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‘All Us Saints’ Boldly Slashes Away at the Trans Killer Trope

All Us Saints is hardly the first work to critique and analyze the prolific horror trope of the transgender slasher…

Nic Anstett

Jun 6, 2026

Two girls driving in a convertible in a still from The Bachelorette; The cover of Sleepless in Seattle, featuring the Empire State Building; the album cover of Whitney Houston's eponymous album; "He Will Break Your Heart" by Jerry Butler; two people in pirates costumes

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Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories Featuring Pop Culture

Find sexy pirates, bachelorette viewing parties, and Whitney Houston crushes in these pop culture-packed queer short stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Feb 25, 2023

The cover of Robin and her Misfits by Kelly Ann Jacobson features a biker helmet with a view of florida and palm trees inside it.

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Rainbow Reading: This Upcoming Book Is a Queer Retelling of Robin Hood About DYKES ON BIKES

It sounds like Robin Hood meets Fast and the Furious and very GAY.

Yashwina

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Feb 23, 2023

OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture features multicolored blocks on its cover

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We Should Engage With LGBTQ History All Damn Year

OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture perfectly exemplifies the reasons why it’s so imperative to look back at history with the willingness to be impacted by whatever we…

Stef Rubino

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Feb 22, 2023

Unsafe Words: Queering Consent in the #MeToo Era

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In Challenging, Complex Essays, “Unsafe Words” Queers the #MeToo Movement

Multiple of these essays ask how we can make queer spaces safer, especially for our most vulnerable community members, while also not becoming our own police.

Nico

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Feb 21, 2023

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin features a woman howling and laying on the floor with a white milkmaid dress on

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“Big Swiss” Review: On the Queer Age Gap Novel Set in a House Full of Bees

Big Swiss veers from horny to humorous to macabre in zigs and zags.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Feb 21, 2023

Wanting: Women Writing About Desire, edited by Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters, including essays by Kristen Arnett, Aracelis Girmay, Sonora Jha, Torrey Peters, Larissa Pham, and Lisa Taddeo

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The Essays in “Wanting” Show the Power of Vulnerability

Although I have many of them at any given time, I don’t usually speak my desires out loud.

Stef Rubino

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Feb 17, 2023

The books Spectrums, An Unkindess of Ghosts, Neuroqueer Heresies, and How To Be Autistic

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Eight Books Across Genres on Queer Autistic Experiences

This list of queer and/or trans focused books about autism are mostly nonfiction, but I’ve also included a few novels by queer autistic authors featuring queer autistic characters, including science…

Casey

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Feb 16, 2023

M. Crane is between two images of their book cover. The book cover is a simple plane of blue with a rippling human shadow on the cover and the title text I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF layered on top. M. Crane is smiling. They have long brown hair, tan skin, and are wearing a colorful button up shirt.

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A+ Read a Fucking Book Club: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Join us for a Q&A with author M. Crane!

Nico

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Feb 15, 2023

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