Literature

Author interviews, guides to the best LGBT Literature, Gay and Lesbian Novels and Memoirs and more!

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

quizzes

What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?

Why decide for yourself what to read when you can let a silly little quiz decide for you!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 10, 2025

a person holding flowers in their shirt in black and white

first person

What Is Queer Generational Trauma, and How Do We Tell Stories About It?

Lately, I’ve been obsessing over the concept of queer generational trauma: the pain passed down to us from our ancestors, which we bequeath in turn to those who come after…

Charlie Jane Anders

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Aug 7, 2025

Both/And, Extinction Capital of the World, and The Midnight Shift

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more LGBTQ+ lit across all genres!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Aug 5, 2025

book features

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…

Riese

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Aug 4, 2025

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

book features

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

“The ‘hot’ in Hot Girls with Balls is that it’s a given our protagonists are extremely beautiful.”

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 4, 2025

Hot Girls With Balls by Benedict Nguyen, Lonely Crows by Stephanie Wambugu, and Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for July 2025

Pride month may be over, but we read queer all year, and these are our top picks for new LGBTQ+ books coming out July 2025.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Jul 1, 2025

A/S/L, Make Sure You Die Screaming, and Luminous

book lists

7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer

In less than six months, 2025 has already amassed an absolutely stellar line-up of trans novels that range from historical fiction, lyrical explorations of dysphoria and identity, and science fiction…

Nic Anstett

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Jun 26, 2025