Literature

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

book lists

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

book features

Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: February’s Revolutionary Hope

I’m pairing Audre Lorde’s 1984 conversation with James Baldwin and arguably her best-known speech, “The Masters Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” in hopes of exploring how our power…

Jehan

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Feb 17, 2020

literature

Things I Read That I Love #307: “I Fall In Love (Cue Your Laughter)”

Topics include Victoria’s Secret, The Americans, gatekeeping in publishing, CollegeHumor, slavery re-enactments, Angola, vaping and so much more!

Riese

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Feb 14, 2020

a woman reading in a bright window with a plant nearby

literature

Lez Liberty Lit Is Locating Queer Desire

Finding queer desire in literature, why it can feel uncomfortable to read queer romance, two lesbian poets writing under the same pseudonym and more.

Ryan Yates

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Feb 13, 2020

lgbt book reviews

Isa Mazzei’s “Camgirl” Explores Performance, Privilege, Kink and Contradictions

“Cam” screenwriter Isa Mazzei’s new memoir is an accessible and honest portrayal of one woman’s stint in the online sex industry.

Annie Rose Malamet

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Feb 12, 2020

book features

Danny Lavery on Queer Wanting, Difficult Experiences, and Oh Yes His New Book

Trying desperately to want less than what one truly requires — and the goodness that comes from giving up that ghost — is a prominent theme in “Something That May…

Adrian

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Feb 10, 2020

book lists

8 Amazing Audiobooks About Queer Women

The following 8 books are mind-blowingly good fiction audiobooks about queer women. I’m talking incredible voice acting that takes the story to a whole other level.

Casey

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Feb 3, 2020

woman in a library holding a book and reaching for another on a shelf

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Take Up Space In The World

The discourse around American Dirt, finding gay hope in The Bluest Eye, what it’d be like if books had smells and more.

Ryan Yates

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Jan 30, 2020

lgbt book reviews

Beyond Survival: Rethinking The Humanity Of Those Who Harm

“Transformative justice”—the idea that communities can resolve and repair harm and abuse, as well as transform the conditions that led to them, on their own without the necessity of State…

Abbie Jones

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Jan 24, 2020