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New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

Kai Marshall Green resists cliche disability recovery narratives and normative tropes of trans storytelling.

Lauren Herold

Mar 5, 2026

The cover of Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond features a cartoon wedding cake with a slice taken out of it revealing a rainbow cake and two women sitting on top of the cake.

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“Queerly Beloved” Is a Love Letter to Tulsa and Chosen Family

The queer baking romance has Tulsa at its core.

ashni

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Jul 5, 2022

Alia Shawkat and Ilana Glazer hold their hands up to each other on Broad City.

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Let’s Hear It for the Disaster Bisexuals

My confused disaster of a teenage self could have used stories from this new canon of disaster bisexuals, stories about sexually fluid people in all their imperfections.

Antonia Angress

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Jul 3, 2022

Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace

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Self-Publishing Taught Me To Rethink Success

Author Sarah Wallace writes on queer community in the self-publishing world and rewriting the rules of her own success.

Sarah Wallace

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Jul 2, 2022

four book covers in a simple collage: blood fresh, there are trans people here, funeral for flaca, and the subtweet

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30 Books That Are Still Gay Even Though Pride Month Is Over

Today is July 1 which means that Pride Month is officially over, but here at Autostraddle we like talking about gay books 24/7/365.

Vanessa

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Jul 1, 2022

I Feel Love: Notes on Queer Joy has a purple book cover.

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“I Feel Love: Notes On Queer Joy” Reminds Us That Suffering Is Not Our Destiny

Queerness doesn’t have to be a burden. That’s what I wish I could tell my younger, lonely, and confused self.

L

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Jun 30, 2022

An illustrated woman sails on a large book.

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Rainbow Reading: Give Me Your Most Escapist Book Recommendations

There’s been a ton of new queer romance coming out, as well as queer mystery. Catch up on the latest LGBTQ literary news.

Yashwina

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Jun 30, 2022

The cover of Brown Neon: Essays by Raquel Gutiérrez features the title and author name in blue neon sign lettering against a landscape background.

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“Brown Neon” Is a Tribute to the Power of Art and Community in the American Southwest

Over the course of these ten essays, Raquel Gutiérrez skillfully maps the realities, struggles, and joys of queer, Latinx, artistic life in the Southwest U.S.

Stef Rubino

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Jun 29, 2022

Queer Books Across America: Incredible Lesbian and Queer Novels and Memoirs Set in Every State

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Queer Books Across America: Incredible Lesbian and Queer Novels and Memoirs Set in Every State

Take a gay road trip to all 50 states right on your couch with queer fiction, memoirs and graphic novels set all across the United States.

Riese

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Jun 28, 2022

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A Body Made Home by Kai Marshall Green

New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

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Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

Ashley Herring Blake Loves Writing Messy Queer Characters

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Queers at the Table

What Does ‘Queer Food’ Mean?

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Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Rose Dommu and Casey McQuiston on Writing Queer Romance That Fucks With the Formula

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Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

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A close up of Alison Bechdel next to the cover her for new novel Spent

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

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