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My ‘Dry Season’

Taking time to be celibate during my first year in California allowed me to build a life which matched my…

Gen

Jun 2, 2026

Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta

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Writing a Lesbian Novel Should Have Been Easier. It Wasn’t

Was it cowardice that kept us, in our debut, from writing a queer novel?

Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

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Oct 28, 2024

Which Queer Horror Book To Read Based on Your Favorite Scary Movie

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Which Queer Horror Book To Read Based on Your Favorite Scary Movie

If you’re a horror movie fan who wants to see more stories by queer writers, or featuring good queer representation, head to the bookstore instead of the movie theater.

Willow Heath

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Oct 19, 2024

Nico Lang wears a hat. The book American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era.

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To Protect Trans Kids, We Have To Actually Listen to Them

The stories of trans youth go largely ignored by the American public in our cultural conversations about their lives, but Nico Lang is giving everyone a chance to change that…

Stef Rubino

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Oct 14, 2024

The Trans Terror of Franz Kafka

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The Trans Terror of Franz Kafka

For many trans readers, it’s easy to find a kinship with Kafka.

Willow Heath

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Oct 11, 2024

Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

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Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick Are Co-Authoring Sapphic YA Romances While Balancing Motherhood

With a toddler and another baby on the way, Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick have to carve out space to keep making art together.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 7, 2024

BE GAY DO CRIME COVER REVEAL

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Check Out the Cover and an Excerpt From the Upcoming Super Queer Fiction Anthology ‘Be Gay, Do Crime’

Read Temim Fruchter’s story from the upcoming Be Gay, Do Crime short fiction anthology.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Temim Fruchter

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Oct 1, 2024

The Lovers book

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A Cozy Queer Romance for Lovers of Tarot With Mommy Issues

In “The Lovers” by Rebekah Faubion, two women’s romance is written in the cards.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Sep 24, 2024

Rainbow Age of Television: A still from Ellen of Ellen Degeneres and Joely Fisher looking upset as they watch TV

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Queer Television Is About More Than Representation

Shayna Maci Warner talks about their new book The Rainbow Age of Television and hot TV topics from representation to the Killing Eve finale.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Sep 23, 2024

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All 100+ Queer Women of the Star Wars Universe, Ranked

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Nic Anstett

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

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Stef Rubino

Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

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6 Books Exploring Queer Boricua Experience

6 Books Exploring Queer Boricua Experience

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Titeänyä Rodríguez

The Seep, Land of Milk and Honey, and The Unworthy

Queer Books To Read if You’re Really Missing ‘Pluribus’

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

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Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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The Best Queer Books of 2025

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

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10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Vernal Thaw by Frances Cannon

New Novel ‘Vernal Thaw’ Explores Toxic Queer Monogamy

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Lauren Herold

A Body Made Home by Kai Marshall Green

New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

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Lauren Herold

Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

Ashley Herring Blake Loves Writing Messy Queer Characters

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Amy Spalding - In Her Spotlight

How Amy Spalding Built a Four-Book Sapphic Romance Universe

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Queers at the Table

What Does ‘Queer Food’ Mean?

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Stef Rubino

Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Rose Dommu and Casey McQuiston on Writing Queer Romance That Fucks With the Formula

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Adam Eli

ilana masad BEINGS

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Drew Burnett Gregory

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

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

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Stef Rubino

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

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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Drew Burnett Gregory

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