Literature

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What We Can Learn From Lesbian Nuns

A forgotten 1980s bestseller on lesbian nuns is the antidote to dating app burnout and the “cool queer” rat race.

Carolina Flores

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Thin Skin by Jenn Shapland, essay collection by Stacy Jane Grover, Pageboy by Elliot Page, All Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky, Falling Back in Love With Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom, All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan, Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens, Mrs. S by K. Patrick, and I Do Everything I'm Told by Megan Fernandes

book lists

81 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Summer 2023

Kai Cheng Thom’s new book of essays is coming out in August, the first two books from Roxane Gay’s brand new press are releasing, Elliot Page’s much anticipated memoir is…

Casey

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Jun 6, 2023

lgbt book reviews

Moby Dyke Is a Fresh Take on the Old Conversation About Disappearing Lesbian Bars

I didn’t go to my first lesbian bar until I was in my early twenties.

Stef Rubino

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Jun 6, 2023

lgbt book reviews

“Lesbian Love Story” Has Something To Teach Us About Ourselves

It’s important for us to gather all of the stories of the people who came before us in order to help fuel our fight against the people who want to…

Stef Rubino

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May 30, 2023

lgbt book reviews

Hayley Kiyoko’s Debut YA Novel Tells Queer Love Story Set in 2006

If I’m being honest, it’s one of the better written celebrity fiction novels that I’ve read (and I’ve read Lauren Conrad’s YA series).

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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May 29, 2023

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Māhealani Madden, Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, Ask the Brindles by No'u Revilla, She Is a Haunting by Trang Tranh Tran, The Truth About Me by A. Revathi, and How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler

quizzes

Quiz: Which Queer Book Should You Read To Close Out AAPI Month?

Please enjoy a captivating queer read by an AAPI author as we move into the season of leisurely reading by the pool and generally being gay.

Em Win

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May 28, 2023

the cover of the DapperQ coffee table book, repeated three times over. The cover includes portraits of eight different queer people posing in gorgeous and unique outfits. On a black banner background in the center, white texts reads: DapperQ Style, Ungendering Fashion

book features

In “dapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion,” Queer Style Is Centered and Celebrated

Our bodies deserve exuberant fabrics and innovative design and can highlight beautiful parts of what society typically erases.

dapperq

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May 23, 2023

Tegan and Sara, as drawn by Tillie Walden, on the cover of their new graphic novel, Junior High

lgbt book reviews

Tegan and Sara’s “Junior High” Brings Their Origin Story to a Graphic Novel

Queer youth need to see a hero’s journey from queer icons who’ve lived it! And they need to be able to relate to it, not to write it off as…

Heather Hogan

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May 22, 2023

literature

Rainbow Reading: A New Entry Into the Growing Body of Powerful Queer Florida Lit

Also, two words for you: DYKE WESTERN.

Yashwina

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May 18, 2023

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Literature

What We Can Learn From Lesbian Nuns

81 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Summer 2023

Moby Dyke Is a Fresh Take on the Old Conversation About Disappearing Lesbian Bars

“Lesbian Love Story” Has Something To Teach Us About Ourselves

Hayley Kiyoko’s Debut YA Novel Tells Queer Love Story Set in 2006

Quiz: Which Queer Book Should You Read To Close Out AAPI Month?

In “dapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion,” Queer Style Is Centered and Celebrated

Tegan and Sara’s “Junior High” Brings Their Origin Story to a Graphic Novel

Rainbow Reading: A New Entry Into the Growing Body of Powerful Queer Florida Lit

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