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Featured Books
Featured E-Books Available Through the Library
Indigiqueerness: A Conversation About Storytelling by Publication Date: 2023Included Subjects: Authorship // Indigenous authors -- Canada // Queer theory // Storytelling
Good White Queers? Racism and Whiteness in Queer U.S. Comics by Publication Date: 2021Included Subjects: Queer comic books, strips, etc // Queer theory // Racism // White people -- Race identity
Staging Discomfort: Performance and Queerness in Contemporary Cuba by Publication Date: 2021Included Subjects: Homosexuality and theater -- Cuba // Cuban drama -- History and criticism
Queer Muslim Diasporas in Contemporary Literature and Film by Publication Date: 2019Included Subjects: Muslim diaspora in literature // Homosexuality in motion pictures // Homosexuality in literature
Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History by Publication Date: 2019Included Subjects: Sexual minorities -- History -- Encyclopedias // Gays -- History -- Encyclopedias / Transgender people -- History -- Encyclopedias // Bisexuals -- History -- Encyclopedias
Queerness in Play by Publication Date: 2018Included Subjects: Video games -- Social aspects // Gender identity -- Social aspects // Sexual minorities -- Social conditions // Queer theory
Transgender and the Literary Imagination: Changing Gender in Twentieth-Century Writing by Publication Date: 2018Included Subjects: Transgender people in literature // Gender identity in literature -- 20th century
For the Gay Stage: A Guide to 456 Plays, Aristophanes to Peter Gill by Publication Date: 2017Included Subjects: Homosexuality in literature // Drama -- Stories, plots, etc
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art by Publication Date: 2017Included Subjects: Asian American art -- 21st century // Group identity in art
Trans* in College by Publication Date: 2017Included Subjects: Transgender college students // College student orientation
Black LGBT Health in the United States by Publication Date: 2017Included Subjects: Sexual minorities -- Medical care -- United States // African American gays -- United States // Bisexuals -- Medical care -- United States // Transsexuals -- Medical care -- United States
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: A Qualitative Study of Reducing Marginalization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Same-Sex Attracted Students at Christian Colleges and Universities by Publication Date: 2016Included Subjects: Homosexuality and education // Sexual minority college students
Featured Print Books Available in the Library
The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After by Publication Date: 2023Location: Popular Reading Collection
Included Subjects: Gay bars -- United States -- History // Nineteen sixties // United States -- History -- 1961-1969
Black and Queer on Campus by Publication Date: 2023Location: Popular Reading Collection
Included Subjects: Sexual minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States -- Interviews // African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States -- Interviews // Sex discrimination in higher education -- United States // Racism in higher education -- United States // Sexual minorities -- Health and hygiene -- United States // Sexual minorities -- Counseling of -- United States
Pageboy: A Memoir by Publication Date: 2023Location: Popular Reading Collection
Included Subjects: Actors -- Canada -- Biography // Actors -- United States -- Biography // Transgender men -- Canada -- Biography
This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers by Publication Date: 2022Location: Popular Reading Collection
Included Subjects: Sexual minorities -- Arab countries -- Literary collections // Arabs -- Social life and customs -- Literary collections
Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Publication Date: 2022Location: Popular Reading Collection
Included Subjects: Self-realization // Television personalities -- United States -- Anecdotes // Gender-nonconforming people -- United States -- Anecdotes // Sociology // Essays
Love Is an Ex-Country: A Memoir by Publication Date: 2021Location: Popular Reading Collection
Included Subjects: Women, Palestinian Arab -- Biography // Arab American sexual minorities -- Biography
Las Biuty Queens by Publication Date: 2021Location: Popular Reading Collection
Included Subjects: Transgender people -- United States // Latin Americans -- United States
Sister Outsider by Publication Date: 2020Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: African American women // Feminism // Lesbianism // Poetry // Essays
Transgender: A Reference Handbook by Publication Date: 2019Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Transgender people // Transgender people -- Identity
Pet by Publication Date: 2019Location: Popular Reading Collection, Arne Nixon Center, and the Teacher Resource Center/Juv.
