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Congratulations to the 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalists!
Revisit Autostraddle’s reviews and interviews with this year’s Lambda Literary 2023 shortlisted books and authors.
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āSizzle Reelā Doesnāt Let Its Queer Romance Be Messy
I donāt want Twitter and TikTok discourse to dictate how books are written.
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āThe Fakeā Is a Funny-Sad-Sexy Novel About the Psychological Damage Scammers Inflict
It’s a book about a scammer, but The Fake isn’t trying to hoodwink the reader.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Making Out At Midnight
This week on NSFW Sunday: writing about sex, car sex, g-spots, the most provocative books of 2012 and more.
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Sarah Thankam Mathews Chatted With Us About Collectivism, Spreadsheets, Queer Sex Scenes and More!
“I really wanted the movement of the novel to start with an I and end with a We.”
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Some Covers of Some Lesbian Sci-Fi Books
When I made a pledge to myself a few years back to only read sci-fi books by or about queer people, I wondered whether the cover art would be subtly queered in the process. The answer, in many cases, was no: it was queered to the absolute max.
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8 Amazing Books about Queer/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Women with Superpowers
Is it too obvious to say that reading books about queer women with superpowers can be veryā¦ empowering?
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NSFW Sunday Has 12 Ways to Read About Lesbian Sex, and Photos
Take a look, it’s in a book, of reading rainbow (because “rainbows” are a gay symbol and maybe you’re gay too, and have lesbian sex, etc)
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Sapphic Yearning, Horror, and K-Pop Blend Perfectly in āGorgeous Gruesome Facesā
Iāve never really been a horror girlie, but in recent months, Iāve found myself intrigued by YA books that have a horror element.
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Rainbow Reading: Give Me All the Queer Paleontology Novels!
Plus, coming out this August, a book that promises “Bridgerton meets Freaky Friday sapphic romcom.”
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Alison Rumfittās āTell Me Iām Worthlessā Is Fearlessly Honest About Modern Trans Life
In a time when so many popular examples of queer art have their edges sanded down, Alison Rumfittās Tell Me Iām Worthless is all edge.
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āStars Collideā Is a Fun, Layered Queer Romance About Pop Stars Falling in Love
Like a good pop song, this book is fluff at first glance, and surprisingly deeper when you look closer.
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In āPageboy,ā Elliot Page Gets Vulnerable About Gender Dysphoria, Trans Joy, and Much More
Like a lot of millennials my age, I grew up watching Elliot Pageās films and his ascent to stardom
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Elizabeth Blakeās Edible Arrangements Is Hungry (and Horny) for Modernist Literature
The book can help us understand the sensual relationship between food and sex in Je Tu Il Elle and in other forms of LGBTQ art, media, and cultural production.
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Gender Nonconformity Has Always Existed
Trans activist and historian Kit Heyam’s new book Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender examines gender nonconformity throughout history.
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Sexy, Ambitious Novel “Any Other City” Explores Transition and Transformation
I donāt remember ever reading such sexy queer sex.
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Rainbow Reading: Lifting Queers, Listen Up! New Sapphic Romance Set in a Gym Is Coming
Plus, an upcoming YA book about a Mexican American nonbinary teen promises love in a taqueria.
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Iāll Never Look at the Ocean the Same Way After Reading Sabrina Imblerās āHow Far the Light Reachesā
Sea creatures become iridescent queer metaphors in this wonderfully queer memoir.
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Also.Also.Also: 54 Years After Stonewall, Miss Major Reminds the World Sheās āStill F*cking Hereā
Late-in-life coming out stories, books that feature abortions, and the “news” that Grimace is apparently a queer icon now.
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Documenting and Honoring Queer History Requires Imagination
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Queer Histories, a new book by cultural historian Diarmuid Hester, shows us what is possible when we consider space in this way.