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All 100+ Queer Women of the Star Wars Universe, Ranked

Unlike Luke Skywalker in the swamps of Dagobah, I’m no quitter. I’m ranking all one hundred plus canon queer women…

Nic Anstett

May 28, 2026

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This YA Book Is a Great Queer Second-Chance Romance

What would you do if the one person you loved the most was the one person you cannot remember?

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Apr 4, 2023

Zoe Whittall has blunt blonde bangs with straight hair past her shoulders and wears a black tee that says VAG on it as well as a jean jacket. There's a green truck behind her.

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Send Me to Low Femme Paradise

The problem of having to have a body in the world again.

Zoe Whittall

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Mar 27, 2023

a gorgeous layout of the Finding the Fool book which is a gradient blue to purple with moon phases on it, set against a background of color coordinating tarot cards and crystals

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Meg Jones Wall on Queer, Expansive Tarot

“What if we just let all of these cards have gender neutral pronouns and we break them free from these gender binaries and let them be every archetype?”

Nico

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Mar 24, 2023

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Love and Loss Lead to Healing in YA Novel “I Will Find You Again”

Sarah Lyu’s I Will Find You Again deftly captures the volatile nature of teenage girls falling in love with each other for the first time.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Mar 23, 2023

The upcoming book Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko, surrounded by stars and against a blue and gray background

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Rainbow Reading: Lesbian Jesus Hayley Kiyoko Wrote a Book

It’s based on her hit song “Girls Like Girls.”

Yashwina

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Mar 23, 2023

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As Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Ramps Up in My Home State, I Find Myself Returning to This Book

It’s been a rough time to be a queer from Tennessee.

Yashwina

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Mar 22, 2023

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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.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 21, 2023

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New Historical Romance “Infamous” Reads Like Queer Jane Austen

This is the sapphic Regency coming-of-age book you’ve been waiting for.

Casey

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Mar 20, 2023

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