Religious WLW Masterlist

a-wlw-reads:

I still like to categorize things and there are so many different ways to break up the LGBT experience, so here’s a list of wlw books that feature religion, split by religious denomination. Again, this is a list exclusively of books I’ve read, and I’ll be continuously updating it as I go along.
AME Zion
Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace
Catholic
Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista
Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence edited by Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan
Hood by Emma Donoghue
Days of Grace by Catherine Hall
Map of Ireland by Stephanie Grant
Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann
P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen
Christian (unspecified)
Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell
Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens
Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
Druze
Bareed Mista3jil edited by Meem
Evangelical Christian
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Hindu
The Normal State of Mind by Susmita Bhattacharya
Jewish
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
Bombshells by Marguerite Bennett
Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer edited by Angela Brown
Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor by Shira Glassman
The Second Mango by Shira Glassman
Sister Mischief by Laura Goode
Finder of Lost Objects by Susie Hara
Challah and Callaloo by La Toya Hopkins
Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home by Leah Lax
Sappho’s Bar and Grill by Bonnie J. Morris
She Is Me by Cathleen Schine
Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman
Pulp by Robin Talley
Speaking for Ourselves: Short Stories by Jewish Lesbians edited by Irene Zahava
Maronite Christian
Bareed Mista3jil edited by Meem
Mormon
When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, And That’s When My Nightmare Began by Alex Cooper
Muslim
The Others by Seba Al-Herz
Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis
If You Could be Mine by Sara Farizan
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
Bareed Mista3jil edited by Meem
I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif
Pentecostal
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

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“ Cameron Esposito ends her memoir with the title. It’s a rejection of one of the main tenets of the Catholicism she was raised in, one that asked her to save herself forsomeone or something, and a call for self-agency. But Save Yourself has another...

Cameron Esposito ends her memoir with the title. It’s a rejection of one of the main tenets of the Catholicism she was raised in, one that asked her to save herself forsomeone or something, and a call for self-agency. But Save Yourself has another meaning, one that’s almost literal. Present-day Cameron keeps a photo of her younger self (in a Garfield costume) as her bravely weird kid sensibility provides her a source of strength. In return, Cameron has written a memoir that would have illuminated the world for her younger self and will hopefully do so for those “weird” kids like her.

Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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Megan G reviews We Love You, But You’re Going to Hell by Dr. Kim O'Reilly

Megan G reviews We Love You, But You’re Going to Hell by Dr. Kim O’Reilly

“The first place homosexual should be able to turn to is the Church. Sadly, it is often the last.”
I am deeply honoured to have been given the opportunity to read and review We Love You, But You’re Going to Hell by Dr. Kim O’Reilly. This is a very important book, one of which I believe we need many more of in this world.
This nonfiction book delves into the current crisis of Homosexuality vs…