Gray, Mary. 2009. Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America. New York: NYU Press.

• A ground-breaking study of rural LGB young.

Pascoe, C.J. 2011. Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. Berkely, CA: University of California Press.

• Analyzes homophobia, gender, and masculinity in a high school setting

Wolkomir, Michelle. 2006. Be Not Deceived: The Sacred and Sexual Struggles of Gay and ex-Gay Christian Men. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press

• A study of two Christian organizations for gay men; one that believes that homosexuality is a sin and one that accepts homosexuality as part of the divine plan

Rivers, Daniel. 2013. Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers and Their Children Since World War II. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press

• The first history of gay and lesbian parents and their children.

Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, Scott.  2013. Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims. New York: NYU Press

• Documents the struggles of LGBT Muslims to live out their faith.