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Queer Saints Bibliography

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Ashworth, Christine Cunningham. Scott Cunningham—The Path Taken: Honoring the Life and Legacy of a Wiccan Trailblazer. Massachusetts: Weiser Books, 2023.

Alvardo, Denise. The Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Massachusetts: Weiser Books, 2020.

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Baldwin, James. Giovanni’s Room. New York: Vintage: 2013.

Beard, Lisa. If We Were Kin: Race, Identification and Intimate Political Appeals. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Blackthorn, Amy. Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic: A Green Witch’s Guide to Essential Oils for Spellcraft, Ritual and Healing. Massachusetts: Weiser Books, 2018.

Boggs, Nicholas. Baldwin: A Love Story. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2025.

Bonaventure, Saint. The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi. North Carolina: TAN Books, 2010.

Bolton, Andrew. Sundsbo, Salve (Photographer). Blanks, Tim (Contributor). Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.

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Brown, Judith C. Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986

Brown, Peter. The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity. Illinois: Chicago Review Press, 2014.

Butler, Alban. Lives of the Saints: For Every Day of the Year. North Carolina: TAN Books, 1995.

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Campbell, N. M. (2018). The Book of Divine Works. Catholic University of America Press.

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Daly, Michael. The Book of Mychal: The Surprising and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2009.

D’Emilio, John. Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin. Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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Bowick, Chastity. “Miss Major Griffin Gracy Paved the Way for Today’s Transgender Rights Revolution.” Washingtonblade.com, November 17, 2025. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/17/miss-major-griffin-gracy-paved-the-way-for-todays-transgender-rights-revolution/

Masiko-Mpaka, Nomathamsanqa. “Openly Gay Imam Gunned Down in South Africa.” Hrw.ord, February 20, 2025. https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/20/openly-gay-imam-gunned-down-south-africa

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Film/Documentary

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