AK PRESS
Free Comrades: Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States 1895—1917 (June, $17.95) by Terence Kissack charts the political origins of gay liberation.
ALYSON
Wearing History (June, $18.95) by Steve Gdula celebrates the role of the T-shirt as pop culture icon and political tool in the struggle for gay rights.
CARROLL GRAF
Art and Sex in Greenwich Village: A Memoir of Gay Literary Life After Stonewall (May, $15.95) by Felice Picano looks at gay literature and culture in the '70s and '80s.
SHAMBHALA/INTEGRAL BOOKS
Soulfully Gay: How Harvard, Sex, Drugs, and Integral Philosophy Drove Me Crazy and Brought Me Back to God (May, $16.95) by Joe Perez confronts the conflicts between Christianity, homosexuality, mysticism and madness.
SUSPECT THOUGHTS PRESS
Invert(e): flagrantly queer culture, politics, sex, and dish (July, $16.95), edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips, anthologizes essays, artwork, poetry and conversations among artists and activists. Author tour.
UNIV. OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Waiting for the Call: From Preacher's Daughter to Lesbian Mom (Apr., $18.95) by Jacqueline Taylor follows the author's coming-out journey, which broke family traditions.