honouring ten figures who stood at the intersection of courage and change.