55 of the Best Queer Books of 2019
From gorgeous graphic memoirs to epic fantasy tales, twisty thrillers, swoony romances, exceptional essay collections, and more, there’s an amazing queer book from 2019 on this list for everyone!
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Democratic Debate #5 Recap: It’s Kamala Harris and Cory Booker’s Time to Shine
In most primary campaigns, staffers and consultants tell candidates not to do what Kamala Harris did last night — but I think she edged out Cory Booker for winner of the debate.
8 Great Books About Queer Monstrous Women
“Books about *monstrous women* of all varieties. Softhearted giantesses, feral shapeshifters, malicious sea creatures, lonely gorgons. Women with the strength of gods, women with fangs and fur, women formed of craggy rock or ice or fire.”
Is the Resurgence of Feminist Bookstores in the South a Moment or a Movement?
Visit five feminist bookstores across the south east that are creating community building and political organizing space as well as curating feminist literature written by authors from different backgrounds holding often marginalized identities.
Lez Liberty Lit: “Books” Are Still Not A Personality
“Where are the boundaries between story and real life, between consciousness and an idea?” Plus, the petty errors that pull you out of a piece of writing, how books became a lifestyle brand and, one assumes, a personality, and more.
Some Covers of Some Lesbian Sci-Fi Books
When I made a pledge to myself a few years back to only read sci-fi books by or about queer people, I wondered whether the cover art would be subtly queered in the process. The answer, in many cases, was no: it was queered to the absolute max.
Season of the Witch: 25 Books on Witches, Witchcraft and Wonder
Whether you’re interested in witches as a horror trope, a doorway to sex positivity, a topic of historical exploration, or rich characters and ideas in fiction or poetry, at least one of these books will bring something into your life!
Also.Also.Also: Activism and the Importance of LGBTQ Bookstores
Glitter, coffeeshops as remote workspaces, Team Dresch, a basic income trial, the NCAA’s future, and more!
No Filter: Get In The Bathtub, We’re Reading a Book With Indya Moore
Leisha Hailey does comedy, Vico’s naked behind that plant, Gabrielle Korn meets Tegan & Sara in heaven, Gaby and Mal are still cute, Layshia Clarendon got some Diva Cups on sale and so much more breaking news from celesbian instagram!
Booker and Warren Shine, Biden Grates at First-Ever GLAAD LGBTQ Forum
Last night, ten contenders for the Democratic nomination gathered in the First in the Nation caucus state for the LGBTQ Presidential Forum. Organized by One Iowa, The Gazette, The Advocate and GLAAD, the forum offered the most robust discussion of LGBT issues of the 2020 campaign thus far.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: A Virtual Grease Bats Book Party and Community Love Fest
A book party, you ask? For whom? For what? For Archie, I exclaim back! For our own Archie Bongiovanni, and for this here comic we have on Autostraddle dot com called Grease Bats!
Grease Bats: The Book Is Out Today and It’s Queer, Hilarious, Familiar, Perfect
It’s hard to overstate how much I loved this book and how much I think you will, too.
30 New Books of Queer and Feminist Interest to Get Excited About This Fall
Whether your thing is queer girl YA inspired by Greek mythology, groundbreaking poetry collections, challenging and mind-expanding critical nonfiction on art, power, illness or design, or weird and dynamic short fiction, this fall brings you some new titles you won’t be able to stop thinking about.
Lez Liberty Lit Is Joining a Silent Bookclub
Silently reading en masse, language and citizenship, writers remembering Toni Morrison and more.
Democratic Debate #2, Night Two: Frontrunners Falter, Booker Shines
Last night, the remaining ten qualified candidates for the Democratic nomination competed in their second debate of the 2020 campaign. Like the previous night’s debate, there were a lot of fireworks, with lower-tier candidates taking their last and best opportunity to bolster their standing in time to qualify for the third debate in September.
Beverly Hills, CA 8/12: Book Club: Cocktails and Conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn and Carmen Rios
Join Ms. for the Summer 2019 meeting of #MsBookClub, featuring Lamba Literary Award-winning author Nicole Dennis-Benn and Ms. Managing Digital Editor Carmen Rios in conversation with attendees about her new novel PATSY. The event will feature a reception with custom cocktails, a reading by the author and a book signing.
Sunday Funday Is Gay for Roxane Gay’s Book Club
International Nonbinary Day selfies, remembering the gay communes of the ’80s, lesbian period dramas, gay music, and more!
8 YA Books Featuring Characters who Are Happily Lesbian but Have Other Drama
8 great YA books with lesbian main characters who are dealing with drama not related to coming out, homophobia, or anything related to their sexuality!
This New Book on Nurturance Culture Is Needed, but Is It Too Normative?
While “Turn This World Inside Out” makes plain the problems with shaming folks into a more liberated world free of gendered violence, it does so in limited ways that made me as a reader hungry for more.
15 New LGBT Books to Make Your Summer Hot Hot Hot
Whether your thing is memoir, fiction, new poetry or YA, there’s definitely something coming out this summer by and/or about queer people that you’re going to want to throw in your bag for the beach, get points for in your library’s summer reading program, or share with that new babe you just started seeing who loves your poetry recs.