Item category 1: LGBTQ+

Written at the end of the World War II, this novel mourns the passing of the aristocratic world which Waugh knew in his youth and recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by the austerities of war. In so doing, it provides a study of the conflict between the demands of religion and of the flesh.

Fall on Your Knees takes the reader from haunted Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia through the battlefields of World War 1 and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters.

This collection of personal accounts is based on interviews of gay men and lesbians who have adopted, fostered or provided respite care. Their stories provide good and bad experiences, but overall the accounts emphasise the rewards of parenting.

Joss Moody has died and the jazz world is in mourning. But in death, Joss can no longer guard the secret he kept all his life, and Colman, his son, must confront the truth: the man he believed to be his father was, in fact, a woman.

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was the first modern woman of the 20th century. With her husband, she wrote erotic novels which became the greatest French bestsellers of all time. She flirted with lesbianism, before becoming the wife of Baron de Jouvenal.

A young secretary forsakes Cleveland for San Francisco, tumbling headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, and outrageous.

Tackling the conflict between homosexual and heterosexual love, this novel tells of David, a young man awakening to his true homosexual nature, through a relationship with a barman named Giovanni, as he awaits his fiancee's arrival from Spain.

A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the 'Geography Club' at their high school.