Included Subjects: Monsters -- Juvenile fiction // Angels -- Juvenile fiction // Families -- Juvenile fiction // Artists -- Juvenile fiction // Selective mutism -- Juvenile fiction // Transgender people -- Juvenile fiction // Young adult fiction // Family life -- Fiction
The Stonewall Reader by Publication Date: 2019Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History // Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969
The GLMA Handbook on LGBT Health by Publication Date: 2019Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Sexual minorities -- Medical care -- United States // Gays -- Medical care -- United States // Bisexuals -- Medical care -- United States // Transsexuals -- Medical care -- United States // Homosexuality -- United States
Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Publication Date: 2019Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works // Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969 -- Pictorial works // Demonstrations -- United States -- Pictorial works // Protest movements -- United States -- Pictorial works
The Singing Teacher's Guide to Transgender Voices by Publication Date: 2018Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Singing -- Instruction and study // School music -- Instruction and study // Transgender students
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Publication Date: 2018Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 -- Political and social views // Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography // African American dramatists -- Biography // African American women civil rights workers -- Biography
Exile Within Exiles: Herbert Daniel, Gay Brazilian Revolutionary by Publication Date: 2018Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Gays -- Brazil -- Biography // Revolutionaries -- Brazil -- Biography // AIDS activists -- Brazil -- Biography
Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi by Publication Date: 2018Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Homophobia -- Soviet Union -- History // Homosexuality -- Soviet Union -- History
Born Both: An Intersex Life by Publication Date: 2017Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Intersex people -- United States -- Biography // Intersex people -- Identity // Intersexuality
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by Publication Date: 2017Location: Lower Level
Included Subjects: Transgender people -- United States // African American transgender people // Racism -- United States
Featured Graphic Novels Available in the Library
*The Graphic Novel Collection is located on the 1st Floor near the DISCOVERe Hub.
Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist by Publication Date: 2023Location: Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Pesuyama, Poppy -- Comic books, strips, etc // Artists -- Japan -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gender-nonconforming people -- Japan -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc // Self-esteem -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sexual harassment -- Comic books, strips, etc
Young Men in Love by Publication Date: 2022Location: Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Young gay men -- Comic books, strips, etc // Homosexuality -- Comic books, strips, etc // Love -- Comic books, strips, etc
Until I Meet My Husband by Publication Date: 2022Location: Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subject: Gay men -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc // Same-sex marriage -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc // Dating (Social customs) -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc
Fine: A Comic About Gender by Publication Date: 2022Location: Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sex role -- Comic books, strips, etc // Transgender people -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gender-nonconforming people -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sexual minorities -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gender identity // Sex role // Two-spirit people
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Publication Date: 2022Copies located in the Arne Nixon Center and the *Graphic Novel Collection.
Included Subjects: Gao, Laura // Chinese Americans
Across a Field of Starlight by Publication Date: 2022Location: Arne Nixon Center
Included Subjects: Science fiction // Imaginary wars and battles // Interpersonal relations
Coming Back by Publication Date: 2021Copies located in the Arne Nixon Center and the *Graphic Novel Collection.
Included Subjects: Fantasy // Love // Magic // Lesbians
The Girl from the Sea by Publication Date: 2021Location: Arne Nixon Center
Included Subjects: Families // Sexual minorities // Best friends // Islands // Love in adolescence // Selkies // Mythical animals // Dating (Social customs) // Lesbians // Young adult fiction // Fantasy comics // Coming-of-age comics
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Publication Date: 2021Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Physical fitness // Fads
The Magic Fish by Publication Date: 2020Location: Arne Nixon Center
Included Subjects: Vietnamese Americans // Parent and child // Fairy tales // Books and reading // Gay Asian Americans // Gay and lesbian youth // Identity (Psychology) // Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up with Me by Publication Date: 2019Copies located in the Arne Nixon Center and the Teacher Resource Center/Juv.
Included Subjects: YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Comics & Graphic Novels -- Romance // YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes -- Dating & Sex // YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes -- Friendship // Friendship in adolescence
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Publication Date: 2019Copies located in the Arne Nixon Center, the *Graphic Novel Collection, and the Teacher Resource Center/Curr.
Included Subjects: Gender-nonconforming people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Asexual people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sexual minority youth -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sexual minorities -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Asexuality (Sexual orientation) -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc // Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Publication Date: 2017Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Black Panther (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc // Superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc // Bodyguards -- Comic books, strips, etc // Women, Black -- Comic books, strips, etc // Kings and rulers -- Comic books, strips, etc // Royal houses -- Africa -- Comic books, strips, etc
Death Threat by Publication Date: 2019Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Transphobia -- Comic books, strips, etc // Transgender people -- Crimes against -- Comic books, strips, etc // Hate mail -- Comic books, strips, etc // Anonymous letters -- Comic books, strips, etc
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Publication Date: 2019Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Sexual minority community -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature // Transgender people -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature // Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Publication Date: 2018Location: Arne Nixon Center
Included Subjects: Hockey players -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gay college students -- Comic books, strips, etc // College sports -- Comic books, strips, etc // Bloggers -- Comic books, strips, etc // Bakers -- Comic books, strips, etc
We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology by Publication Date: 2018Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Transgender people -- Comic books, strips, etc // Transsexuals -- Comic books, strips, etc // Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc
Our Wretched Town Hall by Publication Date: 2018Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Gay men -- Comic books, strips, etc
Bingo Love by Publication Date: 2018Copies located in the Arne Nixon Center and the *Graphic Novel Collection.
