Literature

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

lgbt book reviews

‘Work To Do’ and the Fight for a Better World

Work To Do is not an exposé, but rather a workplace drama that seizes on the petty squabbles of romantic…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

May 20, 2026

the l word

‘So Gay For You’ Is Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More

‘So Gay For You’ is a loving portrait of chosen community, a roaming time capsule of queer pop culture, a platonic love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking show…

Riese

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Jun 4, 2025

book features

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people with their own relationship dynamics, even in the bedroom.”

Kate & Leisha

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Jun 4, 2025

Author photo of Dawn Staley (by Kareem Black) and Image of the "Uncommon Favor" book cover

lgbt book reviews

Dawn Staley’s Memoir Welcomes a New Generation of Women’s Basketball Fans Into Her Greatness

Uncommon Favor isn’t just a memoir about Dawn Staley; it’s a history lesson in the growth of women’s basketball.

Natalie

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Jun 3, 2025

Girls Girls Girls; The Dry Season Songs of No Provenance

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for June 2025

Two real queer humans wrote this queer anticipated books list. AI would have put fake books on it.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Jun 2, 2025

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

book features

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

We all know that this sports issue has nothing to do with sports, and it has nothing to do with protecting female athletes. This topic has been a roundabout way…

Stef Rubino

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May 27, 2025

Author photo of Charlie Claire Burgess next to the cover of their book Queer Devotion

book features

Charlie Claire Burgess Understands Why You Might Hate Religion

In their new book Queer Devotion, Charlie Claire Burgess joins a robust tradition of queer and trans people reclaiming religious symbolism for ourselves.

Emma Cieslik

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May 22, 2025

A close up of Alison Bechdel next to the cover her for new novel Spent

book features

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Alison Bechdel talks fame, privilege, and returning to old characters for her new work of autofiction.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 20, 2025

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 26: Taylor Jenkins Reid attends TheRetaility.com x September Letter dinner in collaboration with TOMS at Adrianna Costa's Los Angeles Home on September 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TheRetaility.com)

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Author Taylor Jenkins Reid Comes Out As Bisexual, Just Like Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” is one of the most successful sapphic novels of all time — and with her queer space thriller “Atmosphere” debuting this June, Reid…

Riese

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May 19, 2025