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Book Features

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.

Sa'iyda Shabazz May 19, 2025 4 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

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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.

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Book Lists

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.

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Book Lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2025

Over 50 promising LGBTQ+ books across every genre are heading your way this month! See our top picks for May 2025.

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LGBT Book Reviews LGBT History

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London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.

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In a sea of skinny sapphic romance novels, I found Wilsner’s latest to be a refreshing change for the genre.

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LGBT Book Reviews

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Overall, Flirting Lessons is about what happens when you try to overcome what other people think about you.

Sa'iyda Shabazz April 28, 2025 4 Comments
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Book Features

It’s Independent Bookstore Day, So Go Buy Some Gay Books

This year, Independent Bookstore Day feels especially important and fraught, as mega-retailer Amazon decided to throw one of its book sales at the same time.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 26, 2025 4 Comments
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Book Lists

15 Queer Romance Books and Sapphic Literary Novels Set On Reality TV Shows

As a population, lesbians tend to be especially hopeful about the possibility of lesbian love blossoming on a reality show that’s supposed to be about straight love or baking cakes. Luckily so many novels have stepped in to make those dreams come true!

Riese April 17, 2025 8 Comments
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Book Lists TV Feature

What Queer Poetry Book Would Fix Each Yellowjacket (Or Make Them Worse)

One of the most important pillars of girlhood is orbiting your entire personality around the likes of Sylvia Plath and writing your own poetry to deal with the woes of one’s burgeoning sexuality, toxic friendships, and other coming-of-age tragedies.

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Book Features

How Podcasters Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs Navigated Their Big Divorce Announcement

Read an exclusive excerpt about Kristin and Jenny’s divorce, followed by a clip from the audiobook.

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LGBT Book Reviews

From Wives to Exes to Friends: ‘Slayers, Every One of Us’ Tells the Tale of Two Queer Podcasters and Buffy

The joint memoir tells the emotional tale of Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs fighting to keep their labor of love alive through personal struggles, a global pandemic, and a hellmouth opening up around them.

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Book Features

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Book Features Movie Features

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Stef Rubino April 8, 2025 2 Comments
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Book Lists

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LGBT Book Reviews

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Book Features

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LGBT Book Reviews

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LGBT Book Reviews

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