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Things I Read That I Love #346: Bama Rush, Celebrity Memoirs, Laptop Boyfriends, Leaving LA and More

An elite rescue squad in the Great Smokey Mountains, the museum at the Pennhurst Asylum, a liberal journalist gets hired…

Riese

Jan 17, 2026

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt features a woman's face merged with a haunted house on the cover

lgbt book reviews

Alison Rumfitt’s “Tell Me I’m Worthless” Is Fearlessly Honest About Modern Trans Life

In a time when so many popular examples of queer art have their edges sanded down, Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is all edge.

Esther Rosenfield

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Jan 17, 2023

We All Loved Cowboys, Snare, Bad Girls, Concerning My Daughter, The Fifth, Tentacle, My Lesbian Experience with Lonelineess, Disoriental

quizzes

Quiz: What Queer Book in Translation Should You Read?

I’ve gathered eight LGBTQ books in translation from around the world in various genres and forms. Take the quiz to get matched with one.

Casey

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Jan 15, 2023

A stack of books with bows on them and a lit birthday candle.

literature

Rainbow Reading: Happy Birthgay!

Rainbow Reading kicked off as a biweekly LGBTQ+ lit news column one year ago!

Yashwina

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Jan 12, 2023

lgbt book reviews

Kristin Cashore’s “Seasparrow” Continues The Great Graceling Gaying

Like all the Graceling books, Seasparrow allows the woman at its center to be angry, and hurt, and confused, and scared and messy and even downright unlikable sometimes. That’s what…

Heather Hogan

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Jan 11, 2023

Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, She Is a Haunting, Bad Creee by Jessica Johns, Friday I'm In Love, Then Everything Happens at Once, Carmilla by Amy Chu and Soo Lee, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H, Tell Me I'm Worthelss, and Judas Goat: Poems by Gabrielle Bates

book lists

54 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Winter 2023

Welcome to 2023, which promises to be yet another spectacular year for feminist and queer books. This winter is only the beginning!

Casey

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Jan 10, 2023

Cover of Alex D. Ketchum's book "Ingredients for Revolution"

book features

“Ingredients for Revolution” Offers a New Look at Social Justice Movement History

Cafes became hubs for marginalized members of the communities they were in, and learning their history helps us understand the power of their impact.

Stef Rubino

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Jan 10, 2023

lgbt book reviews

In a Year Full of Great Sapphic Holiday Romances, “Kiss Her Once for Me” Stood Out

Kiss Her Once for Me is a truly stellar example of not just a holiday romance or a queer romance, but of any kind of romance.

Casey

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Jan 9, 2023

The following books: The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson, Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead, Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón, and Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel

book lists

Eight New Queer Indigenous Books

Poetry, contemporary YA, science fiction, short stories, essay collections, graphic novels, and more!

Casey

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Jan 7, 2023

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Literature

Things I Read That I Love #346: Bama Rush, Celebrity Memoirs, Laptop Boyfriends, Leaving LA and More

Alison Rumfitt’s “Tell Me I’m Worthless” Is Fearlessly Honest About Modern Trans Life

Quiz: What Queer Book in Translation Should You Read?

Rainbow Reading: Happy Birthgay!

Kristin Cashore’s “Seasparrow” Continues The Great Graceling Gaying

54 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Winter 2023

“Ingredients for Revolution” Offers a New Look at Social Justice Movement History

In a Year Full of Great Sapphic Holiday Romances, “Kiss Her Once for Me” Stood Out

Eight New Queer Indigenous Books

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10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters

10 Trans Horror Books You Should Read Right Now

48 Lesbian, Queer and Trans Celebrity Memoirs

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16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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