Reddit reviews Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography (Crossing Press Feminist Series)

I took a gay lit class in undergrad, and our reading list was pretty fantastic.
Some of the books I remember are:



Stone Butch Blues- semiautobiographical novel about a butch lesbian- read this one with kleenex around

Tipping the Velvet- lesbian fiction set in Victorian England

At Swim Two Boys- gay fiction set in Ireland

Angels in America- Tony/Pulitzer winning play that was made into a HBO series

Zami- Lesbian "biomythography"


Latin Moon in Manhattan- queer diaspora in NYC

Faggots- I had a hard time getting through this one, but my prof really recommended it



I put the books in the order I would recommend them by- SBB was definitely my favorite out of the class, although it was deeply disturbing and difficult to get through at times. Hope this helps!

Once you finish that, I'd recommend:

Stone Butch Blues

Female Masculinity

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

SCAB Manifesto

Oddly enough I'm not really well versed in queer non-fiction about trans women, which is ironic since I am a trans woman.

And these are the theoretical foundations of queer theory:

The History of Sexuality

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

And last but not least, a short pamphlet giving an indigenous person's perspective "Gays: Guardians of the Gates"