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Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

Books that ask questions like: Is any of this really happening? What is possible, in this great big world of…

Apr 16, 2026

the author Mac Crane in a dark blue and red buttondown, smiling

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Author Mac Crane on the Eroticism of Basketball and Writing Queer and Trans Pleasure

“Basketball is extremely hot, and I wanted that to come through in the book.”

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Nov 27, 2023

Frederich Usher mixing drugs in The Fall of the House of Usher

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Wildest Story Inspired Fall of the House of Usher’s Scariest Moment

There’s something so intimate and terrifying about mouth horror.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 7, 2023

Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang and a photo of the author

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K-Ming Chang on Queer Horror Novel “Organ Meats” and Feeling at Home in the Monstrous

“I feel a sense of belonging among things that are terrifying and cause fear and cause chaos.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Nov 3, 2023

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“He/She/They” Is a Helpful Guide and Call to Action for Allies Everywhere

I’d recommend suggesting it to as many well-meaning cis people as you possibly can.

Stef Rubino

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Oct 24, 2023

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“Love at 350º” Is a Sapphic Romance for Us Gays Who Spend Saturdays Baking Pies

Baking aside, my favorite thing about Love At 350° is the fact that the main characters are women over 40.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 23, 2023

Simply Skye by Pamela Morgan, Molly's Tuxedo by Vicki Johnson, and My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant

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10 Picture Books To Teach Little Ones About Gender Expression

Reading picture books was a way I connected with my son when he was a preschooler, and I was able to teach him about things like racism, empathy and of…

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 21, 2023

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Before and After the Library

Author Kristen Arnett writes on growing up in a house where books were banned and becoming a queer librarian in Florida.

Kristen Arnett

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Oct 7, 2023

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“People Collide” Throws Everything You Thought You Knew About Body Swap Stories out the Window

Isle McElroy’s new novel provides a nuanced approach to gender within its body swap premise.

Nic Anstett

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Oct 6, 2023

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