Results for: non-binary
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8 Great Space Operas with Queer Women and Non-Binary Characters
Now is a great time to escape to outer space, don’t you think?
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The Book That Made Me A Slut: Andrea Lawlor’s “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”
Trans people love to joke about having been every letter of the acronym but Paul is all of them at once. He is the ultimate non-binary fantasy — or at least my ultimate non-binary fantasy.
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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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8 Fiction Books with Non-Binary Characters
Can you believe we haven’t talked about books with non-binary characters yet? Here are eight great ones, mostly written by non-binary authors.
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“At Her Service” Is a Sweet Sapphic Romance With Crucial Lesbian Kickball Representation
Amy Spalding’s second book in the “Out in Hollywood” series centers on Max, a wee masc lesbian in Hollywood roped into a self-actualization scheme by her influencer roommate and most importantly to me, playing a lot of lesbian kickball.
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Omise’eke Tinsley’s “The Color Pynk” Celebrates Black Femme Art for Survival
A beautiful commitment to and demonstration of Black femme poetics, The Color Pynk offers a radical alternative to the genre of the academic book, one that celebrates Black queer language as its own tactic of freedom-dreaming.
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New Book “Solidarity” Is Necessary Read, Even if It’s Difficult To Apply to All Liberation Movements
As with most nonfiction books about political topics, I finished Solidarity with more questions than answers about how to integrate its concepts into my day-to-day life.
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A Queer and Trans Reading of Tammy Wynette
How come so many LGBTQ people worship divas, pop stars, and tragic Hollywood figures? How do LGBTQ readers, viewers, and listeners find queer pleasure in media targeted to the mainstream?
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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.
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Lez Liberty Lit: How Do Plague Stories End?
How DO plague stories end? Plus, “non-binary” in Italian, was this one feminist classic actually trash, the Tamagotchi cemetery and more.
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In LGBTQ Sci-Fi Anthology “Out There”, the World Is Screwed — But Queer Love Finds a Way
“Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder” features work by Leah Johnson, Z Brewer, and more.
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12 Books to Read to Be a Better Ally to Disabled People This Disability Pride Month
This list will make you laugh out loud, bring you to tears, make you question things you believed to be true, and even make you want to blast Demi Lovato.
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Heather Corinna Makes Menopause Accessible, Hilarious, and Queer AF in “What Fresh Hell Is This?”
Come for the Victorian menopause psychoanalysis mad lib; stay for the ode to cooling pillows. Heather Corinna has gifted us the queer and trans-inclusive book about menopause you didn’t know you desperately need to read, with delightful illustrations by Archie Bongiovanni!
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The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”
The first sentence of “The Books of Bokonon” – the fictional foundational text of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented for his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle – reads as follows: “All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.”
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“Here Are All My Favorite Delusions, I Hope You Like Them”: Talking to Gabrielle Korn About Queer Dystopian Novel “Yours For The Taking”
“I feel like so much of the theme of ‘straight women idealizing women’ just came from my dark times in women’s media. This idea that if you have a space that’s just women that it’s somehow superior — that just became so funny to me!”
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Eight Trans-Inclusive Fantasy Books for Harry Potter Fans
Eight trans-inclusive fantasy books for the Harry Potter fans , from all-gender Quidditch to trans boys summoning ghosts, there’s a book here for every Potterhead!
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8 Great Queer Scandinavian Books, from Tender Novels to Supernatural Horror
This list includes a variety of different genres. The only requirements were a main queer woman or non-binary character, written by a Nordic / Scandinavian author, and set in a Nordic / Scandinavian country or featuring a Nordic / Scandinavian protagonist. Enjoy!
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My Teenage Obsession Gets a Second Life and a Queer Adult Spin
“Had my teen girl self been sure of herself and comfortably queer as I am today, she may not have become so obsessed with advice columns in the first place.”
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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!
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“He/She/They” Is a Helpful Guide and Call to Action for Allies Everywhere
I’d recommend suggesting it to as many well-meaning cis people as you possibly can.