Freedom is the ability to do what makes us happy, what we like, whether it’s playing games with live dealer Casino online or being able to express ourselves uniquely. Everyone’s life path is unique and, therefore, cannot be right or wrong. Our editorial staff has prepared seven LGBT books everyone should read, regardless of gender or age.

“The Well of Loneliness,” by Radclyffe Hall

This honest, tender, and poignant novel was written back in 1928, and the subject of homosexuality raised in it is quite a feat.

The book tells the story of the lesbian relationship between Stephen Gordon and Mary Lewellin, who constantly have to hear others deny them their right to exist, call them “abnormal” and simply order them to be silent.

It is here, in these moments, that one realizes it is not homosexuality itself that creates problems, but society’s attitude toward it. After all, if it were not for this, girls would not think for a moment of choosing not to accord to their hearts, but according to society’s established standards.

The problems of the book are still relevant today, and yet it has been 92 years since it was published, for a second!

“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Everyone remembers themselves at fifteen: the world around me was becoming more and more incomprehensible and intimidating with each passing second, sharpening all senses like a bare wire. It was hard to perceive adults, constantly feeling that no one would ever understand you. Here and the main characters in this book are no exception.

Aristotle is a withdrawn, resentful boy who doesn’t know how to translate raging emotions into sentences at all, while Dante is the exact opposite of him: a very sincere and creative teenager who can’t stand shoes. Their friendship is something unexpected and unreal, for they are both from different worlds. It’s impossible not to fall in love with this book because what makes it truly special is its simplicity and the presence of lively and human characters you want to hug and cry.

“Call Me by Your Name,” by André Aciman

“Call Me by Your Name,” tells the story of Elio’s first true love; it’s a romance with Oliver, a graduate student of the protagonist’s father, that began rather unexpectedly and impetuously. And if you’ve suddenly forgotten what it’s like to be strongly and vividly in love, this novel is designed specifically to rekindle inside the warm glow of passion that once motivated you to do crazy things.

“Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” by Becky Albertalli

Simon, the protagonist of the piece, is a cheerful and charismatic teenager who seems to have everything in life: a loving family and best friends who never let him get bored. But, as any cute boy should, Simon has a Big Secret, thanks to which he became close to Blue – his anonymous pen pal. But how hard is it to be silly: by mistake, Simon accidentally leaves his mail open in the school library, due to which his private correspondence with Blue and the long-awaited secret became available to a classmate? As a result, the whole school knows that Simon Speer is gay. And it’s the plain truth. The boy has a not insignificant journey of self-acceptance, explaining the strange way of “coming out” to his friends and family.

“Invisible Monsters” by Chuck Palahniuk

If you have already had time to read the works of Chuck Palahniuk, then you have an idea of how cynical, cruel, and open he come to descriptions of scenes that most readers may find unpleasant and even repulsive. However, we must recommend this book, as it has almost the main plotline of transgender people, as well as gay people.

So, about the book: if “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk emphasized the rejection of material values, then “Invisible” – the patterns of beauty. This novel is a solid cry of the author’s soul over the delusions of our time.

Shannon McFarland is the protagonist of the book, whose fate constantly takes sad turns. She is a former top model whose career was instantly overturned by a gunshot that mutilated half of her face. Despite her love for the public, she had to become invisible, a person who hides her face behind a veil. But her life doesn’t end there: together with her ex-boyfriend Manus and her beautiful friend Brandy, the protagonist is involved in a scam through which she always has access to various drugs and painkillers.

The characters in the piece are lost people who, time after time, lose their true selves to the new possibilities of plastic surgery. And everything, oddly enough, boils down to what one can come to, longing for love from another person before one can even see the light in oneself.

“Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides

“Hermaphrodites have always been. Call. Always. Plato generally says that originally all men were hermaphrodites. Didn’t you know? The first man consisted of two halves, male and female. And then they were separated. That’s why everyone is looking for their other half. Except us. We’ve had both from the beginning.”

“Sooner or later the secret comes out,” is a phrase that describes the essence of the novel extraordinarily well. The story is narrated in the first person of the main character, Calla, who slowly but rapidly immerses us in the story of his life long before he was born, or rather since the third generation of his family. Every past act, intimate relationship, relationship, all reflected in Calla’s birth, his life journey, and elemental perception of himself as a hermaphrodite.

“Home at the End of the World,” by Michael Cunningham

This novel is about people who put life “on hold” for years and are so insecure about taking the first steps that they end up pushing themselves into a framework from which it is no longer realistic to climb out. It’s about appreciating those who stick by your side, no matter how strange you may seem to the rest of the world.

“Home at the End of the World” is narrated from four main characters: the conflicted, indecisive Jonathan; the feminine, yet quirky Claire; the adrift Bobby; and Jonathan’s mother, who is trying to find meaning in life as an ordinary housewife.

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