Literature

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for April 2026

From a grocery co-op drama to a cheeky pop star saga to a linked story collection centering fat queer characters…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Apr 10, 2026

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Season of the Witch: 40 Books on Witches, Witchcraft and Wonder

Whether you’re interested in witches as a horror trope, a doorway to sex positivity, a topic of historical exploration, or rich characters and ideas in fiction or poetry, at least…

Rachel

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Oct 16, 2020

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“Steven Universe: End of an Era” Reveals How Hard Rebecca Sugar Fought for Our Queer Gem Wedding

“But if Steven Universe gets a gay wedding, then every show is going to want a gay wedding!” “‘YES!’ I said. ‘GOOD! WHY NOT???'”

Heather Hogan

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Oct 12, 2020

A woman in a blue dress stands in front of a table of sex toys and holds a heart-shaped riding crop.

lgbt book reviews

Carnal Knowledge Is the Sex Guide You Wish You Had In High School

Carnal Knowledge is full of the truths you wish you’d learned from your hip older sister if your hip older sister happened to read a lot of feminist literature.

Ro White

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Oct 12, 2020

two Asian people with long hair leaning in together over an oversized book

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Lez Liberty Lit: Allow For The Unexpected

Why private eyes are watching you, watching everything (jk) (probably); computers are machines; banned books to read by writers of color; Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is the first undocumented person to…

Ryan Yates

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Oct 8, 2020

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Leigh Finke’s “Queerfully and Wonderfully Made” Answers Crucial Questions for LGBTQ+ Christian Youth

“I wish I had these books when I was 15. I needed permission. I needed somebody to tell me, ‘You’re ok.’ If I had had one place to go, one…

Adrian

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Sep 29, 2020

A collage of Jehan, the author of the piece, taking a selfie in the mirror placed along side Audre Lorde serving attitude in the face while having her photo taken on a New York City street.

book features

Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: September’s Afterimages

I am safe nowhere, the Black women in my family of origin and family of choice are safe nowhere. It’s a fact we’ve known but one that feels all the…

Jehan

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Sep 28, 2020

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Things I Read That I Love #313: In A “Peeking Around The Dinner Party Host’s House On Your Way To The Bathroom” Kind of Way

Topics include Black voters, a bad reality TV show, murder, Judith Butler, how we quarantine, the tyranny of chairs, TikTok, Bath & Body Works, the Eco-Yogi slumlords of Brooklyn, Emily…

Riese

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Sep 25, 2020

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Talking with Shani Mootoo on the True Story That Became Dark Lesbian Novel “Polar Vortex”

Shani Mootoo is one of the towering lesbian novelists of our time. In her newest novel, Polar Vortex, Mootoo winds the interior lives of its three central characters like a…

Julie R Enszer

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Sep 24, 2020