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 June 2026

Here at Autostraddle, of course, we celebrate LGBTQ+ books year-round, and that has become an increasingly vital.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Jun 9, 2026

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Tana Wojczuk’s “Lady Romeo” Profiles Shakespearean Actress Charlotte Cushman, Leading Man of the 19th Century

What kind of choose-your-own-adventure occurs when a queer lady with an unbending will and a penchant for leaping about onstage with a dagger strapped to her thigh is born in…

Luna Adler

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Jul 13, 2020

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Glennon Doyle’s “Untamed”: A Gay Love Story About a Grown-Ass Woman Who Does What the F*ck She Wants

“There. She. Is.” Glennon wrote in her new memoir, Untamed, when she recalled the moment Abby Wambach entered her life. I assumed that would be the central conflict of Untamed.…

Heather Hogan

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Jul 8, 2020

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How to Actually Accept Help from People Who Love You: An Excerpt from “The Art of Showing Up”

When someone I know is dealing with a difficult situation, I typically feel extremely “Put me in, coach!!!” But when I am the one in a difficult spot? Well, then,…

Rachel Wilkerson Miller

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Jul 7, 2020

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Rosalie Knecht’s Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery, But Is a Gay Noir Must-Read

There’s another kind of revolution happening within this sequel, and that’s where Knecht really blows the doors off the noir genre.

Kate Gorton

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Jul 6, 2020

a woman with natural hair reading an ereader in a hammock

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Lez Liberty Lit: Just Say No to a Coronavirus Novel

The problem with new anti-racist book clubs, 50 Black-owned bookstores to support, writing good sex scenes and more.

Ryan

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Jul 2, 2020

lgbt book reviews

“Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century” Centers the Wisdom of Disabled People

How many times have you heard that we’re “in a new world” recently? “Disability Visibility” challenges us to consider what a world with disability at its core can look like.

Carrie

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Jul 1, 2020

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8 Speculative Fiction Books by Black Authors about Black Futures for Imagining a New World

At this moment in time with uprisings against anti-Blackness happening in the US and all over the world, it feels urgent to focus on Black authors who are imagining Black…

Casey

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Jun 30, 2020

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Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: June’s Uses of Anger

We are in the middle of a revolution. My Black woman’s anger is here to signal a necessary sea change. Understand that all of our freedoms are bound up in…

Jehan

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Jun 29, 2020