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LGBT Book Reviews

Three Reasons This Intersex Lesbian Loved Abigail Tarttelin’s “Golden Boy”

Some have criticized Tarttelin’s protagonist as being unbelievably undisturbed and mainstream, but as someone who actually is intersex, I found his character so believable that I thought for a minute she might have modeled him after me!

Hida August 6, 2013 7 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Definitely Read “What Makes a Baby” To Any and All Children

Because it’s not just sex education. It’s life education.

A.E. Osworth July 26, 2013 6 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Literary Journal: Prose & Lore

Audacia Ray’s Red Umbrella Project, an organization seeking to amplify the voices of sex workers through media, advocacy and storytelling, publishes a literary journal. And it’s great.

A.E. Osworth July 17, 2013 6 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read A F*cking Book: Yoko Ono’s “Acorn” Can Help You Help Yourself

Charlotte’s theory was that it was up to us to use what we had around us – what the universe gave us – to find answers or come to peace with a lack of an answer. Mine was that people should beg for help. Acorn is for people ready to stop begging.

Carmen July 8, 2013 10 Comments
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Canadian Children’s Book Explains How Babies are Made in a Gender-Neutral Way!

“Every thing that grows, grows differently. Each of us grow in our own way.”

Malaika June 28, 2013 19 Comments
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Team Pick: “The Gender Book” Is The Best Thing You Will Read Online Today

Cara’s Team Pick: It’s illustrated, it’s interactive, it’s informative, and it’s not even done yet!

Cara June 17, 2013 57 Comments
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Trauma Queen: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview

Trauma Queen, the new memoir by Lovemme Corazon, is a hard read but equally hard to put down. There are many, many people who will find a familiar history in this book, and the author hopes that will be a jumping off point for healing and discussions.

Mey June 11, 2013 23 Comments
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The House At The End of Hope Street: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview

This book is a feel-good and I highly recommend it for hammock reading! Even if you don’t have a hammock, it should definitely go on your summer reading list.

A.E. Osworth May 28, 2013 9 Comments
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Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Zoe Whittall’s “Holding Still For As Long As Possible”

Will all these wonderfully complicated characters learn to unravel their complications and fears? Probably not. But will they braid them together to form a community? Don’t you hope so?

Malaika May 25, 2013 8 Comments
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Read A F*cking Book: Mia McKenzie’s “The Summer We Got Free”

The Summer We Got Free is a story of family, of generational healing and the power of queerness.

Moya May 13, 2013 8 Comments
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Mariel Cove: A Masturbation Month One-Handed-Read Review and Interview

Mariel Cove is a sexy new erotica serial by and for queer women, which means I had to have it immediately.

A.E. Osworth May 8, 2013 17 Comments
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Amber Dawn’s Memoir, “How Poetry Saved My Life”: The Autostraddle Interview

“How Poetry Saved My Life” tells Dawn’s story of sex-work and survivorship through poetry and prose. We spoke with her about this latest work, queer writers and speculative fiction.

A.E. Osworth April 23, 2013 10 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Swapping Spit: The Sister Spit Anthology & A Few Words with Michelle Tea

“This book is a queer anthem. It flashes bright neon lights and blows out plumes of dirty glitter.”

gabby March 22, 2013 16 Comments
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Read A F*cking Book: Gay Press, Gay Power

“You may find a copy of a gay paper on the street, in a garbage can, on a subway seat, a bus seat, and it would help save your life. Just being there was life-saving.”

Ryan Yates March 19, 2013 3 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Kvelling Over First LGBT-Inclusive Jewish Children’s Book

Vanessa’s Team Pick: As a Jewish lesbian with hopes and dreams of one day becoming a mom, I feel that it is my duty to tell you that the very first LGBT-inclusive Jewish children’s book in English finally exists!

Vanessa February 27, 2013 35 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Book: Barbara Sjoholm’s “Incognito Street”

This is a book about being a queer girl in the 1970s, about traveling the world, and about trying to be a writer by the woman who would go on to co-found Seal Press and write award-winning books because who says you can’t accomplish what you dream of doing?

Malaika February 25, 2013 9 Comments
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Read A F*cking Book: Laura Szumowski’s ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

This tiny book is anything but your mother’s health education book.

fonseca January 15, 2013 18 Comments
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Poetry is Dead’s Queer Issue Speaks Directly To Your Heart

Despite its tongue-in-cheek name, Poetry is Dead Magazine’s Queer Issue is pleasant evidence to the contrary.

fonseca November 26, 2012 9 Comments
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Read a F*cking Book: Cristy C. Road’s “Spit and Passion”

A memoir by a queer Latina punk about how her favorite band saved her from the pain of being a total weirdo.

Gabrielle Korn November 22, 2012 6 Comments
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Read A F*cking Book: Jeanne Thornton’s “The Dream of Doctor Bantam”

A book in our language.

Carmen November 19, 2012 6 Comments
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