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Out On The Shelf is a library and resource centre for the LGBTTTSIQQ communities and allies.

The centre is organized by a volunteer collective and is regularly staffed by volunteers.

Members of the community can come and access books, find out about the diverse range of events, resources and services and share a queer friendly space.

Chinese Resources Collection

Books

Note: Although the titles below have been translated into English, these resources are in Chinese with Taiwanese characters unless otherwise specified.

Fiction

Collected Short Stories of Taiwan Homosexuals. Fiction Anthology.
Edited by Weicheng Zhu

Crocodile Notes. Gay Fiction. Written by Miaojin Qu

Crystal Boys. Gay Fiction. Written by Xianyong Bai

Non-fiction

Dear Dad and Mom, I am Gay. Anthology of Non-fiction Coming-out Stories. Edited by The Taiwanese Homosexual Counselling Hot-Line Association

Half Dream: The Autobiography of Jin Xing. Transgendered Autobiography.
Written by Jin Xing

Love you more and more. Lesbian Fiction Anthology. Edited by Northern Lights Culture/Taiwan Gender Human Rights Association

Prince of Baseball.Gay Fiction. Written by Sepan Ya

DVDs

Ba wang bie ji (Farewell to My Concubine). Cantonese/Mandarin with Chinese/English subtitles. Directed by Kaige Chen

Cheun gwong tsa sit (Happy Together). Cantonese with English subtitles. Directed by Kar Wai Wong

Transgressing Gender Resource Collection

Note: The resources below are a selection of some of the resources that we carry by and/or transgendered, transexual, and intersex people - and everyone else who lives beyond the blue or pink boxes they were assigned.

Fiction

Bow Grip. Novel. Written by Ivan E. Coyote

Boys Like Her: Transfictions. Anthology. Edited by Taste This

Choir Boy. Young Adult/Adult Fiction. Written by Charlie Anders

Close To Spider. Short Stories. Written by Ivan E. Coyote

Drag King Dreams. Novel. Written by Leslie Feinberg

Godspeed. Novel. Written by Lynn Breedlove

Hosanna. Novel. Written by Michel Tremblay

Loose End. Short Stories. Written by Ivan E. Coyote

Luna. Young Adult Fiction. Written by Julie Anna Peters

Sacred Country. Novel. Written by Rose Tremain

Splendora. Novel. Written by Edward Swift

Stone Butch Blues. Novel. Written by Leslie Feinberg

Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton. Novel. Written by Diane Wood Middlebrook

Transgender Erotica. Erotica. Edited by M. Christian

Non-Fiction

Body Alchemy. Transexual Portraits. Photographed by Loren Cameron

Finding the Real Me. Biographical Stories. Edited by Tracie O'Keefe and Katrina Fox

Gender Outlaw. Gender Studies. Written by Kate Bornstein

Hello Cruel World. Young Adult Theory/Self Help. Kate Bornstein

In Search of Eve: Transexual Rights of Passage. Sociology. Written by Anne Bolin

Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Trans People. Theory. Written by Viviane Namaste

Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide. Biography. Written by Matt Kailey

My Gender Workbook. Gender Studies. Written by Kate Bornstein

Pinned Down by Pronouns. Anthology. Edited by Toni Amato and Mary Davies

Plain Brown Rapper. Political Essays. Written by Rita Mae Brown

S/he. Biographical Essays. Written by Minnie Bruce Pratt

She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders. Biography. Written by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Testosterone Files. Biography. Written by Max Wolf Valerio

Trans Forming Families. Biographical Stories. Written by Mary Boenke

Trans Liberation. Political Essays. Written by Leslie Feinberg

Trans/scribes. Themed issue of the journal Fireweed

True Selves: For Families, Friends. Self Help. Written by Mildred Brown

DVDs and Videos

Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Comedy. Directed by Terence Stamp

Boys Don't Cry. Drama. Directed by Kimberly Peirce

G-SPrOuT! Documentary. Directed by Mirha-Soleil Ross

TransAmerica. Comedy/Drama. Directed by Duncan Tucker