LGBTQ+ Graphic Novels: Acknowledging the Full Spectrum: Home

Graphic Novels are a book length story arc with sequential text and images and are considered to be a format of text rather than a genre.

Where can I find the Graphic Novels in the QCC library?

The graphic novels are located in a separate section in the library under Graphic Novels, by the art books on the second floor, and will have a yellow sticker on the book that reads Graphic Novels. Use the library's online catalog to find a title or browse our collection. Search the catalog with keywords such as lesbian and "graphic novel"

Finding graphic novels with LGBTQ characters and content

Key Words

OneSearch is the best place to look for books at QCC, because it searches our physical and e-book collections at the same time.

Basic search: best when you know the title of the book you're looking for. Type it in and hit search

Advanced search: best when you have a topic and want to see what we have. Click the ADVANCED SEARCH link to the right of the basic search box. Type in graphic novel and any of the keywords below such as "graphic novel" and lesbian or transgender or bisexual

Keywords: add your main search term and add a focus term in the second line. Here are some ideas for keywords 

Combine terms using AND, or add a term to the second line in an advanced search. To search synonyms, separate terms with OR:

General

• Coming out (Sexual orientation)
• Gay liberation movement
• Gender identity
• Gender identity in art
• Gender identity in mass media
• Feminism
• Feminist theory
• Homosexuality OR lgbt OR gay OR lesbian
• Men’s studies
• Sex role
• Sexual minorities -- identity
• Women’s studies
• Transgenderism
• Transgender people
• Queer theory

Relating to Identity Groups in a Historical Context

• Gay men AND United States
• Lesbians AND 20th century
• Bisexuals AND history
• "Transgender people" AND history

Relating to Literature

• "Coming out" (or try "Sexual orientation") AND Fiction
• Gender identity in literature
• Masculinity in literature
• Sex in literature
• Transgender people in literature
• Transsexuals AND Fiction
• Transsexuals AND Biography
• Women in literature