Rainbow Book Month

Rainbow Book Month is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender, and asexual community.

Celebrate Rainbow Book Month with our collection of health science LGBTQIA+ ebooks!

• Stroke Book: The Diary of a Blindspot
  In the summer of 2019, Jonathan Alexander had a minor stroke, what his doctors called an “eye stroke.” A small bit of cholesterol came loose from a vein in his neck and instead of shooting into his brain and causing damage, it lodged itself in a branch artery of his retina, resulting in a permanent blind spot in his right eye. In Stroke Book, Alexander recounts both the immediate aftermath of his health crisis, which marked deeper health concerns, as well as his experiences as a queer person subject to medical intervention.
• Gender Is Really Strange
  This science-based graphic medicine comic addresses these questions and more, revealing the inherent messiness of gender identity and sex.
• Reducing Inequalities Between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Adolescents and Cisgender, Heterosexual Adolescents: Proceedings of a Workshop.
  To better understand the inequalities facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth and the promising interventions being used to address these inequalities.
• The health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people: building a foundation for better understanding
  Context for LGBT health status in the United States and conducting research on the health status of LGBT populations
• The Transgender Athlete: A Guide for Sports Medicine Providers
  Sports medicine practitioner insights into the unique issues and concerns of transgender athletes to help them understand rules regarding transgender athlete participation and learn how to better provide competent care to transgender athletes.