Literature

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

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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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65 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way in Fall 2020

I can confirm that no matter what you’re looking for — YA, non-fiction, memoir, romance, literary fiction, comics, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction, poetry — there are queer and…

Casey

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Aug 27, 2020

A collage of Audre Lorde looking directly into the camera with Jehan, the author, looking directly over her shoulder also at the camera. The color palette of the collage is warm like the sun, with yellows and oranges.

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Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: August’s New Spelling of My Name

In my own myth, New York has been the cornerstone of what shaped me, finally allowing myself to be in my queerness. While the New York I inhabited and the…

Jehan

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Aug 27, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit: Boredom Banana Bread

The relationships between boredom, work, art, pandemic, and banana bread; the bourgeois romance of pandemic isolation; read books about “disreputable women” by women writers and more.

Ryan Yates

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Aug 27, 2020

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Things I Read That I Loved #312: The Key Word is “Oneself,” Which Is Irresistible To 20-Year-Olds

Topics include YouTuber adoptions, romance novels, moldy jam, Sarah Schulman, the future of the fashion business is sweatpants, supermarket sweep and so much more!

Riese

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Aug 21, 2020

A rectangular feature image of 8 different YA Novels, each with the cover partially obscured.

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8 Queer YA Novels With Coming of Age Hope to Relive Alice Wu’s “The Half of It”

Queer YA novels with themes similar to Alice Wu’s already beloved movie: falling in love through letter writing, figuring out your queer identity, keeping secrets, new friendships, small towns, and…

Casey

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Aug 18, 2020

a woman reading on the grass at golden hour

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Lez Liberty Lit: Traditional Vocabulary Is Defunct

Raven Leilani’s Luster and the new vocabulary for morality, how lesbian pulp fiction made one essayist feel normal, a ton of new memoirs and more.

Ryan Yates

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Aug 13, 2020

two women with light sexual tension reading together on blue sheets with their faces obscured by the same book

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Lez Liberty Lit: Running on Queer Time

What do we do with unthinkable thoughts in the time of covid? Plus: how crime fiction enables police brutality, zines and self-discovery, celebrating the Clueless anniversary, every book you’ll want…

Ryan Yates

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Jul 30, 2020

A collage of Audre Lorde, who is canoeing, and the author of the column, who is resting in a hammock during the summer.

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Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: July Is a Black Unicorn

I’m still angry. Breonna Taylor’s murderers still walk free. Let’s be real, they’re probably running around without masks. Audre Lorde’s sense of restlessness and barely concealed fury are evident. But…

Jehan

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Jul 27, 2020