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Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

Books that ask questions like: Is any of this really happening? What is possible, in this great big world of…

Apr 16, 2026

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I Have Never Felt More Cherokee Than While Reading ‘To the Moon and Back’

This novel is queer in the best ways.

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Sep 11, 2025

Rough Trade, Always, and No Body No Crime

book features

“Surviving Isn’t Enough”: Tess Sharpe, Nicola Griffith, and Katrina Carrasco on Writing Expansive Queer Fiction

“If I’m deliberately trying to queer anything, it’s the world, one reader at a time.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Sep 9, 2025

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage; Best Woman by Rose Dommu; Beings by Ilana Masad

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for September 2025

September is here, and with it comes a bunch of new LGBTQ+ book releases — from horror to rom-coms and everything in between!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Sep 3, 2025

first person

Twenty-Five Years Later, Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ Remains Stunning Portrait of Lesbian Life

Valencia permitted me to romanticize my world.

Malavika Kannan

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Aug 29, 2025

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Non-Binary Actor Alyson Stoner Hopes Their Memoir Is the Last of Its Kind

Alyson Stoner’s new memoir, Natalie Morales playing Claire Danes’ ex-wife, Mae Martin in a new thriller series, The Beaches’ new single Lesbian of the Year, and more!

Valerie Anne

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Aug 19, 2025

book lists

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to stories about sisters. Perhaps because my first memory is of my sister’s birth.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 15, 2025

book lists

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

“Gay people on road trips” is actually one of my favorite literary genres.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 11, 2025

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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

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Literature

Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

I Have Never Felt More Cherokee Than While Reading ‘To the Moon and Back’

“Surviving Isn’t Enough”: Tess Sharpe, Nicola Griffith, and Katrina Carrasco on Writing Expansive Queer Fiction

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for September 2025

Twenty-Five Years Later, Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ Remains Stunning Portrait of Lesbian Life

Non-Binary Actor Alyson Stoner Hopes Their Memoir Is the Last of Its Kind

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?

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Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

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New Novel ‘Vernal Thaw’ Explores Toxic Queer Monogamy

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

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