Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade
Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.
In The Terrible We, Cameron Awkward-Rich Makes Space for Bad Trans Feelings
How do we hold transness and disability together, rather than denying the ways the “bad feelings” like dysphoria and anxiety have historically been a key part of trans thought, art, politics, and media?
Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth
When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?
Kemi Adeyemi’s Feels Right Explores the Politics of Black Queer Nightlife
Adeyemi told me when we talked in May that she has long been “frustrated with writing about queer nightlife that really presents it as this utopian escape from everyday life.” “That’s a story, it’s not reality,” she argues.
Clare Forstie Wants To Change the Way You Think About the Queer Midwest
“I am a queer person who grew up in and has lived in small communities, small towns, and small cities for my entire life.”
81 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Summer 2023
Kai Cheng Thom’s new book of essays is coming out in August, the first two books from Roxane Gay’s brand new press are releasing, Elliot Page’s much anticipated memoir is available, Jacqueline Carey is returning to her Kushiel’s universe, and more!
Moby Dyke Is a Fresh Take on the Old Conversation About Disappearing Lesbian Bars
I didn’t go to my first lesbian bar until I was in my early twenties.
“Lesbian Love Story” Has Something To Teach Us About Ourselves
It’s important for us to gather all of the stories of the people who came before us in order to help fuel our fight against the people who want to push us out of existence.
Hayley Kiyoko’s Debut YA Novel Tells Queer Love Story Set in 2006
If I’m being honest, it’s one of the better written celebrity fiction novels that I’ve read (and I’ve read Lauren Conrad’s YA series).
Quiz: Which Queer Book Should You Read To Close Out AAPI Month?
Please enjoy a captivating queer read by an AAPI author as we move into the season of leisurely reading by the pool and generally being gay.
In “dapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion,” Queer Style Is Centered and Celebrated
Our bodies deserve exuberant fabrics and innovative design and can highlight beautiful parts of what society typically erases.
Tegan and Sara’s “Junior High” Brings Their Origin Story to a Graphic Novel
Queer youth need to see a hero’s journey from queer icons who’ve lived it! And they need to be able to relate to it, not to write it off as ancient history.
Rainbow Reading: A New Entry Into the Growing Body of Powerful Queer Florida Lit
Also, two words for you: DYKE WESTERN.
Required Reading for Jupiter in Taurus
You have a year to complete this assignment, and there will be no test.
Roxane Gay, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, Jane Lynch To Star in Audible Adaptation of Dykes To Watch Out For
With a killer voiceover cast and a creative team with strong theater cred, the Audible version of Dykes to Watch Out For looks hot.
“Dykette” Has Plenty of High Femme Camp Antics
The novel is thought-provoking even in its flaws.
“Human Sacrifices” Is a Latine and Feminist Gothic Must-Read
Gothic is the instrument by which Latine authors have historically been able to explore coloniality, migration, violence, and other horrors of Latin American society.
Things I Read That I Love #329: Goop Cruising, YouTube Tween Cults, Amy’s Kitchen, Botched Plastic Surgery, Et Al
Topics include a novelist who lied about being Cuban, shopping on Temu, shifting science on alcohol consumption, Elizabeth Holmes, the Goop Cruise and more!
Lost Lesbian Lit: A Lesbian Novel From the 1950s and the Continued Importance of Maude’s Abortion Episode
Our perception of history is shaped by who writes the stories and who publishes them.
10 Books To Read in the Bathtub
The perfect bath time book is right around 200 pages or less.