Author Jeanna Kadlec talks about her new memoir Heretic, the loss of leaving a life, gay Bible stories, and more.

Multiple of these essays ask how we can make queer spaces safer, especially for our most vulnerable community members, while also not becoming our own police.

Poet and musician Sadie Dupuis talks new collection Cry Perfume, scent and memory, and using autocorrect as a co-writer.

“I would imagine a lot of the same things draw to advice columns that draw everyone, which is just that same impulse to run outside if somebody says there’s a fight.”

The author discusses her new memoir “The Red Zone,” which chronicles her experiences with premenstrual dysphoric disorder and provides a kaleidoscopic view of how people feel about their periods.

In resisting the tidiness of a happy ending, Conklin demonstrates something profound and important that made me cry at several of these stories.

This week’s Rainbow Reading features a very special small press spotlight! Dig in!

“The thing that gets me about a lot of people’s just criticisms of Fifty Shades of Grey is, as a romance novel, as a ravishment novel, it’s a lot closer to real SM, real sexy pulp, than most.”

Autostraddle Managing Editor Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya’s debut book — Helen House, a queer horror novelette — comes out October 18.

“What if we just let all of these cards have gender neutral pronouns and we break them free from these gender binaries and let them be every archetype?”

I learned about the concept of chosen family from a heterosexual uncle I don’t talk to anymore.

Queer science fiction, fantasy sequels, horror YA, experimental books, short stories, a memoir on (in)fertility, and so much more are heading your way this summer.

Want to combine your values and your hobbies with some feminist coloring books? We’ve got you more than covered.