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Why Trans Paleontologist Riley Black Wrote Toxic T-Rex Yuri

We are so accustomed to thinking of T-Rex as something monstrous that we often overlook the fact that these were,…

Nic Anstett

Nov 2, 2026

Carrying by Samantha Josephs

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Womanhood Is Not a Curse

Samantha Josephs’s debut literary horror novel, Carrying, is just as skeptical about the patriarchal expectations and injustices of mainstream heterosexuality as Yesteryear.

Nic Anstett

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Oct 22, 2026

Carrying, Needlemouth, and Our Arab

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for October 2026

Queer horror readers are in for a treat this month. (But there’s plenty of new books for everyone else, too!)

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Oct 7, 2026

All This Want (And I Can't Get None) by T Clark

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The Aching Thread of Queer Desire

“All This Want (And I Can’t Get None)” is particularly special to me as a collection that lets Black girls be messy and lustful and humiliatingly wrong.

Daven McQueen

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Oct 5, 2026

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Melissa King’s New Memoir ‘The Girl Who Became King’

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Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Melissa King’s New Memoir ‘The Girl Who Became King’

Melissa King takes us back to her baby gay days in San Francisco.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Sep 28, 2026

Fatimah Asghar's Daughter of the Mountains

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Queer Heartbreak and Yearning for Homeland in ‘Daughter of the Mountains’

No one describes diaspora like Fatimah Asghar, whose work addresses what it’s like to see colonial violence echoed in today’s world through imaginary borders.

Christa Lei

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Sep 23, 2026

Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher

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Lex Croucher’s Very Queer, Arthurian-Laced YA Novels Delight

As someone whose weekends as a child were either spent being dragged around National Trust properties or building Lego castles, I have no doubt these two books would have blown…

Sally

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Sep 11, 2026

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for September 2026

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for September 2026

There’s so much new queer poetry coming out this month.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Sep 1, 2026

APPETITE by P. Paramita

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‘Appetite’ Wrestles With the Double-Edged Sword of Obsession

P. Paramita’s debut novel Appetite meets at the intersection of food, professional wrestling, ambition, and obsession.

Gen

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Aug 21, 2026

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Author Interviews

TYRANT LIZARD QUEEN by Riley Black

Why Trans Paleontologist Riley Black Wrote Toxic T-Rex Yuri

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Morgan Thomas and Mad Eden

Morgan Thomas on Writing Complex Portrayals of Autistic Trans Experience

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Bone Horn and the novel's author

‘Bone Horn’ Is a Well of Horniness Rippling With Comedy, Grief, and the Ultimate Lesbian Mystery

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Sally

The Queer Bookshelf

‘The Queer Bookshelf’ Will Help You Find Your Next Gay Read — Without Algorithms

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Vernal Thaw by Frances Cannon

New Novel ‘Vernal Thaw’ Explores Toxic Queer Monogamy

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Lauren Herold

A Body Made Home by Kai Marshall Green

New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

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Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

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How Amy Spalding Built a Four-Book Sapphic Romance Universe

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Queers at the Table

What Does ‘Queer Food’ Mean?

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Stef Rubino

Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Rose Dommu and Casey McQuiston on Writing Queer Romance That Fucks With the Formula

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