Literature

Author interviews, guides to the best LGBT Literature, Gay and Lesbian Novels and Memoirs and more!

lgbt book reviews

Art Has Its Own Power Outside of the Systems That Profit From It

Music is a way for us to tell the truth. To feel our souls inside our bodies. The novel ‘Long…

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literature

Things I Read That I Love #331: To Live In a Theme Park Without Even Realizing It

Topics include romance scammers, Keke Palmer, the migrant ship, Lorrie Moore, affirmative action, the streaming problem, Lorrie Moore, the Barbie IP and more!

Riese

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Jul 14, 2023

Minnie Bruce Pratt with her arms thrown open

politics + activism

Remembering Minnie Bruce Pratt’s Legacy as a Radical Southern Femme

She might have left the South, but she never forgot it, scorned it, or neglected it.

Stef Rubino

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Jul 10, 2023

Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex

lgbt book reviews

“Working It” Says the Quiet Parts Out Loud About Sex Work

Before I was a sex worker, I was a proud sex worker ally.

Raechel Anne Jolie

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Jul 3, 2023

A collage of six books covers, each of books with lesbian sex inside them

book lists

55 Literary Books With Great Lesbian Sex Inside Them

Novels, memoirs, essay and short story collections that are really good and also have lesbian sex in them! Wow!

Riese and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 27, 2023

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, Let the Record Show by Sarah Schulman, Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, and Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

book lists

Tap Into Queer Rage This Pride With These Scorching LGBTQ+ Books

Read these works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and then let yourself fill with rage and release.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 24, 2023

Two girlfriends hanging out in urban apartment

literature

Things I Read That I Love #330: Titanic, Top Chef, Jeopardy, Libraries, Marvel, BookTok and the Fake Sherlock

Topics include a Top Chef oral history, the fake Sherlock, lost Jeopardy tapes, the Costa Concordia disaster, libraries, Bridget Jones, re-watching Titanic, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fictions from the lesbian…

Riese

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Jun 23, 2023

lgbt book reviews

In “Pageboy,” Elliot Page Gets Vulnerable About Gender Dysphoria, Trans Joy, and Much More

Like a lot of millennials my age, I grew up watching Elliot Page’s films and his ascent to stardom

Stef Rubino

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Jun 19, 2023

Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson

lgbt book reviews

Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade

Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 16, 2023