Literature

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‘All Us Saints’ Boldly Slashes Away at the Trans Killer Trope

All Us Saints is hardly the first work to critique and analyze the prolific horror trope of the transgender slasher…

Nic Anstett

Jun 6, 2026

Kristen Arnett holding copies of her book Stop Me If You've Heard This One on a Florida bookstore road trip

travel

We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

As Florida now leads the nation in book bans, putting together a little Florida road trip travel guide oriented around independent bookstores feels meaningful. There’s more to this place than…

Kristen Arnett

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Jan 7, 2025

book lists

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2024

Catch up on all the great queer poetry from this year!

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Dec 25, 2024

book features

Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good…

Riese

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Dec 20, 2024

book lists

The Best Queer Books of 2024

This year especially I’ve striven to put the spotlight on books that haven’t gotten a lot of mainstream attention.

Casey

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Dec 18, 2024

Good Girl by Aria Aber, Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson and The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn

book lists

48 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out December 2024 and January 2025

The next couple months are bringing lots of new queer books to shelves, but sapphic Romantasy in particular is booming this winter.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Dec 10, 2024

book lists

10 Books That Celebrate Trans Joy

From trans memoirs that revel in the beauty of transition to sci-fi novels, manga, and quiet literary dramas that give us a reason to be proud, these books remind us…

Willow Heath

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Dec 5, 2024

book features

20 Dorothy Allison Quotes I Think About All The Time

“Two or three things I know, but this is the one I am not supposed to talk about, how it comes together — sex and violence, love and hatred.”

Riese

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Nov 16, 2024

book features

Dorothy Allison, Lesbian and Feminist Writer and Activist, Has Died. We Must Keep Learning From Her Life’s Work and ‘Remake the World’

Dorothy Allison died at the age of 75 from cancer earlier this week. Some of my favorite teachers in the world are people I’ve never shared a classroom with, and…

Stef Rubino

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Nov 9, 2024