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My ‘Dry Season’

Taking time to be celibate during my first year in California allowed me to build a life which matched my…

Gen

Jun 2, 2026

Jenn Shapland Names What Needs Naming in “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers”

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Jenn Shapland Names What Needs Naming in “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers”

It has taken over 50 years for us to get the full, queer truth about Carson McCullers’s life, and now I know why. We were waiting for Jenn Shapland.

Kate Gorton

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Jan 7, 2020

Things I Read That I Love #305: How Various Plaid Shirts Made Their Way Into My Closet

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Things I Read That I Love #305: How Various Plaid Shirts Made Their Way Into My Closet

Topics include hangovers, ArtPrize, the George Foreman Grill, Patriotic Millionaires, The Talented Mr Ripley, 100 books that defined the decade, fair food, the year in pivoting to video and so…

Riese

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Jan 3, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit: Don’t Read A Book A Week

Reading goals as a personal hell, memes as a new kind of formalism, a dare to not be productive and more.

Ryan

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Jan 2, 2020

Things I Read That I Love #304: I Want to Pretend That I’m Cooler Than Crying About The Velveteen Rabbit

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Things I Read That I Love #304: I Want to Pretend That I’m Cooler Than Crying About The Velveteen Rabbit

It’s really hot in Phoenix, Tinder as small talk purgatory, Anna Delvey, Millennials not afraid of death, Instagram face, Hallmark Movies, racism in banking and more!

Riese

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Dec 20, 2019

Lez Liberty Lit: The Word of the Year

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Lez Liberty Lit: The Word of the Year

“They” is the word of the year! Plus: when languages die, when bookstores unionize, when Hilton Als writes on Joan Didion and more.

Ryan

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Dec 19, 2019

8 Cute Queer Holiday Romances to Snuggle up with this Holigay Season

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8 Cute Queer Holiday Romances to Snuggle up with this Holigay Season

More than one book involves lesbians falling in love while bonding over a cute festive pet.

Casey

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Dec 17, 2019

80 of the Best Queer, Lesbian and Bisexual Books of the Decade

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80 of the Best Queer, Lesbian and Bisexual Books of the Decade

It sure has been a decade! Mainstream publishing has become much more open to queer stories, especially perhaps in YA, and the drive and determination of indie and queer publishing…

Rachel

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Dec 16, 2019

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Lez Liberty Lit Is Drowning in “Best of” Lists

Queer pleasure as a form of resistance, finding your purpose, the best of the best of lists and more.

Ryan

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Dec 10, 2019

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

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Nic Anstett

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

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Stef Rubino

Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

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6 Books Exploring Queer Boricua Experience

6 Books Exploring Queer Boricua Experience

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The Seep, Land of Milk and Honey, and The Unworthy

Queer Books To Read if You’re Really Missing ‘Pluribus’

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

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Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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The Best Queer Books of 2025

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

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10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters

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Vernal Thaw by Frances Cannon

New Novel ‘Vernal Thaw’ Explores Toxic Queer Monogamy

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Lauren Herold

A Body Made Home by Kai Marshall Green

New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

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Lauren Herold

Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

Ashley Herring Blake Loves Writing Messy Queer Characters

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Amy Spalding - In Her Spotlight

How Amy Spalding Built a Four-Book Sapphic Romance Universe

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Queers at the Table

What Does ‘Queer Food’ Mean?

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Stef Rubino

Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Rose Dommu and Casey McQuiston on Writing Queer Romance That Fucks With the Formula

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Adam Eli

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Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

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Gabrielle Korn

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Drew Burnett Gregory

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

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Stef Rubino

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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Drew Burnett Gregory

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