Lee Wind

"History has often ignored men who loved men, women who loved women, and people who lived outside gender boundaries. Lee Wind examines primary source letters, poems, and more to rethink the lives and loves of historical figures"--

Hidden Lives and Secret Loves

No Way, They Were Gay?

To fix his life, bullied and closeted fifteen-year-old Wyatt goes public with real historical evidence that Abraham Lincoln was in love with another guy--triggering a backlash and media firestorm that might destroy everything he cares about.

Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill, Volume 1

Different Kind of Brave

On a block dressed up in Red and Green one house shone Blue and White. It's a holiday season that both Isaac, whose family is Jewish, and Teresa, whose family is Christian, have looked forward to for months! They've been counting the days, playing in the snow, making cookies, drawing (Teresa) and writing poems (Isaac). They enjoy all the things they share, as well as the things that make them different. But when Isaac's window is smashed in the middle of the night, it seems like maybe not everyone appreciates "difference." Inspired by a true story, this is a tale of a community that banded together to spread light.

Red and Green and Blue and White

"A tapestry of the gay teenage experience--frayed edges repaired with earnest love and care." --Kirkus Reviews Wyatt is fifteen, and nobody in his homophobic small town of Lincolnville, Oregon, knows that he's gay. Not even his best friend (and accidental girlfriend) Mackenzie. Then he discovers a secret from actual history: Abraham Lincoln was in love with another guy Since everyone loves Lincoln, Wyatt's sure that if the world knew about it, they would treat gay people differently and it would solve everything about his life. So Wyatt outs Lincoln online, triggering a media firestorm that threatens to destroy everything he cares about. Now he has to pretend more than ever that he's straight (because no one will ever believe a gay kid saying Lincoln is gay.) Only then he meets Martin, who is openly gay and who just might be the guy Wyatt's been hoping to find. This nineteenth-and-twenty-first-century coming-of-age, coming out story was inspired by real historical evidence that Abraham Lincoln was in love--romantic love--with another man. QUEER AS A FIVE-DOLLAR BILL asks LGBTQ teens (and everyone else), What if you knew a secret from history that could change the world? "Compelling... with highly empathetic characters in Wyatt and his friends. Was Abraham Lincoln gay? Readers of this intriguing and readable novel will decide for themselves." --Michael Cart, ALA Booklist "I LOVE the characters." --Alex Sanchez, author of 8 teen novels, including the groundbreaking gay teen Rainbow Boys trilogy "This one should get people talking I hope this book...finds the large audience it deserves." --Brent Hartinger, author of 12 novels, including the groundbreaking gay teen novel Geography Club Fans of Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and What If It's Us shouldn't miss Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill

Queer As a Five-Dollar Bill

On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to show support her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family.

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