What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?
Why decide for yourself what to read when you can let a silly little quiz decide for you!
What Is Queer Generational Trauma, and How Do We Tell Stories About It?
Lately, I’ve been obsessing over the concept of queer generational trauma: the pain passed down to us from our ancestors, which we bequeath in turn to those who come after us.
Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025
There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more LGBTQ+ lit across all genres!
78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive
The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just 50 of the many publications that built the community we hold so dear.
Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page
“The ‘hot’ in Hot Girls with Balls is that it’s a given our protagonists are extremely beautiful.”
Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for July 2025
Pride month may be over, but we read queer all year, and these are our top picks for new LGBTQ+ books coming out July 2025.
7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer
In less than six months, 2025 has already amassed an absolutely stellar line-up of trans novels that range from historical fiction, lyrical explorations of dysphoria and identity, and science fiction set in a futuristic, robot obsessed Korea.
The Toxic Lesbian Vampire Novel That Turned Me Into a Fantasy Reader
V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil sunk its fangs into me and never let go.
Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’
We have to wait SO LONG for the next season. So, to tide us over, I have some queer books to recommend to you that will scratch some of the same itches.
‘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 and an introspective, juicy celebrity memoir.
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.”
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.
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.
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 to erode rights for transgender people.
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.
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.
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 has come out as bisexual.
Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive
Jennifer Beals has put together the ultimate walk down sapphic memory lane with the release of The L Word: A Photographic Journal, a gay tome featuring over 400 candid photographs taken by Beals on the set and behind the scenes.
‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball
At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.
The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues
Gays really are out here having complicated relationships with our mothers and then writing whole books about it.