Literature

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

book features

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

May 6, 2026

A photo of author Vic Liu in a lavender sheer sleeve dress propping her head on her fist and looking directly into the camera next to a stack of copies of Bang!

book features

How and Why I Wrote Bang!: A Masturbation Sex-Ed Book for Everyone

I made Bang! Masturbation for People of All Genders and Abilities because it profoundly made sense to me, because there was a gaping hole in that plastic wall where there…

vforvicliu

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Jul 7, 2021

the cover of the new babysitter's club anthology repeated three times, a yellow book on a purple background

literature

‘We Are the Baby-Sitters Club’ Succeeds in Both Praising and Critiquing the Books of Our Childhoods

No topic is off limits in this guide about the young adult book series that shaped the way so many of us interacted with our worlds as children, and the…

the team

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Jul 6, 2021

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: James Baldwin’s Record Collection

James Baldwin’s record collection as a playlist, procrastination and writer’s block and whether or not they’re value neutral and more.

Ryan

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Jul 1, 2021

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Check Out the A+ Community Bookshelf!

We bring you for the first time the first time the A+ Community Bookshelf: a crowdsourced project where A+ members can share the LGBTQ book recs that they want the…

Rachel

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Jun 29, 2021

literature

Things I Read That I Love #320: Remember How Reckless Karaoke Seemed so recently?

Topics include Zola, the rise in Black homeschooling, the return of FOMO, online stalking, “Friends,” why meetings, Generation X, racism in The Bachelor, Mare of Easttown and more!

Riese

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Jun 25, 2021

Image shows the cover of the book with text in neon colors that read "The 2000's made me gay" essays on pop culture by Grace Perry

lgbt book reviews

“The 2000s Made Me Gay” Is a Pop Culture Filled Ode to the Queer Millennial Experience

“These essays offer layers of wise hindsight, exploring how certain 2000’s pop culture tropes contributed to how closeted so many gay millennials were — and how they influenced what kind…

Kim Wong-Shing

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Jun 18, 2021

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Stories Have Power

The power of queer coming-of-age stories, even when you’ve already come; the myth of objectivity; writing about the body; and more.

Ryan

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Jun 17, 2021

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book lists

8 Books about Queer People Dealing with Cancer

From classics such as Audre Lorde’s Cancer Journals published in the 1980s to brand new graphic memoirs, here are eight queer authored books about cancer.

Casey

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Jun 14, 2021