Included Subjects: Bingo -- Comic books, strips, etc // Grandmothers -- Comic books, strips, etc // Lesbians -- Comic books, strips, etc
Love Letters to Jane's World by Publication Date: 2018Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Lesbians -- Comic books, strips, etc // Female friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc // American wit and humor, Pictorial // Jane's world (Comic strip) -- Appreciation
Gumballs by Publication Date: 2018Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Transgender people -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sex role -- Comic books, strips, etc // Transsexualism -- Comic books, strips, etc
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Publication Date: 2018Copies located in the Arne Nixon Center and the *Graphic Novel Collection.
Included Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc // Interpersonal communication -- Comic books, strips, etc
Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles by Publication Date: 2018Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gays -- Comic books, strips, etc // Communism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Sunstone: Book One by Publication Date: 2017Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Lesbians -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sexual dominance and submission -- Comic books, strips, etc
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Publication Date: 2017Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Lesbians -- Japan -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Loneliness -- Case studies -- Comic books, strips, etc // Single women -- Japan -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc // Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Case studies -- Comic books, strips, etc // Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc
America by Publication Date: 2017Volumes located in the Arne Nixon Center.
Included Subjects: Women superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction // Superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction // Good and evil -- Cartoons and comics
Love Is Love: A Comic Book Anthology to Benefit the Survivors of the Orlando Pulse Shooting by Publication Date: 2016Copies located in the Arne Nixon Center and the *Graphic Novel Collection.
Included Subjects: Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Orlando, Fla., 2016 -- Comic books, strips, etc // Victims of hate crimes -- Comic books, strips, etc // Victims of violent crimes -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gays -- Violence against -- Comic books, strips, etc // Sexual minorities -- Violence against -- Comic books, strips, etc
Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal by Publication Date: 2016Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Gay men -- Comic books, strips, etc // Bands (Music) -- Comic books, strips, etc // San Francisco (Calif.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Active Voice the Comic Collection: The Real Life Adventures of an Asian-American, Lesbian, Feminist, Activist and Her Friends by Publication Date: 2016Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Enos, P. Kristen -- Comic books, strips, etc // University of California, Irvine -- Students -- Comic books, strips, etc // Lesbian college students -- California -- Orange County -- Comic books, strips, etc // Asian American college students -- California -- Orange County -- Comic books, strips, etc // Gay college students -- California -- Orange County -- Comic books, strips, etc // Women political activists -- California -- Orange County -- Comic books, strips, etc
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal by Publication Date: 2015Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Gay men -- Comic books, strips, etc // Male friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc // Automobile travel -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
Snackies by Publication Date: 2014Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc
Artifice by Publication Date: 2013Location: *Graphic Novel Collection
Included Subjects: Androids -- Comic books, strips, etc // Artificial intelligence -- Comic books, strips, etc
Books at Other Libraries
Didn't find an item you were looking for? The Fresno State Library offers two options for requesting materials from another library:
CSU+
- Find and request books and media from all 23 CSU libraries.
- Select the CSU+ Books and Media collection in OneSearch to find and request materials
Interlibrary Loan
- Request articles and books not in CSU+ (not textbooks) through interlibrary loan
- To request an item, log into your interlibrary loan account, and fill out a new request form
Visit the Library's website for more information on borrowing from other libraries.
Streaming Media
Did you know that the Library has access to these video streaming services for documentaries and research?
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online delivers more than 70,000 titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. The collection represents content from over 800 leading distributors, producers, and filmmakers such as CNN, 60 MINUTES, PBS, BBC, Contemporary Arts Media, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains over 8,000 films, documentaries, interviews, newsreels, and more. More than half of the videos are contemporaneous video from the 1890s to the 1980s. Semantic indexing allows users to search videos by subject, language, person, and publisher. Video content producers include PBS, California Newsreel, Documentary Educational Resources, and The History Channel.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Streaming video collection containing videos from multiple subject areas including business, criminal justice, history, and education. The Films on Demand Master Academic Collection contains 10,000+ videos and the Nursing Video Collection contains 800+ videos.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy provides streaming access to documentaries, independent, and feature films. *Instructors: request access by completing the request form in front of the video, please add a note if needed for multiple semesters*. Licensing partners include Criterion Collection, New Day Films, California Newsreel, PBS, and others. Videos can be viewed on a range of devices and platforms including Apple, Android, and Windows.
- SAGE Research Methods Video This link opens in a new window
SAGE Research Methods Video has over 480 videos, including hours of tutorials, interviews, video case studies and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process. You can search videos by method (SPSS, ethnography, etc.); by discipline (criminology, economics, nursing, etc.); or by video type (i.e. interview, case studies, etc.).
Visit the Database A-Z Media list for more images and streaming media.