Writing a Lesbian Novel Should Have Been Easier. It Wasn’t
Was it cowardice that kept us, in our debut, from writing a queer novel?
Which Queer Horror Book To Read Based on Your Favorite Scary Movie
If you’re a horror movie fan who wants to see more stories by queer writers, or featuring good queer representation, head to the bookstore instead of the movie theater.
To Protect Trans Kids, We Have To Actually Listen to Them
The stories of trans youth go largely ignored by the American public in our cultural conversations about their lives, but Nico Lang is giving everyone a chance to change that with their new book, American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era.
The Trans Terror of Franz Kafka
For many trans readers, it’s easy to find a kinship with Kafka.
Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick Are Co-Authoring Sapphic YA Romances While Balancing Motherhood
With a toddler and another baby on the way, Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick have to carve out space to keep making art together.
Check Out the Cover and an Excerpt From the Upcoming Super Queer Fiction Anthology ‘Be Gay, Do Crime’
Read Temim Fruchter’s story from the upcoming Be Gay, Do Crime short fiction anthology.
A Cozy Queer Romance for Lovers of Tarot With Mommy Issues
In “The Lovers” by Rebekah Faubion, two women’s romance is written in the cards.
Queer Television Is About More Than Representation
Shayna Maci Warner talks about their new book The Rainbow Age of Television and hot TV topics from representation to the Killing Eve finale.
17 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour After You Finish ‘The Pairing’
Casey McQuiston’s latest queer romance The Pairing couples its juicy bi4bi storytelling with delectable descriptions of food and drink. Here are some other tasty queer novels that feature food in some way!
Things I Read That I Love #338: Veneer Regret, Yelp Reviews, True Crime Conventions and Casino Carpeting
Caity Weaver on the tyranny of the penny, Roxane Gay on TikTok rabbit holes and more longreads for you including pieces on CrimeCon, the ubiquity of Yelp reviews, why therapists are leaving the networks, resort carpet design and more.
A Refreshing Trans Memoir More Concerned by What Is Gained by Transition Than What Is Lost
The backlash against trans people in recent years has no doubt left many of us feeling as if there will never be relief from the constant antagonism and legislative damnation. Books can’t necessarily change the way our society is operating, but at the very least, they can give us a new way to look at and govern our own lives.
Some of Their Parts: Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Are Writing You a Book About Friendship and ‘The L Word’
Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig will be challenging Jenny Schecter’s grip on the ‘L Word’ Memoir Market with their new book, ‘So Gay For You.’
Even After We Leave it, Home Stays With Us
Growing up in rural Guilford County, North Carolina, poet and essayist Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers dreamed of escaping, of one day leaving behind the “cow-dotted” fields of her hometown and arriving somewhere “more enlightened.”
A New Biography Transforms Our Understanding of Audre Lorde and the Genre Itself
“Biographies normativize people,” Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells me. “It’s like: this is a person, they were born, they died, their life is linear, they’re only one person. My queer approach doesn’t necessarily agree with any of those things. Does our life begin when we’re born? Does it end after we die? Are we ever one person? Those are questions of queer critique that I live inside of.”
72 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out Fall 2024
Tis the season for queer horror, but fans of sapphic books with magic have a lot to look forward to, too!
Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods
Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.
‘A Bánh Mì for Two’ Is a Swoony Sapphic Romance Between Two Foodies
The story combines two of my favorite things: girls falling in love, and finding connection through food!
Poet Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Takes Risks in Her Stunning New Collection
It’s thrilling to read an artist like Jennifer experiment and play.
Casey McQuiston’s Bi4Bi Romance ‘The Pairing’ Is for Queer Hedonists Everywhere
The bisexual and trans romance is a delectable feast.
How Gay Are the Books These Queer Shows Are Based On?
My favorite adaptations are always the ones that inject queerness where there previously was none. Here are 69 book-to-queer-TV adaptations along with a look at just how queer the books were.