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Lamya H on Queer Muslim Community and Leslie Feinberg’s Influence on Their Memoir
“In my twenties as I was coming into my queerness, it felt like there were very heteronormative ways to be queer.”
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“The Fake” Is a Funny-Sad-Sexy Novel About the Psychological Damage Scammers Inflict
It’s a book about a scammer, but The Fake isn’t trying to hoodwink the reader.
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Bi4Bi Romance Thrives in This New Queer Regency-Era Rom-Com
Their romance also encapsulates the protagonist figuring out she’s a top, a journey I always love to see!
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K. Allison Hammer Imagines the Queer and Trans Possibilities of Masculinity
Rather than focus on individual, exceptional figures of toxic masculinity, Hammer wanted to explore masculinity as a cultural form that people of all genders can embody.
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Chris Belcher on “Pretty Baby,” Dungeon Dynamics, and the Expansiveness of Queer Sex
“I always envisioned this book as something that would allow me to talk about how I got to know masculinity as an adult through sex work and reflect back on how I came to know masculinity from the time I was younger.”
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In Queer Horror Anthology “It Came From the Closet,” Carmen Maria Machado Considers Jennifer’s Body
On queerbaiting, bisexuality, and Jennifer’s Body. This essay is an exclusive excerpt from the queer horror anthology It Came From the Closet, on sale next week.
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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?
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16 Gay M/M Romance Novels To Read After “Red, White and Royal Blue”
If you loved “Red, White & Royal Blue,” here’s 15 more gay romance novels, aka m/m romance, featuring two men doing cute and also erotic things together!
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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.”
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EXCERPT: In “Thin Skin,” Jenn Shapland Considers What It Means to Live a Childfree Queer Life
In an excerpt from her new essay collection Thin Skin, Jenn Shapland examines childfreedom.
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12 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With
A dozen books — from YA to romance to literary fiction to memoir — that center queer road trips all over the U.S. and abroad.
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“Matchmaking in the Archive” Connects Today’s Artists and Queer Ancestors
This book contains, notably, an essay by Michelle Tea that is still ringing in my ears.
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In Our Own Time: Queer Temporality, Pride, and Diana Goetsch’s “This Body I Wore”
Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “straight time” — the way a life unfolds, or is expected to unfold, within heteronormative frameworks.
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Interview With a Tranpire
It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.
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“We’re a Surviving Sort of Species”: Venita Blackburn on Grief and How We Live With It
“I don’t believe in hope. But I’m also optimistic. I have that kind of ancient Greek philosophy about hope, that it arrests man’s despair. It makes you stuck.”
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Did Somebody Say Lesbian Sasquatch Horror-Comedy “Bachelor” Parody?
An epistolary lesbian love story, monster horror, final girl thrills, and sharp commentary on reality television and social media collide in this bloody, hilarious, chilling novel.
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Grace Lavery on Her New Memoir “Please Miss,” Sex Writing, and the Trans Glamour of Nicole Kidman
“When one is trying to write about sex, if you’re doing it right, something happens in the prose that is unpredictable and kind of wild.”
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Unleash Your Inner Jock With These 10 Sporty Gay Romance and YA Books
Sports! They make us gay, and we can’t get enough of reading about them!
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Chloe Caldwell on First Periods, PMDD, and That Weird Blue “Blood” in Tampon Commercials
The author discusses her new memoir “The Red Zone,” which chronicles her experiences with premenstrual dysphoric disorder and provides a kaleidoscopic view of how people feel about their periods.
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114 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Spring 2023
New Samantha Irby! New Leah Johnson! Get excited for these upcoming LGBTQ+ and feminist book releases, and support queer authors this spring.